Northwest Norfolk Naturalists

Saturday, 2 June 2018

Wild Clary, a burying beetle and one of the first Mirid bugs of the year

Wild Clary, Redgate Hill, Hunstanton, 2nd June 2018

Necrodes littoralis, Holme NOA, 2nd June 2018

Rhabdomiris striatellus, Hunstanton, 1st Jne 2018

Black Snipe Fly

Black Snipe Fly, Holme NOA, 2nd June 2018

The best haul of moths so far this year

Many-plumed Moth, Hunstanton, 2nd June 2018

Rush Marble Bactra lanceolana, Hunstanton, 2nd June 2018

Fox Moth, Holme NOA, 2nd June 2018

Flame Wainscot, Holme NOA, 2nd June 2018

Obscure Wainscot, Holme NOA, 2nd June 2018

Thursday, 31 May 2018

My first snipefly of the year

Downlooker Snipefly Rhagio scolopaceus, cooling down on a bramble leaf.

After a warm start invertebrates were on the wing in big numbers. But soon, down to yet another sea fret it cooled, allowing the chance to photograph a few insects without them flying off. This four-spotted chaser went to rest in this bramble, but sadly got more than it bargained for!

The web it was hanging in belonged to the Orbweb spider Larinioides cornutus, this game female spider came out and promptly bit the dragonfly in the back of the head. A few shakes later and the insect was dead.

What followed was the folding up of the insect for the larder, and then hauled up 5-6 inches to a fold of leaves. The strength of the single web strand , and of course the spider herself made the experience that more special.