Fruit Fly Sp?



Cheilosia impressa



Purple Hairstreak ♀︎ (Neozephryus quercus)



Orange Balsam (Impatiens capensis)





Bifid Hempnettle (Galeopsis bifida)



Stingless Nettle (Urtica dioica ssp galeopsifolia)



Pink Water Speedwell (Veronica catenata)





Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)



Marsh Fly Sp?





Carabus granulatus?



















Hogweed Fly-fox (Ectemnius lituratus) perhaps on Milk Parsley (Peucedanum palustre)

Stephen Falk - Hogweed Fly-fox



Swallow Tail (Papilio machaeon) caterpillar





















Longhorn Beetle Sp

Musk Beetle (Aromia moschata)







Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)





Under the Carr Woodland







Water-pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)



Gasteruption Sp?



Duckweed

Greater Duckweed and Common Duckeed present





Fat Duckweed (Lemna gibba)



Ivy-leaved Duckweed (Lemna triscula)



Common Duckweed (Lemna minor)





Greater Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)













Cowbane (Cicuta virosa)







Bithynia sp? with lid

Possibly B tentaculata but confirmation arriving later.



Great Pond Snail (Lymnaea stagnalis)?





Spire small but sharply pointed.

Radix balthica?



Great Ram's-horn (Panorbarius corneus)?



For comparison

The Ram's-horn on the left with three whorls and the small one on the right with four tightly coiled whorls.

So although a young snail on the right it is not a young of the snail on the left.

Anisus Sp?





Amber Snail Sp

Succinia putris ?


Identifying Freshwater Molluscs

from

Naturespot



Lesser Water-parsnip (Berula erecta)





Lacewing Larvae carrying debris

The upper image seems to have flies as part of the luggage







Because of the yellow face , first thought was Hairy Yellow-face.

But too hairy and the legs were too hairy as well.

Thanks to Anne Crotty's comments this became

a

Yellow Loosestrife Bee ♂︎ (Macropis europea)

Have only seen females with lots of pollen on previously so nice to realise a male.





Some hairs visible on the leaf edges.



Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus)







Small Teasel (Dipasacus pilosus)



Hazel nuts (Corylus avellana)



Dolichopus Sp?



Chrysopilus cristatus ♀︎





Wasp Plumehorn (Volucella inanis)





Pellucid Fly (Volucella pellucens)



















Harvestmen Sp?

Leiobunum rotundum





Golden-tailed Leaf Licker (Xylota sylvarum)





Interesting whirl of leaves on the fern.

Gall?

Very happy to receive correction and comments.

Tags: Landscape, FruitFlySp, Cheilosiaimpressa, PurpleHairstreak, AmberSnailSp, LesserWater-parsnip, LacewingLarva, YellowLoosestrifeBee, GreaterBird's-footTrefoil, SmallTeasel, Hazel, DolichopusSp, SnipeFly, WaspPlumehorn, PellucidFly, Golden-tailedLeafLicker, FernGalls, OrangeBalsam, GreatedDuckweed, Cowbane, BithyniaSp, CommonPondSnail, BifidHempnettle, EarPondsnail, GreatRam's-horn, StinglessNettle, Carabusgranulatus, EctemniusSp, MuskBeetle, CreepingJenny, Water-pepper, GasteruptionSp, FatDuckweed, Ivy-leavedDuckweed, CommonDuckweed, Swallowtail, MarshFlySp, Skullcap

♀︎

Seemed to be having huge difficulty finding a nest hole although she's not carrying pollen.

First time of clearly seeing the dark yellow hairs on her hind legs that are usually covered with pollen.



♂︎

Sheltering in the hawkweed as the cloud came over.





Big Shaggy Bee (Panurgus banksianus)

Two females also using the flowers for shelter when the sun went in.



Spotted Cranefly (Nephroma appendiculata)?







Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis & prey (Lasioglossum Sp?)







Dodder (Cuscata epithymum)



Satellite Fly at a Bee nesting aggregation



Possibly the one that got away.









Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) flowering in late spring/summer contracts well with the Heather



Pincushion Sp (Ulotta Sp?)





Moth Sp?

Heather Neb (Aristotelia ericinella)

Thanks to Tony Moverley for id.



Oak Knopper Gall





Acorns





Mildew & Mines on the Oak leaves

and

there were some small white faced
flies
dancing about

on the leaves

and

lo

and

behold







a

Purple Hairstreak ♀︎ (Neozephyrus quercus)

appeared

at

eye

level?









