On May 31st, my wife found a rather attractive Cranefly sitting on a leaf in a flowerbed. After posting a picture to the BMERC e-mail group, it was identified as a female Ctenophora pectinicornis, a Nationally Scarce species with larvae developing in dead wood - there's plenty of that in the adjacent wood! There are at least seven previous Bucks records, but it's not common. It held its ovipositor in a strangely upright position. Also seen in the afternoon was a Lesser Stag Beetle - seen most years.
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