From the patch in late April

Tawny Mining Bee, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019 

Pied Shieldbug, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Orange Ladybird, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

The Sawfly Eutomostethus ephippium, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Tipula lunata, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Grammopteryx ruficornis, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Demetrias imperialis, Holme NWT, 29th April 2019

Pearled Dwarf, Elachista apicipunctella, Holmhurst Track, 29th April 2019

Off Patch (and one on patch): an April beetles medley

Broom Weevil, Exapion fuscirostre, Roydon Common, 20th April 2019

Cardinal Click Beetle, Ampedus quercicola, Syderstone, 8th April 2019

Dog's Mercury Weevil, Barynotus moerens, Reffley Wood, 20th April 2019

Gorse Weevil, Exapion ulicis, Holme NWT, 21st April 2019

Dead Nettle Leaf Beetle, Chrysolina fastuosa, Welny WWT, 22nd April 2019

Paraphotistus nigricornis, Welney WWT, 22nd April 2019

Off Patch: moths at East Winch and Weeting

Lunar Marbled Brown, East Winch, 22nd April 2019

Buttoned Snout, East Winch, 22nd April 2019

Great Prominent, East Winch, 22nd April 2019 

Maiden's Blush, East Winch, 22nd April 2019

Dark Gorse Piercer, Grapholita internana, Weeting, 22nd April 2019

Spindle Smudge, Ysolopha mucronella, Weeting, 22nd April 2019

Birch Sawfly - new to the patch

Birch Sawfly, Holme NOA, 21st April 2019 - a great find by Sophie Barker

Cheilosia urbana, Holme NWT

Cheilosia urbana, Holme NWT, 13th April 2019

Off Patch: a large water beetle in the Brecks

Dytiscus dimidiatus female, Frost's Common, 15th April 2019

Off Patch: Snape

Chrysolina banksii, Snape, Suffolk, 12th April 2019

Off Patch: at Roydon Common

Spring Heath Robberfly, Lasiopogon cinctus, Roydon Common, 20th April 2019

Scolopostethsus decoratus, Roydon Common, 19th April 2019

Black-banded Spider Wasp, Anoplius viaticum, Roydon Common, 19th April 2019

Common Purple and Gold, Roydon Common, 19th April 2019

A German Wasp

German Wasp Vespula germanica, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Oil Beetle & Ashy Mining Bee

Ashy Mining Bee, Andrena cineraria, male, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Black Oil Beetle, female, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Black Oil Beetle, female, excavating Ashy Mining Bee nest hole, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Black Oil Beetle, female, excavating Ashy Mining Bee nest hole, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Two bugs and an Orange Tip

Corizus hyoscamii,  Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Box Bug, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Orange Tip, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Dasysyrphus tricinctus: a new Hoverfly for the patch

Dasysyrphus tricinctus, Ringstead Downs, 19th April 2019

Hunstanton shows its contempt (yet again) for its native wildflowers

Shame on you Hunstanton ! The species-rich verges at Redgate Hill rotovated yet again.

Redgate Hill, 1st April 2019

Stop the mowing; Stop the ploughing and Stop the re-seeding ! 

Save our verges, Save our Plants and Save our Money !

Off Patch: Water Cricket

Water Cricket, Velia caprai, Derby Fen, 1st April 2019