Pantaloon Bee ♂︎ (Dasypoda hirtirpes)





Robberfly Sp?

Kite-tailed Robberfly (Machismus atricapillus)?





Heather Shield Bug (Rhacognathus punctatus) Instar





Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)



Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris)







Wasp Sp?

Ectemnius Sp?

this turned out

to be

Digger Wasp (Lindenius panzeri)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id





Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)

Tags: BigShaggyBee, HeatherNeb, SpottedCranefly, DiggerWasp, Ornate-tailedDiggerWasp, Dodder, SatelliteFly, DwarfGorse, MothSp, OakSp, PantaloonBee, Kite-tailedRobberFly, HeatherShieldBug, SmallSkipper, GreenTigerBeetle, EctemniusSp, LesserStitchwort, PurpleHairstreak, PincushionSp

Berry Catchfly (Cucubalis baccifer)



























Clover Melitta (Melitta leporina) collecting pollen from Yellow Melilot (Melilotis officinalis)









Clover Melitta (Melitta leporina) nectaring on a Geranium



A spider egg sack hanging from the underside of a top fence rail.

It seems to have a well developed cage of silk to help protect it?

The surface of the egg sack also covered in silk.

Pirate Spider Sp (Ero Sp)





♂︎



















♀︎ &♂︎












Making the final touches to a nest hole at a bee hotel.




Escaping from a spider thread.



This one even escaped from this encounter with an Enoplagnatha Sp (Probably Enoplagnatha ovata)

Large-headed Resin Bee (Heriades truncorum)

Really likes Ragwort. The bee's is constantly bouncing its abdomen up and down on the flowers to transfer the pollen to its hairs (scopa) on the underside.

The large mandibles give a clue to the bee's propensity to attack other bees nests and literally rip out the contents and use the nest hole themselves.

In a bee hotel you can the remains of rummaged nests hanging down from the holes.

The bee is also very adept at escaping from Spider's webs.



Spider Sp?

Juvenile Nucteana unbratica











Four-banded Flower Bee (Anthophora quadrimaculata) taking a moment to clean its tongue.





Large Yellow-faced Bee (Hylaeus signatus)♂︎





Broad Centurion (Chlloromyia formosa)





Toadflax Brocade caterpillar (Calophasia lumula)



The lustrous Pearl Black of the fruit of the Belladona (Atropa belladona) plant



Psychoides filicivora - A micro moth. The larva mine the fern frond and feed on the ferns sporangia.

It then spins the sporangia into an irregular mess that the larva hides in.



The twirl of the leaves suggests it has been used by something or nothing?





Geomyza combinata agg

There are two species in this group currently found in the UK

Genitalia examination is difficult for the males and the females cannot be separated.



Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus)





Gall? Froth on Ragwort

I couldn't find this one in the Gall Society website.

Fly Sp?

Pegohylemyia seneciella

Larvae in the flower heads of Senecio jacobea. producing a cone of froth, which dries in the middle of the flower.
Found where Ragwort plants are few. In large stands there is greater probability of predation by Pegohylemyia jacobaea

Ragwort Fauna from Buglife



Ant Damsel Bug (Nymph) (Himacerus mirmicoides)

Thanks to Vanna Bartlett for all the help with ids and suggestions for further reading.

Tags: BerryCatchfly, Clovermelitta, Large-headedResinBee, Four-bandedFlowerBee, BroadCenturion, ToadflaxBrocade, Psychoidesfilicivora, Belladona, GeomyzacombinataAgg, SweetFlag, AntDamselBug, RagwortGall, LargeYellow-facedBee

A small blind woodlouse that is associated with ants.

Ant Woodlouse (Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii)









Deathcap (Amanita phalloides)






At least four species are associtaed with these galls.

Andricus, Neuroterus, Biorhiza & Cynips Sp

Oak Knopper Gall



Oak Artichoke Gall formed by the secretions of the Oak Artichoke Gall Wasp (Andricus fecundator)

There is a cavity on the inside containing the inner gall, which is ejected in late summer leaving the old galls to persist with the old scales opened out and brown.





Ram's-horn Gall created by the Ram's-horn Gall Wasp (Andricus aries)

The second image is an old one.

This gall commonly forms a 'chimera' with another gall causing Sp, which creates oddly shaped galls.



Nail Gall caused by the mite Eriophyes tiliae on Lime trees (Tilia Sp)





Green Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata)











Harvestmen Sp?

Immature Phalangium opilio







Lasioglossum Sp?

Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)? Or? L leucopus?



Common Red-legged Robberfly (Dioctria rufipes)

Not quite

Actually

Stripe=legged Robberfly (Dioctria baumhaueri)



Sputnik Spider (Paidiscura pallens) with egg sacks.





Gall Wasp Sp?



Wild Onion (Allium canadense)?











Nigma walckanaeri

Beautiful green Spider on the bowed Ivy leaves.

The stiff bowedness of the Ivy leaf allows the spider to develop a sheet web, which it nestles under, awaiting its prey.

To read more about the spider and other insects on Ivy

Insects on Ivy from Arthropedia by Vanna Bartlett







Birch Shield Bug (Elasmostethus interstinctus)



18 Spot Ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata)



A tiny spider delicately prancing

One of the two hundred fifty species of 'Money Spiders'



Not the best of pictures and others were a complete fail.

Inconspicuous Ladybird Sp?

Scymnus suturalis



The worst picture of the day unfortunately

Sun Jumping Spider (Heliophnaus Sp)

Although it actually turned up a Jumping spider unseen before in the cemetery.

(Euophrys fontalis)♂︎

Thanks again to Vanna Bartlett for help with ids

Tags: AntWoodlouse, Deathcap, OakKnopperGall, OakArtichokeGall, SunJumpingSpider, Ram's-hornGall, GreenCrabSpider, LasioglossumSp, SputnikSpider, GallWaspSp, WildOnion, Nigmawalckanaeri, BirchShieldBug, MoneySpiderSp, Scymnussuturalis, SunJumpingSpider, CommonRed-leggedRobberfly, HarvestmenSp, NailGall

Nymph





Adult

Ant Damsel Bug (Hymacerus mirmicoides)











♀︎



♂︎ & ♀︎







♂︎

Black-backed Grass Skimmer (Paragus haemarrhous)

Probably

There are four species of these tiny hoverflies. Paragus haemorrhous is the most frequent.

But they are very difficult to tell apart.

Stephen Falk - Paragus



Common Knotgrass (Polygonum aviculare)





Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)

Ant Damsel Bug (Late instar nymph) (Hymacerus mirmicoides)





Short-fringed Mining Bee (Andrena dorsata)



Andrena Sp?







The hairs on the thorax are long and pale but there does seem to be some dark hairs present. Clypeus hairs are pale.

Grey-banded Mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena denticulata)

Confirmed

perhaps

or

Yellow-legged Mining Bee ? (Andrena flavipes)

























Tormentil Mining Bee (Andrena tarasata)







Ferruginous Bee-grabber (Sicus ferrugineus)




Ornate-tailed Digger wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) with prey.













Big Shaggy Bee (Panurgus banksianus)?







Bumble Bee Sp

White-tailed Bumble Bee ♂︎ (Bombus lucorum)















Taking a Bee Sp prey into its nest.















Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis)

Underneath is an Orange-legged Furrow Bee Halictus rubicundus)





Tachina Sp?

Tachina fera ?

not quite

Nowikia ferox



Fly Sp?











Green-eyed Flower Bee ♂︎ (Anthophora bimaculata)













Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)

But no

White-zoned Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum leucozonium)









Orange-horned Nomad Bee ♀︎ (Nomada fulvicornis)



Roesel's Bush Cricket (Roeseliana roesellii)









Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)



Wasp Plumehorn (Volucella inanis)



Xanthogramma pedisequum senso lato

Many thanks to Nick Owens for help with corrections and ids.

Tags: AntDamselBug, Short-fringedMiningBee, AndrenaSp, TormentilMiningbee, Orange-hornedNomadBee, Roesel'sBushCricket, LargeSkipper, WaspPlumehorn, Xanthogrammapedisequum, FerruginousBee-grabber, Ornate-tailedDiggerWasp, BigShaggyBee, White-tailedBumbleBee, TachinaSp, FlySp, Green-eyedFlowerBee, CommonFurrowBee

Green-eyed Flower Bee
with glorious
Eau de nil
eyes







A nest site under a flint in the sparsely vegetated landscape.

This area having been scraped and cleared some years ago
to encourage the growth of rare Breckland Plants eg Perennial Knawel





Satellite flies in the area of Green-eyed Flower Bees

Miltogramma Sp?

Miltogramma germari.

Will the picture come of them being at the nest of a Green-eyed Flower Bee?



Certainly many more in this area than four years ago.

With that wonderful high pitched whine.









