To Fear or Not to Fear?

This is the question....

"What is this creature? and is it as vicious as it looks??"

Here it is in silhouette..

And a different specimen - not quite so evil looking....

but then again, looks can be deceiving!

Love is in the Air...

Everywhere we looked today they were "at it"!

First it was the ladybirds...

Then it was that handsome jewel-coloured bee, Xylocopa Violacea (well, who wouldn't fall for a name like that?!)

Whoops, just missed!..

And just when we thought they'd all settled down for the night, there's the racket of mating toads in the duck pond to break our peace and quiet!!

A Question of Bugs..

It's a lovely colour; a shiny metallic green and brown. And it's very photogenic, in an ugly bug sort of way, but we'd be happier if we knew what it was.

This bug has taken up residence in one of our mini greenhouses.... Should we be worried??

 
Perhaps one of our readers can help us with the identification..... Susan?!