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Showing posts with label Alderflies. Show all posts
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Friday, 10 April 2020

A spring insect miscellany

 Honey Bee, Hunstanton garden, 22nd March 2020


The Hoverfly Eristalis tenax, female, Hunstanton garden, 22nd March 2020


The Hoverfly Platycheirus albimanus, male, Hunstanton garden,  24th March 2020


Black Oil Beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus, Ringstead Downs,


The Tachinid Fly Gymnochaeta viridis, Ringstead Downs, 4th April 2020


Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major, Ringstead Downs, 4th April 2020


The sawfly Dolerus puncticollis, female, Ringstead Downs, 4th April 2020


Hairy-footed flower-bee, Anthophora plumipes,  female, Hunstanton garden, 10th April 2020


Bibio anglicus, pair (male all black), River Hun, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020


Alderfly, Sialis lutaria, River Hun, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020


Bibio marci, male, River Hun, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020


 Epistrophe elegans, male, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020




Cream-spot Ladybird, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020



Harlequin Ladybird, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020


Brassica Shield Bug, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020


Hairy Shield Bug, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020


Green Shield Bug, Chapel Bank 10th April 2020


Monday, 27 April 2015

Some recent finds on the patch..............

Aderfly Sialis lutaria, River Hun at Redwell Bridge, 27th April 2015 


Red-letter Flat-body Agonopteryx ocellana, Holme NOA, 27th April 2015


Nicrophorus vespillo, Holme NWT, 27th April 2015


Pachyrhinus lethierryi, Holme NWT, 27th April 2015


Thanatophilus rugosus, Holme NOA, 25th April 2015


Common Leaf Weevil, Phyllobius pyri, Holme NOA, 25th April 2015


Brindled Beauty, Holme NOA, 25th April 2015