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

Off Patch: Violet Black-legged Robberfly

Violet Black-legged Robberfly, Dioctria atricapilla, Warham Camp, 18th May 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

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

Two early spring flies

Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major, Old Hunstanton, 21st March 2020

Male (eyes meet over head)

 Female (eyes do not meet over head)

Eristalis pertinax, male, Old Hunstanton, 21st March 2020

Twin-spot Centurion

Twin-spot Centurion, Sargus bipunctatus, female, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019

Off Patch: invertebrates at Dersingham Bog

Black Darter, male, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019

Sundew Plume, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019

Banded General, Stratiomys potamida, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019

Wasp Spider, Dersingham Bog, 4th August 2019

Four smart beasties from the weekend

Black and Red Froghopper Cercopis vulnerata, Holme NWT, 19th May 2019

Chocolate Cranefly, Nigrotipula nigra, Holme NWT, 19th May 2019

Coastal Silver-stiletto Acrosathe annular, female, Holme NOA, 19th May 2019

Eupeodes corollae, female, Holme NOA, 19th May 2019

Three 'strats' on the wing

Coastal SIlver-stiletto Acrosathe annulata, male, Holme NWT, 12th May 2019

Black Colonel, Odontomyia tigrina, Redwell Marsh, Holme, 12th May 2019

Murky-legged Black Legionnaire Beris chalybata, male, Beeston Common, 11th May 2019

Dune Villa

Dune Villa, Holme NWT, 21st July 2018

Dune Robberfly

Dune Robberfly, Philonicus albiceps, male, The Firs, 21st July 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