Green-eyed Flower Bee (Anthomorpha maculatum)



Nick Owen's commented

The grasshopper is Mottled Grasshopper Myrmeleotettix maculatus male (club-shaped antennae and inward pointing shape on pronotum).
This species shows a fascinating range of colour patterns.



Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum)







Squabbles at the entrance hole to the nest.

Small Shaggy Bees share their nest entrance with other females.

In this instance at least five females were seen coming out before one went in.







Leaving the nest again after depositing the pollen.















At this nest there was a small portion of the moss Juniper Haircap (Polytrichim juniperinum) that covered the hole. The bees had to negotiate it
as they made their way backwards and forward with loads of pollen. At moments there was quite a queue to get in and out.







Females collecting pollen. They curl and then flick their abdomen to propel themselves around the plant gathering pollen.

Small Shaggy Bee (Panurgus calcaratus)











Tower Mustard (Arabis glabra)











Colletes Sp

Not quite

This turned out to be a Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtirpes)♂︎

2 sub marginal cells in the wings rather than 3

Dasypoda males are very hairy , especially on the legs. The abdominal hairbands on Colletes are adpressed, ie very flattened.

Thanks to Vanna Bartlett for these comments.

The edge of flying temperature.

Safely snuggled
up in a Cat's-ear.
A finger of warmth
flying time.
With the clouds return
snuggle up
again





Common Cudweed (Filago vulgaris)





Chrysidid or Ruby-tailed Wasp ♂︎ ?

Hedychrum Sp?

Nick Owens commented

This one is Hedychridium roseum or caputaureum (the latter recently recognised in Britain).
These two are the only British species with a dull red abdomen rather than a shiny one.





Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia)





Nest maintenance. Clearing the entrance hole with long backwards strokes.





I'll look but not going out today














A female laden with pollen struggling to find her nest entrance after
disturbance with long sweeping movements of her hind legs.

Prone star jumps in the sand.

Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtirpes)













Satellite fly

Tessellated Bee Burglar (Miltogramma germari)

An extraordinary fly (One of two British Species of 'Miltogramma' Shadow Flies) that deposits live larva into the nests of bees such as
Pantaloon Bee ( Dasypoda hirterpes), Silvery Leafcutter Bees (Magachile leachella) & possibly Green-eyed Flower Bee (Anthophora bimaculata)













Hairy Sand Wasp (Podalonia hirsuta)♂︎





Small Cudweed (Filago minima)





Large Shield Wasp (Crabro cribarius ♀︎)?







Weevil Sp?

Gronops lunatus with Nysius Sp Ground Bug behind

Thanks to Rob Yaxley for id.

Thanks also to Nick Owens for comments and ids

Tags: Green-eyedFlowerBee, SmallShaggyBee, TowerMustard, ColletesSp, Beewolf, LargeShieldWasp, PantaloonBee, TesellatedBeeBurglar, HairySandWasp, SmallCudweed, CommonCudweed, HedychrumSp

Ant Sp?





Crow Garlic (Allium vineale) with Pantaloon Bee ♂︎ ? (Dasypoda hirtirpes)





Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)

I had a feeling there was something not right the above id.

as
confirmed by Vanna Bartlett.

Either Megachile maritima or Megachile willughbiella

You can see the inflated front tarsi in image 2.
From the size of the front tibia and tarsi Vanna suggested likely to M Maritima





Six Spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)



Cat's Ear (Hysdrocharis radicata)



Caterpilar (Species?)



♀︎

You can see the two spots at the end of the abdomen

Eyes not green











Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)♀︎



Plasterer Bee Sp? (Colletes Sp?)



A memento mori



Grey Hair- grass (Corynephorus canescens)



Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides)

















Sheep's-bit Scabious (Jasione montana)







Restharrow (Onionis repens)

Part of the plant growing in this fuzzy furry way?

Answers on a post card please.







Oxford Ragwort (Senecio squalidus)







Bulbous Bluegrass (Poa bulbosa) + seeds



Juniper Haircap (Polytrichum juniperinum)



Polypodium Sp?





















Prickly Saltwort (Salsola kali)

















Rue Sp? (Thalictrum minus)



Sand Couch Grass (Thinopryum junceum)



Sand Sedge (Carex arenaria)







Perennial Wall Rocket (Diplotaxus tenuifolia)













Sea Holly (Eryngium maritimum)













Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)









English Stonecrop (Sedum anglicum)

Beautiful pink flush in the centre of the flower





White Stonecrop (Sedum album)



Narrow-leaved Ragwort (Senecio inaequidens)



Small Cudweed (Filago minima)







Sand Spurry (Spergularia rubra)






Hoary Cress (Lepidium draba)

Heart shaped seed pods

Many thanks to Bob Ellis for Flora id

Also huge thanks to Vanna Bartlett for comments about the Bee ids.

