Silverfish

Silverfish, Lepisma saccarina, our bathroom, Hunstanton, 30th March 2020

Some more recent Hunstanton beasties

 The hoverfly Melanostoma scalare, female, Ringstead Downs, 11th April 2020

The hoverfly Helophilus pendulus, female, Old Hunstanton, 12th April 2020

 The hoverfly Epistrophe elegans, male, Old Hunstanton, 12th April 2020

Holly Blue, Hunstanton garden, 12th April 2020

 The hover flu Eristalinus aenus, Old Hunstanton, 15th 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

Bug in the conservatory

During the recent warm days numerous insects have wandered into the conservatory including this Dock Bug Coreus marginatus.

Off Patch: Roydon Common

Yellow Horned, Roydon Common 9th March 2020

 Cheilosia albipila, Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

10 Spot Lady bird Adalia decempunctata, Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

Glow-worm larva,  Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

Gorse Shield Bug, Roydon Common, 23rd March 2020

Gorse Weevil, Exapion ulicis, Roydon Common, 23rd <arch 2020

A spring insect miscellany

 Honey Bee, Hunstanton garden, 22nd March 2020

The Hoverfly Eristalis tenax, female, Hunstanton garden, 22nd March 2020

The Hoverfly Platycheirus albimanus, male, Hunstanton garden,  24th March 2020

Black Oil Beetle, Meloe proscarabaeus, Ringstead Downs,

The Tachinid Fly Gymnochaeta viridis, Ringstead Downs, 4th April 2020

Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major, Ringstead Downs, 4th April 2020

The sawfly Dolerus puncticollis, female, Ringstead Downs, 4th April 2020

Hairy-footed flower-bee, Anthophora plumipes,  female, Hunstanton garden, 10th April 2020

Bibio anglicus, pair (male all black), River Hun, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

Alderfly, Sialis lutaria, River Hun, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

Bibio marci, male, River Hun, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

 Epistrophe elegans, male, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

Cream-spot Ladybird, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

Harlequin Ladybird, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

Brassica Shield Bug, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

Hairy Shield Bug, Chapel Bank, 10th April 2020

Green Shield Bug, Chapel Bank 10th April 2020

Black-tailed Godwit

Black-tailed Godwit, Thornham Hbr, 14th March 2020

Chinese Water Deer

Chinese Water Deer, Holme NWT, 14th March 2020

Off Patch: Wells and Warham Camp

Common Pill Beetle, Byrrhus pilula, Warham Camp, 16th March 2020

Rough-legged Buzzard, Wells, 16th March 2020

Off Patch: a Black-headed Cardinal from Great Hockham

Black-headed Cardinal Pyrochroa coccinea, reared through from larva collected at Great Hockham  20th January 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