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