Four Shieldbugs from along the River Hun

Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus, River Hun, 8th May 2020

Blue Shield Bug, Zicrona caerulea, River Hun, 8th May 2020

Crucifer Shieldbug, Eurydema oleracea, River Hun, 8th May 2020

Legnotus limbosus, River Hun, 8th May 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

Bug in the conservatory

During the recent warm days numerous insects have wandered into the conservatory including this Dock Bug Coreus marginatus.

A Sunday patch miscellany

Bee Orchids, Holme NWT, 17th June 2018

Parent Bug, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018

Woundwort Shieldbug, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018

Chrysogaster solsticialis, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018 - new (overlooked !) to patch

Common Grammoptera, Grammoptera ruficornis, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018

 Sphegina elegans, female, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018 - new to the patch

Sphegina elegans, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018

Sphegina elegans - note yellow humeri (shoulders)

Elm Zigzag Sawfly, Aproceros leucopoda, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018 - new to the patch and 2nd record for the UK (about 3 days after the first, found by Steve in Cambridgeshire) !!

Malthodes minimus, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018

Malthodes minimus, Holmhurst Track, 17th June 2018

A selection of Shieldbugs, including Legnotes limbosus, new for the patch

Crucifer Shieldbug, Eurydema oleracea, Ringstead Downs, 7th May 2018

Pied Shieldbug, Tritomegas bicolor, Ringstead Downs, 7th May 2018 

Denticulate Leatherbug, Coriomeris denticulatus, Ringstead Downs, 7th May 2018

Woundwort Shieldbug, Eysarcoris venustissimus, Ringstead Downs, 7th May 2018

Bordered Shieldbug Legnotus limbosus, Rinsgstead Downs, 7th May 2018

Gorse Shieldbug, Piezodorus lituratus, Holme NWT, 12th May 2018

Off Patch: four beetles and two bugs on Heacham South Beach

Hairy Rove Beetle, Creophilus maxillosus, from a dead Curlew, Heacham South Beach, 19th April 2018

Thanatophilus rugosus from dead Curlew, Heacham South Beach 19th April 2018

Phaleria cadaverina, from a dead Curlew, Heacham South Beach, 19th April 2018

Silpha laevigata, Heacham South Beach 19th April 2018

Turtle Bug, Podops inuncta, Heacham South Beach, 19th April 2018

Stilt Bug, Berytinus signoreti, Heacham South Beach, 19th April 2018

Off Patch: Some early-season beetles and bugs

Tawny Cockroach, Ectobius pallidus, Wangford Warren, 31st March 2018

Minotaur Beetle, Dersingham Bog, 30th March 2018

Platynaspis luteorubra, Cranwich Camp, 31st March 2018

Heath Shieldbug, Legnotus picipes, Heacham South Beach, 9th April 2018

Cassida prasina, Cranwich Camp, 30th March 2018

Chrysolina haemoptera, Heacham South Beach, 9th April 2018

Hawthorn Shieldbug

Hawthiorn Shieldbug, Green Bank, 13th November 2017

Holme Miscellany, 17th September 2017

Ergot, Claviceps purpurea, Holme NWT, 17th September 2017

Gorse Shieldbug, Holme NWT, 17th September 2017

Dune Stinkhorn, Holme NWT, 17th September 2017

Dune Waxcap, Holme NWT, 17th September 2017