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

Puss Moth

Don't often see puss moth in the trap so this fine example was a lovely surprise  this morning.

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

Off Patch (and one on patch): an April beetles medley

Broom Weevil, Exapion fuscirostre, Roydon Common, 20th April 2019

Cardinal Click Beetle, Ampedus quercicola, Syderstone, 8th April 2019

Dog's Mercury Weevil, Barynotus moerens, Reffley Wood, 20th April 2019

Gorse Weevil, Exapion ulicis, Holme NWT, 21st April 2019

Dead Nettle Leaf Beetle, Chrysolina fastuosa, Welny WWT, 22nd April 2019

Paraphotistus nigricornis, Welney WWT, 22nd April 2019

Off Patch: moths at East Winch and Weeting

Lunar Marbled Brown, East Winch, 22nd April 2019

Buttoned Snout, East Winch, 22nd April 2019

Great Prominent, East Winch, 22nd April 2019 

Maiden's Blush, East Winch, 22nd April 2019

Dark Gorse Piercer, Grapholita internana, Weeting, 22nd April 2019

Spindle Smudge, Ysolopha mucronella, Weeting, 22nd April 2019

Birch Sawfly - new to the patch

Birch Sawfly, Holme NOA, 21st April 2019 - a great find by Sophie Barker

Cheilosia urbana, Holme NWT

Cheilosia urbana, Holme NWT, 13th April 2019

Off Patch: a large water beetle in the Brecks

Dytiscus dimidiatus female, Frost's Common, 15th April 2019

Off Patch: Snape

Chrysolina banksii, Snape, Suffolk, 12th April 2019