Tags: AntSp, CrowGarlic, PantaloonBee, SilveryLeafcutterBee, SixSpotBurnet, Restharrow, OxfordRagwort, BulbousBluegrass, JuniperHaircap-moss, PlastererBeeSp, GreyHair-grass, Sheep's-bitScabious, SeaSandwort, Cat'sEar

Bee Sp?

Andrena Sp?













Bee Sp?

Gwynne's Mining bee (Andrena bicolor) perhaps?

Confirmed



Hare's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)



Harvestmen Sp?

Platybunus triangularis?

Not quite

Phalangium morio or Mitopus morio

A clear view of the front of the head is needed to separate these two.







Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)♀︎

Note the twin white spots at the ned of the abdomen. Diagnostic for females of this species.















Coastal Leafcutter Bee (Megachile maritima)



Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)♂︎

Note absence of white spots, very long antenna and green eyes





Spider Hunter Sp - Orb weavers in particular

Epysiron Sp?

Red-legged Spider Wasp (Epysiron rufipes)?

There are now two species of Epysiron in the UK. E gallicumum being the second one.
Differentiated by the three rather than four comb spines on the fore (basi?) tarsus

Stephen Falk



Caterpillar Wasp

Red-banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)











♀︎

She just wouldn't turn towards the camera to reveal her face spots















Large Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus signatus)?

Both flying on some roadside mignonette





Duke of Argyll's Tea Tree or Matrimony Vine (Lycium barbarum)









Although not visible in the images this little bee had a rima?

Thus Lasioglossum Sp?

With grateful thnaks to Vanna Bartlett for identification comments and corrections.

Tags: BeeSp, Hare's-footClover, CoastalLeafcutterBee, Red-BandedSandWasp, SilveryLeafcutterBee, HarvestmenSp

Bark Fly Sp? (Psocoptera Sp)?







Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipacatis helleborine)









Sharp-tailed Bee ♀︎ (Coelioxys Sp?)

Vanna thought this was C rufescens and that was confirmed by Tim Strudwick.



Pantaloon Bee ♂︎(DasyPoda hirtirpes)







Tessellated Bee Burglar (Miltogramma germari)

An extraordinary fly (One of two British Species of 'Miltogramma' Shadow Flies) that deposits live larva into the nests of bees such as
Pantaloon Bee ( Dasypoda hirterpes), Silvery Leafcutter Bees (Magachile leachella) & possibly Green-eyed Flower Bee (Anthophora bimaculata)


The second Miltogrmma Sp is Miltogramma punctata, which parasatises at least five Colletes Sp in the British Isles

both snippets

From

Solitary Bees - Ted Benton & Nick Owens.

Pg 312





The lower image shows a freshly emerging fly whose wings have not fully inflated.

Milotgramma punctata at a Sea Aster Mining Bee (Colletes halophilus) aggregation at Gramborough Hill



Fly Sp?



Fly Sp?



♀︎



♂︎

Cistogaster globosa Female above male below.

The most incredible fly. A lustrous, dumpy tachnid first found in 1954 on the hill above my childhood home.- Portsdown Hill

It's host is the Bishop's-mitre Shieldbug











Green-eyed Flower Bee (Anthophora bimaculata)





Hoary Cinquefoil (Potentilla argentea)















Chrysid or Ruby-tailed Wasp ♂︎ ?

Hedychrum Sp?







Jumping Spider Sp?

Salticus scenicus ♀︎?





Perennial Knawel (Scleranthus perennis)



Lichen Sp



Red Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra)



Stenurella melanura♀︎







The most exquisite little creature on the walls of the Church

Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus lagurus)











Variable Nomad Bee (Nomada zonata ♀︎)





Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana) ?

Vanna Bartlett commented

Your Nomada goodeniana isn't (bit late in the year for it).
I think it is male N. fulvicornis but can't be absolutely sure from your 2 photos.





Breckland Pansy (Viola tricolor ssp curtsii)

















































Small Shaggy Bee (Panurgus calcaratus)





Ruddy Darter pair mating (Sympetrum sanguineum)



Spider Sp?

Neoscona adaianta





Sand Spurry (Spergula rubra)



Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum)







Mogolones geogrpahicus the root weevil of Echium vulgare.

