Weybourne / Spalla gap

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Bee Sp?

Andrena Sp?

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Bee Sp?

Gwynne's Mining bee (Andrena bicolor) perhaps?

Confirmed

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Hare's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)

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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.

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Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)♀︎

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

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Coastal Leafcutter Bee (Megachile maritima)

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Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)♂︎

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

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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

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Caterpillar Wasp

Red-banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)

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

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Large Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus signatus)?

Both flying on some roadside mignonette

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

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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.

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