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: Seven from Courtyard Farm

Gatekeeper, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020

Eucosma hohenwartiana, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020

Common Stiletto, Thereva nobilitata, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020

Stripe-legged Robberfly Dioctria baumhaueri, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020

Large Scabious Mining Bee, Andrea hattorfiana, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020

 Brassy Longhorn, Nemophora metallica, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020

Forester, Adscita statices, Courtyard Farm, 13th July 2020

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

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

From the patch in late April

Tawny Mining Bee, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019 

Pied Shieldbug, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Orange Ladybird, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

The Sawfly Eutomostethus ephippium, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Tipula lunata, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Grammopteryx ruficornis, Ringstead Downs, 28th April 2019

Demetrias imperialis, Holme NWT, 29th April 2019

Pearled Dwarf, Elachista apicipunctella, Holmhurst Track, 29th April 2019