Red and Black Leafhopper, Cercopia vulnerata, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Sunday, 10 May 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
Four Shieldbugs from along the River Hun
Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Blue Shield Bug, Zicrona caerulea, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Crucifer Shieldbug, Eurydema oleracea, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Legnotus limbosus, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Three early spring Craneflies
Tipula oleracea, female, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Tipula vernalis, male, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Nephrotoma appendiculata, female, River Hun, 8th May 2020
Wednesday, 29 April 2020
Common Fiddleneck - Amsinckia micrantha
While walking my dog this morning I came across what looked like a Bugloss with yellow flowers. I first identified this as Yellow Alkanet Anchusa ochroleuca but thanks to more detailed observation by Joan and Keith Fox it is in fact Common Fiddleneck Amsinckia micrantha. There was just one plant growing in the gravel on the SW corner of the Honeystone overflow car park (TF67114028).
Saturday, 25 April 2020
Another from 2013 and some from today, 25th April 2020
Tropidia scita, Holme Marsh, 23rd June 2013
Yellow Archangel (variegated garden var), Old Hunstanton, 25th April 2020
Rhingia campestris, River Hun, 25th April 2020
Eupeodes luniger, male, Chapel Bank, Hunstanton, 25th April 2020
Chrysotoxum cautum, female,, Hunstanton dunes, 25th April 2020
A new hoverfly for the patch.....from 2013 !
Whilst sorting my photo collection, I came across these images taken in 2013. Date location and tentative identification present and correct, so I tried again but couldn't decide if it was one species or another near-identical. I posted on Facebook and had the beast identified within seconds by the national recorder. So, here's Anasimyia transfuga (the other possibility was A. contracta), Holmhurst Track, 19th May 2013. I've not seen another one in these parts.
Anasimyia transfuga, Holmhurst Track, 19th May 2013.
Thursday, 23 April 2020
Some more recent Hunstanton beasties
The hoverfly Helophilus pendulus, female, Old Hunstanton, 12th April 2020
Holly Blue, Hunstanton garden, 12th 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
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