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

Eight "flies" from along the River Hun

The sawfly Arge cyancocrocea, male, River Hun, 8th May 2020

The hoverfly Rhingia campetris, female, River Hun, 8th May 2020

The scorpionfly Panorpa germanica, male, River Hun, 8th May 2020

Red-legged Robberfly, Dioctria rufipes, female, River Hun, 8th May 2020

The sawfly Athalia rosae, female, River Hun, 8th May 2020

The Celery Fly Euleia heraclei, River Hun, 8th May 2020

The hoverfly Cheilosia albitarsis, male, River Hun, 8th May 2020

The Dance Fly Empis femorta, pair, snacking whilst copulating, River Hun, 8th May 2020

Another from 2013 and some from today, 25th April 2020

Tropidia scita, Holme Marsh, 23rd June 2013

Yellow Archangel (variegated garden var), Old Hunstanton, 25th April 2020

Rhingia campestris, River Hun, 25th April 2020

Eupeodes luniger, male, Chapel Bank, Hunstanton, 25th April 2020

Chrysotoxum cautum, female,, Hunstanton dunes, 25th April 2020

A new hoverfly for the patch.....from 2013 !

Whilst sorting my photo collection, I came across these images taken in 2013. Date location and tentative identification present and correct, so I tried again but couldn't decide if it was one species or another near-identical. I posted on Facebook and had the beast identified within seconds by the national recorder. So, here's Anasimyia transfuga (the other possibility was A. contracta), Holmhurst Track, 19th May 2013. I've not seen another one in these parts.

Anasimyia transfuga, Holmhurst Track, 19th May 2013.

Some more recent Hunstanton beasties

 The hoverfly Melanostoma scalare, female, Ringstead Downs, 11th April 2020

The hoverfly Helophilus pendulus, female, Old Hunstanton, 12th April 2020

 The hoverfly Epistrophe elegans, male, Old Hunstanton, 12th April 2020

Holly Blue, Hunstanton garden, 12th April 2020

 The hover flu Eristalinus aenus, Old Hunstanton, 15th April 2020

 Bluebell Rust, Uromyces muscari, on bluebell, Hunstanton garden, 20th April 2020

Box Bug, Hunstanton, 20th April

The hoverfly Eupeodes luniger, female, Hunstanton, 20th April 2020

Rose Rust, Phragmidium mucronatum, on Dog Rose, Old Hunstanton, 20th April 2020

Tawny Mining Bee Andrena fulva, female, Hunstanton, 20th April 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

Two hoverflies at Ringstead Downs

There were lots of insects feeding on the flowers at the downs on our West Norfolk Group walk on Wednesday 15th August. Two individuals of the hornet-mimic Volucella zonaria were spotted feeding on knapweed and a lone Volucella pellucens, also on knapweed.

Four smart beasties from the weekend

Black and Red Froghopper Cercopis vulnerata, Holme NWT, 19th May 2019

Chocolate Cranefly, Nigrotipula nigra, Holme NWT, 19th May 2019

Coastal Silver-stiletto Acrosathe annular, female, Holme NOA, 19th May 2019

Eupeodes corollae, female, Holme NOA, 19th May 2019