I’m confused about this specimen. I photographed it yesterday (20th April) alongside a disused canal and immediately took it for an oleracea fresh out of hibernation, but now I wonder if it’s actually a paludosa (such is the excitement in my life).Anyway, it turned out to be an interesting day insect-wise because I also saw my first Mayfly of the year and what looked like a female fusca (though it was my wife who spotted the latter no more than two minutes after I’d said I’d not seen any Damselflies thus far in 2009).Earlier in the day, she also drew my attention to one of the largest Queen Common Wasps I’ve ever seen. It was getting very frustrated (and therefore aggressive) while trying to escape beyond the living-room window. I managed to take a few tentative photos of it before opening the window to help it on its way and have now put one of them on the “Blue and Purple” page of the .com site.