♀︎

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

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

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