Holmhurst Track, 27th June

Orange-spot Piercer, Pammene aurana, Holmhurst Track, 27th June 2020 

Ellipteroides lateralis, Holmhurst track, 27th June 2020

Banded General, Stratiomys potamida, Holmhurst track, 27th June 2020

Off Patch: Dingy White Plume

Dingy White Plume Merrifieldia baliodactylus, Narborough NWT, 19th June 2020

Pirri-pirri-bur at Ringstead Downs

While walking my butterfly transect at Ringstead Downs today I noticed a patch of Pirri-pirri-bur Acaena novae-zelandiae on the north-west bank.  I hadn't noticed it previously when it was in flower but the fruits, with their barbed red spines are very distinctive. It is believed that the Pirri-pirri-bur came to this country via wool from Australia and New Zealand in about 1900.

Coleophora albicosta

Coleophora albicosta, Hunstanton, 19th May 2020

Off Patch: Little Longhorn

Little Longhorn Cauchas fibulella, Courtyard Farm, 19th May 2020

Off Patch: Violet Black-legged Robberfly

Violet Black-legged Robberfly, Dioctria atricapilla, Warham Camp, 18th May 2020

Off Patch: unlocked at Narborough

Cryptocephalus aureolus, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020

The Sawfly Cephus pygmaeus, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020

Black-striped Longhorn, Stenurella melanura, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020

Laced Border, Narborough NWT, 20th May 2020

Seven from Ringstead Downs, 20th May 2020

Xanthogramma pedissequm, female, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020

Myathropa florea, female, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020

Elm-grass root aphid gall, Tetraneuri ulmi, Ringsted Downs, 23rd May 2020

Broad-bodied Chaser, Ringsted Downs, 23rd May 2020

Rhopalus subrufus, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020

Volucella bombylans, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020

Common Malachite Beetle, Malachis bipustulatus, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020

Solomon's Seal Sawfly

Solomon's Seal Sawfly, Phymatocera aterrima, female, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020

Common Red-legged Robberfly

Common Red-legged Robberfly, Dioctria rufipes, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020

Off Patch: Golden-haired Robberfly

Golden-haired Robberfly, Choerades marginatus, Blo' Norton, 1st June 2020

Fen Snout

Fen Snout, Nemotelus pantherinus, male, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020

Fen Snout, Nemotelus pantherinus, female, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020

Off Patch: six spectacular beetles

Cryptocephalus moraei, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020

Spruce Shortwing Beetle, Molorchus minor,  Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020

Oak Leaf-roller Weevil, Attelabus nitens, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June

Small Poplar Borer, Saperda populnea, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020

Hazel Leaf-roller Weevil, Apoderus coryli, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020

Tobacco-coloured Longhorn, Alosterna tobacicolor, Swanton Novers Great Wood, 3rd June 2020

Off Patch: Common Tubic

Common Tubic Alabonia geoffrella, Thursford Wood, 1st June 2020