Off Patch: some nationally rare, scarce and smart beasts from a foray in Dorset

Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Ballard Down, 8th July 2018

Heath Tiger Beetle, Studland, 9th July 2018

Small Blue, Durlston Head, 10th July 2018

Purbeck Mason Wasp, Hartland Moor, 10th July 2018

Cryptocephalus primarius, near Swanage, 11th July 2018

Rose Chafer, Durdle Door, 11th July 2018

Shiny Dor Beetle, Hartland Moor, 11th July 2018 

Large Marsh Grasshopper, Hartland Moor, 11th July 2018

Cliff Tiger Beetle, Eype, 12th July 2018

Heath Bee-fly, Studland, 13th July 2018

Mottled Bee-fly, Studland, 13th July 2018

Black Deerfly, Hartland Moor, 13th July 2018

Small Purple-barred, Stoborough Heath, 13th July 2018

Off Patch: at Roydon Common

Common groundhopper, Roydon, 29th May 2018

Broom Leaf Beetle Gonioctena olivacea, Roydon, 29th May 2018 (olive and red morphs)

Broom Bug, Heterocordylus tibialis, Roydon, 29th May 2018

Anasimyia lineata, Roydon, 29th May 2018

Four great new species for the patch

The Leaf Beetle Chrysolina oricalcia, Holme NWT, 3rd October 2016

A Helcomyzid Fly, Helcomyza ustulata, Gore Point, 3rd October 2016

The huge Isopod Ligia oceanica, Thornham Harbour, 10th October 2016

The Chiton Lepidochitona cinereus, Hunstanton, 10th October 2016

Chrysolina violacea

A smart looking NB Chrysolina Leaf Beetle from Ringstead Downs last weekend