Clocked A Dock Shieldbug

I walked around Seventy Acres Lake this afternoon and met some nice people and their dogs. I'm quite touched that Skye's master calls me his border collie's auntie. I met Belle the Rotty, her master asked me if I was camping. It turned out they were camping, he said he was an environmentalist. He had his belongings in a carrier bag. Mobile phones are killing the bees he said. Do I really look as though I sleep rough too?

I saw my first hoverfly of the season this morning and my pic is of my first dock shieldbug. It had a velvet mite on its back.