Early spring in the Downs

 Comma, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Dark-edged Bee-fly,  Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Red Dead-nettle, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 

Whitlow Grass, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

Lesser Celandine,  Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 Cliff Mining Bee, Andrena thoracica, female, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

 Black Oil Beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus, Ringstead Downs, 25th March 2021

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

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: Roydon Common

Yellow Horned, Roydon Common 9th March 2020

 Cheilosia albipila, Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

10 Spot Lady bird Adalia decempunctata, Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

Glow-worm larva,  Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

Gorse Shield Bug, Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

Gorse Weevil, Exapion ulicis, Roydon Common, 23rd <arch 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