In Australia a variety of Echium known as Patterson's Curse (Echium plantagineum) or Jane Weed covers vaste swathes of
land in Western Australia after being grown and then escaping from a garden owned by the Paterson Family in 1880. (or so the story goes)

This species of root weevil is used for biological control of Paterson's Curse

In Australia it is capable of becoming dormant to escape the summer heat.
The adult weevils remaining dormant in the soil until the autumn rains come, which is useful for late breaks of Paterson's Curse.




Wolf's Milk (Lycogala epipdendrum)

Grateful thanks to Vanna Bartlett & Tim Strudwick for help with ids.

Tags: SmallShaggyBee, BarkFlySp, Broad-leavedHelleborine, CoelioxysSp, VariableNomadBee, Ruby-tailedWaspSp, TessellatedBeeBurglar, PantaloonBee

Common Spiny-digger (Oxybelus uniglumis) with prey.





♀︎





♂︎

Clearly showing the two prongs at the end of the abdomen.





♀︎

On the Harebells



Chicory (Cichorium intybus)





A male waiting on the Chicory for a passing female.

The females collecting pollen on the Harebells about 20ft away over the fence.

Small Scissor Bee ( Chelostoma campanularum)



Sphecodes Sp











A small colony on a south facing road side bank.

Smooth-gastered Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum parvulum) perhaps.

Not quite

Notice one of them is very green thus Common Green Furrow Bee
(Lasioglossum morio)

+




Wasp Sp?

Spine Headed Fly Fox (Crossocerus quadrimaculatus)

Stephen Falk

Thanks again to Nick Owen's patience for id corrections.



Meadow Vetchling (Vicea lutea)





Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)







Small Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena marginata)

Tags: SmallScissorBee, Chicory, CommonSpiny-digger, Spine-headedFlyFox, CommonGreenFurrowBee

All females shown here collecting pollen.

Small Scissor Bee (Chelostoma campanularum)

Tags: SmallScissorBee

Large Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena hattorfiana)

Tags: LargeScabiousMiningBee

Short-fringed Mining Bee (Andrena dorsata)







Andrena Sp?

Gwynne's Mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena bicolor)

Black hairs on the face, gingery hairs on the thorax and a blackish abdomen with pail hairs between the segments.











Andrena Sp ?

Micarandrena Sp (Andren minutula ♀︎)



Tiger Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)









Lasioglossum Sp?

Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum ♀︎)





























Megachile Sp ?

Patchwork Leaf Cutter Bee ♀︎ (Megachile centuncularis) ?

Seems to fit the description

Pale hair on the clypeus - some dark hairs on the head.
The abdomen has pale marginal bands at the edges of tergites 1-5 , with hair length decreasing from T1-T5.
There are bands of of sparser, longer hairs on T1 & T2.
The scopa is entirely orange and the hairs protrude outwards making them visible.

After all that this turned out to be Willughby's Leafcutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella)





Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)









Banded General (Stratiomys potamida)















Ant Sp

Formica fusca











Formica fusca tending aphids on an umbellifer.



Eupeodes luniger











Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)



Common Spiny-Digger Wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) with prey.








Andrena Sp ?

Gwynne's Mining Bee ♀︎ (Andrena bicolor)









Lasioglossum Sp ?

Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum ♀︎)



Long-tailed Hoverfly ♂︎ (Sphaerophoria scripta)



Bumblebee Blacklet (Cheilosia illustrata)



Colletes Sp?

Probably Davies colletes ♂︎ (Colletes daviesanus)





Wasp Sp?

Likely to be Auplopus carbonarius

Many thanks to Nick Owens for all the help with ids

Tags: WoolCarderBee, LeafCutterBee, Short-fringedMiningBee, LassioglossumSp, ColletesSp, ColletesSp, Long-tailedHoverfly, WaspSp?, BumbleBeeBlacklet, AndrenaSp

False White Helleborine (Veratrum album)

























Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)

Tags: WoolCarderBee, FalseWhiteHelleborine

Rock Samphire (Crithmum maritimum)







Big Shaggy Bee (panurgurus banksianus)





Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)







Oddly five petals, which took a while to find.

Brookweed (Samolus valerandi)





Orache Sp?

Frosted orache (Atriplex laciniata)





and

accompanying leaf mines











Long-horned Bee ♀︎ (Eucera longicornis)

Tags: Landscape, RockSamphire, BigShaggyBee, FrostedOrache, OracheSp, Brookweed