Ant Sp



Bee Sp?

Turned out to be

White-footed Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum leucopus)




Red-thighed Epeolus (Epeolus cruciger)





Fly Sp?

Is this by any chance the kleptoparasitic satellite fly (Miltogramma germani) with the Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtipes)?

Probably Miltogramma punctata



Robber Fly Sp?



Shieldbug hunting wasp. Astata boops♀︎



Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)



Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)



Painted Nomad Bee (Nomada fucata) on Ragwort (Senecio jacobea)

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments & id

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments and corrections

Tags: AntSp, Red-thighedEpeolus, BeeSp, FlySp, RobberFly, White-footedFurrowBee, Lasioglossumleucopus, PaintedNomadBee

Large Gorse Mining Bee (Andrena bimaculata) ?

With the orange markings on the gasters



Ant Sp? on Bramble Sp?



Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica) & Ant Sp & Bramble Sp









Bramble Sp



Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)



Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)









Long back legs suggest a Spider Hunting Wasp.

Wasp Sp ?





Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

Tags: LargeGorseMiningBee, AntSp, CliffMiningBee, BrambleSp, Wasp?, PaintedLady, FieldBindweed, SmallTortoiseshell

White Bryony (Bryonia alba)



Dark Bush Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)









Ants Sp? shepherding and extracting Honey Dew from Blackfly Sp?

Nick Owen's pointe me towards an article in this copy of the Natterjack








Mating Ferruginous Bee-grabbers (Sicus ferruginous)













Beetle Sp desperate to get away from the Ants





Chrysotoxum bicinctum





























Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)





Plant Bug Sp?





Cerceris arenaria



Dagger Fly (Empis livida)

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Rose Sp













?



Grasshopper Sp





Hogweed (Heraclium spondylium)



Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)



Eupeodes corollae?





















Hoverfly Sp

Probably Eristalis arbustorum

Narrow fascial strip set in a dusted (pale) background, thickened hind metatarsus and a diffuse wing stigma

Thanks to Steve & Gill Judd for considered id comments.












Ichneumon Sp





Wasp Sp?



Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)





Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum) ? on Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)

In fact Bombus pascuorum. Despite colour and size, the black hairs on legs and other parts mean it's a Common Carder Bee

Thanks to Nick Owens for id comments.



Moth Sp?



















Crabro cribrarius

BWARS





Piri Piri Burr (Acaena novae-zelandiae)

Mosture laden this morning.











Chrysotoxum festivum







Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)







































Tenthredo vespa

A year ago today one was seen about 100m away from where I saw this one today.

That was the second record this century. Perhaps this is the third record?

Tags: WhiteBryony, MossCarderBee, MothSp, SmallSkipper, Chrysotoxumfestivum, Tenthredovespa, DarkBushCricket, PiriPiriBurr, FerruginousBee-grabber, IchneumonSp, MarmaladeHoverfly, Honeysuckle, Hogweed, RiseSp, DaggerFlySp, BeetleSp, AntSp, Silver-studdedBlue, Chrysotoxumbicinctum