Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)





Nettle Ground Bug (Heterogaster urticae)





Duke of Argyll's Tea-tree - Matrimony Vine (Lyceum barbarum)





Red-thighed Epeolus ♀︎ (Epeolus cruciger)

The Cuckoo Bee

of









Heather Mining Bee (Colletes succinctus)









Ichneumon Wasp sp ?





Micro Moth Sp?

Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

Thanks to Gill Judd for id.







Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)





Hairs bands seem to be uninterrupted.









White hairs on the clypeus.





Sharp-tailed Bee Sp ♀︎(Coellioxys Sp) ?

Probably Shiny- vented Sharp-tail Bee Coelioxys inermis

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments.

Coelioxys id













Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis) ?











Nysson trimaculatus ♀︎ ?



Syrphus Sp?

Tags: CliffMiningBee, DukeofArgyll'sTeaTree, Red-thighedEpeolus, CommonNettle-tap, NettleGroundBug, Shiny-ventedSharp-tailBee, FieldDiggerWasp, PaintedLady, Sharp-tailedBee Sp

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