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Showing posts with label Sawflies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sawflies. Show all posts

Thursday, 4 June 2020

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


Solomon's Seal Sawfly

Solomon's Seal Sawfly, Phymatocera aterrima, female, Ringstead Downs, 23rd May 2020


Sunday, 10 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



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


Tuesday, 30 April 2019

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


Sunday, 21 April 2019

Birch Sawfly - new to the patch

Birch Sawfly, Holme NOA, 21st April 2019 - a great find by Sophie Barker



Saturday, 29 December 2018

Sunday, 16 September 2018

Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018

Larval feeding gallery, Zigzag Sawfly, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018 (the first record of feeding 'damage' on the patch, though an adult was found along the Holmhurst Track in early summer - the first in Norfolk)



Kite-tailed Robberfly, Machimus atricapillusRingstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Bishop's Mitre, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Rhopalus subrufusRingstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Coriza hyoscamiRingstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Long-winged Conehead, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Syritta pipiensRingstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Adonis Ladybird, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Bolbitius titubans, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018


Wild Basil, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018