Showing posts with label Insects. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Insects. Show all posts

Sunday, 23 June 2019

A few bugs and things

A bit of a mish mash of the last week or so starting today whilst sat on my garden bench I noticed a wasp fly out of a piece of wood which fell off said bench last week!  Having taken these not so good photos I think I have identified it as Ectemnius continuus and if you zoom in you can see its taking some prey into a nest chamber - happy to be corrected if you know better



 Volucella bombylans - Bumblebee Hoverfly

Not sure what this little bee is nearest guess Sand-pit mining bee - left hand insect ???


No idea what this is - help required with id please!


Plenty of emerging Black-tailed Skimmers at Messingham just hanging around drying out

A grizzly find at Messingham - tested me for  a while until I found the rest not far away




Sun Fly - Helophilus pendulum - quite a few on Alkborough Flats

Lots of Scorpion flys out at Messingham on Friday

Took this yesterday whilst dipping the Black-winged Pratincole at Frampton - a Grass Spider - look carefully

and finally took this Cheilosia illustrata at Messingham - its a fly that mimics a furry bumblebee




Thursday, 3 May 2018

A few insects

We start with this mining bee which I have had help to id and very excited to be told its very probably Andrena clarkella or Clarke's Mining Bee only the 30th record for Lincs and the first this year!


Another mining bee this time Tawny Mining Bee loaded with pollen going back into the nest


7-spot Ladybird

Eristalis pertinax - I think!

Green Shieldbug hiding in the nettles


Syrphus ribesii and 22-spot Ladybird


These I didn't take - they were taken in Kent by my brother and I again have had them identified as Grey-patched Mining Bee - Andrena nitida


Please advise if I have misidentified any