Short-fringed Mining Bee (Andrena dorsatta)





Andrena Sp?



Empis livida on Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis)





Lasioglossum Sp?





Mini miner Sp?











Leaf Cutter Bee & Short-fringed Mining Bee

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee (Megachile centuncularis) & Short-fringed Mining Bee (Andrena dorsatta)



Robberfly Sp?
Couldn't quite make up my mind on this one.
Legs looked too orange to tie it down.















Wasp Sp?

Pompilid Sp?

Ancistrocerus Sp?

Likely to be Wall Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus parietinus)?

But presumed pair with mating activity with no yellow spots visible on thorax of either one.

Hence ?





Yellow-face Bee Sp? (Hylaeus Sp?)

Tags: Short-fringedMiningBee, AndrenaSp, MiniMinerSp, RobberflySp, PatchworkLeafcutterBee, Yellow-faceBeeSp, AncistrocerusSp, Empislivida

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

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