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 - Lyme Regis

On a ornamental birch, a parent bug, doing what a parent bug does best.

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

A weekend miscellany

Powdered Quaker, Holme NWT, 30th March 2019

Gorse Shieldbug, Holme NWT, 30th March 2019

Marsham's Noamd Bee, Nomada marshamella, Holme NWT, 30th March 2019

Birch Catkin Bug, Kleidocerys residae, Holme NWT, 30th March 2019

Hawthorn Leaf Beetle, Lochmaea crataegi, Holme NWT, 30th March 2019

Bronze Shieldbug, Holmhurst Track, 31st March 2019

Dock Bug, Holme Marsh, 31st March 2019

 

Eristalis pertinax, Holme Marsh, 31st March 2019

Platycheirus albimanus male, Holme NWT, 31st March 2019

Eristalis intricarius, Holme Marsh, 31st March 2019

Gymnochaeta viridis, Holme NWT, 30th March 2019

Water Carpet, Holme NWT, 30th March 2019

Two sawflies, a leather bug and a longhorn from the patch

Tanbark Borer, Phymatodes testaceus, Hunstanton, 18th May 2018

Denticulate Leatherbug, Coriomeris denticualatus, Redwell Marsh, 19th May 2018

Dolerus triplicatus, Redwell, 19th May 2018

Arge ustulata, Holme NWT, 19th May 2018

Dock Shield Bug - new for the patch

Dock Shield Bug, Coreus marginatus, Ringstead Downs, 30th July 2017

Summaries for 2014. Part 4: Flies, Bugs, Ants, Bees and Wasps

Between us, we recorded:

a total of 113 species of Diptera

Agromyzidae	1		Scathophagidae	2
Asilidae	4		Sciaridae	1
Bibionidae	3		Sciomyzidae	6
Bombyliidae	2		Sepsidae	1
Calliphoridae	1		Stratiomyidae	13
Chloropidae	2		Syrphidae	42
Conopidae	1		Tabanidae	5
Dolichopodidae	2		Tachinidae	5
Empididae	1		Tephritidae	8
Muscidae	1		Therevidae	2
Oestridae	1		Tipulidae	5
Opomyzidae	1		Ulidiidae	1
Rhagionidae	2

49 species of Hymenoptera

Andrenidae	4		Gorytidae	1
Apidae	11		Lasioglossidae	1
Argidae	2		Nomadidae	2
Chrysididae	2		Pompilidae	2
Crabronidae	4		Sphecidae	3
Cynipidae	5		Tenthredinidae	6
Formicidae	3		Vespidae	3

and 169 species of Hemiptera

Acanthosomatidae	4		Miridae	50
Anthocoridae	9		Nabidae	7
Aphididae	1		Naucoridae	1
Aphrophoridae	4		Nepidae	1
Berytidae	1		Notonectidae	1
Ceratocombidae	1		Pentatomidae	11
Cercopidae	1		Piesmatidae	2
Cicadellidae	18		Pleidae	1
Cixiidae	1		Psyllidae	1
Coreidae	5		Reduviidae	2
Corixidae	6		Rhopalidae	3
Cydnidae	2		Saldidae	2
Delphacidae	4		Scutelleridae	1
Hydrometridae	1		Tingidae	6
Lygaeidae	20		Veliidae	2

on the patch in 2014. Full species listings with dates and localities where found on the 2014 summary spreadsheets tab.

Two identified insects, an unidentified insect and an unidentified arachnid

Ceraleptus lividus, Holme NWT, 1st September 2014

Podops inuncta, Holme NWT, 1st September 2014

A pseudoscorpion, Holme NWT, 1st September 2014

 Pilophorus sp Capsid bug),  Tescos, Hunstanton, 1st September 2014

Some of the results of another brilliant day at Holme - Sunday 27th July 2014

Large Marsh Horsefly, Tabanus autumnalis, Holme NWT, 27th July 2014

Red Longhorn, Holme NOA, 27th July 2014

Shark, Holme NOA, 27th July 2014

Webb's Wainscot, Holme NOA, 27th July 2014

Bedstraw Hawk, Holme NOA, 27th July 2014

Ringed China Mark, Holme NOA, 27th July 2014

Water Cricket, Velia caprai, Holme Marsh, 27th July 2014

Banded General, Stratiomys potamida, Holme Marsh, 27th July 2014

Long-winged Conehead, Trig Point Rd, Holme, 27th July 2014

Meadow Grasshopper, Ringstead Downs, 27th July 2014

Blue Shieldbug, Ringstead Downs, 27th July 2014

Carline Thistle, Ringstead Downs, 27th July 2014

Rosy Rustic, Ringstead Downs, 27th July 2014