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

Holmhurst Track, 27th June

Orange-spot Piercer, Pammene aurana, Holmhurst Track, 27th June 2020 

Ellipteroides lateralis, Holmhurst track, 27th June 2020

Banded General, Stratiomys potamida, Holmhurst track, 27th June 2020

Common Red-legged Robberfly

Common Red-legged Robberfly, Dioctria rufipes, Ringstead Downs, May 23rd 2020

Off Patch: Golden-haired Robberfly

Golden-haired Robberfly, Choerades marginatus, Blo' Norton, 1st June 2020

Fen Snout

Fen Snout, Nemotelus pantherinus, male, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020

Fen Snout, Nemotelus pantherinus, female, New Fen, Little Ouse Headwaters, 1st June 2020

Some recent animals of interest

Lunar Yellow Underwing, Holme NOA, 10th September 2018

Field Grasshopper, Holme NWT, 16th September 2018

Dune Villa, Holme NWT, 16th September 2018

Brown-spot Pinion, Hunstanton, 16th September 2018

Willow Emerald, Holme Marsh, 16th 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 atricapillus, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018

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

Rhopalus subrufus, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018

Coriza hyoscami, Ringstead Downs, 16th September 2018

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

Syritta pipiens, Ringstead 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

Off Patch: some nationally rare, scarce and smart beasts from a foray in Dorset

Golden-ringed Dragonfly, Ballard Down, 8th July 2018

Heath Tiger Beetle, Studland, 9th July 2018

Small Blue, Durlston Head, 10th July 2018

Purbeck Mason Wasp, Hartland Moor, 10th July 2018

Cryptocephalus primarius, near Swanage, 11th July 2018

Rose Chafer, Durdle Door, 11th July 2018

Shiny Dor Beetle, Hartland Moor, 11th July 2018 

Large Marsh Grasshopper, Hartland Moor, 11th July 2018

Cliff Tiger Beetle, Eype, 12th July 2018

Heath Bee-fly, Studland, 13th July 2018

Mottled Bee-fly, Studland, 13th July 2018

Black Deerfly, Hartland Moor, 13th July 2018

Small Purple-barred, Stoborough Heath, 13th July 2018

The Black Colonel

Black Colonel, Odontomyia tigrina, Redwell Marsh, 19th May 2018

Off Patch: a scarce soldierfly at Denver

Beris clavipes, Denver, 21st May 2018

Murky-legged Black Legionnaire Beris chalybata: a new (long-overdue, presumably overlooked) Strat for the patch

Murky-legged Black Legionnaire, Beris chalybata, Ringstead Downs, 6th May 2018

A smart new Robberfly for the patch

Golden-tabbed Robberfly Eurolmus rufibarbis (male), Holme NWT, 8th July 2017