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

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)





Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)







Dunlin (Calidris alpina)



















































The odd Turnstone too.









Knot (Calidris canutus) & Dunlin (Calidris alpina)







Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus)



Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) on a Teasle (Dipsacus inermis)














Dark bodied form of the Honey bee (Apis mellifera)









Wilke's Mining Bee perhaps ? (Andrena wilkella)

became

Andrena dorsata - Very short hairs on the hind tibia and the thorax has a rufus colour rather than just brown as in A wilkella

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments and id.

Red bodied form of theHoney Bee (Apis mellifera)





Orache Sp?





Sea Beet seed pods (Beta vulgaris maritima)



Sae Holly (Eryngium bourgatii)





















Silver Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile leachella)









Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis)









Spider hunting wasp (Epysiron rufipes)

Tags: Landscape, Turnstone, Black-tailedGodwit, SeaBeet, Dunlin, Epysironrufipes, CommonSpinyDiggerwasp, Silverleaf-cutterBee, CommonTern, Teasle, Knot, LargeGorseMiningBee, LargeGorseMiningBee, Oystercatcher, PaintedLady

Blach-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) & Knot (Calidris canutus)













Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)



Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)





















Dunlin (Calidris alpina)




























Knot (Calidris canutus)



Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)



Mediterranean Gull (Larus melanocephalus)



Ringed Plover (Charadrius hiatacula)



Spotted Redshank (Tringa erythropus)



Tesle (Dipsacus fullonum)

Tags: Black-tailedGodwit, Knot, CommonTern, Dunlin, Lapwing, SpottedRedshank, RingedPlover, MediterraneanGull

Lasioglossum Sp? Perhaps

which turned out to be

Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)






Six Spot Burnet Moth (Zygaena filipendulae)

























Large Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena hattorfiana)







Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)



Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)







? Wasp Sp ??

which turned out to be

Chalk Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus dilatatus ♀︎)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id help


Brilliant roadside Nature reserve had 171 Pyramidal orchid spikes this year.

Bravo Little site.

Tags: LargeScabiousMiningBee, SmallSkipper, LasioglossumSp, SmallScabious, BurnetMoth

Large Gorse Mining Bee (Andrena bimaculata) Second generation.



Bladder Campion anther Smut (Microbotryum silenes-inflatae)





Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)



Fly Sp



Grasshopper Sp



Sharp-collared Furrow Bee (Lassioglossum malachurum)

These nest in the hard packed soil of the footpath and there are aggregations of nests where the soil meets the shingle.

This one has been attacked by a female Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp) and left on the path, presumably to be collected later.

The prey is covered in pollen, which gives the Cerceris a better chance of catching one and with the added advantage that the bee is making for a known point.


Wikipedia Page



Yellow Melilot (Melilotus officinalis)







Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)









This is probably Andrena ovatatula (possibly A wilkella)









Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)







Apolygus Sp



Bramble Sp (RubusSp)



Buck's-horn Planatain (Plantago coronopus)

Many thanks to Nick Owens for a brilliant day.

Tags: CliffMiningBee, Landscape, AndrenaSp, PinnedSpecimens, Anrenaovatula, Andrenabimaculata, BrambleSp, Buck's-HornPlantain

Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum)





Leptura quadrifasciata





This identifies this as Amophila pubescens. This is a female and smaller than the Amophila sabulosa below.


The distribution Map from BWARS








Ammophila pubescens







Ammophila sabulosa

She is just putting the finishing touches to a nest hole here in the near vertical sand cliff face.

Twenty to thirty minutes ago this was a large hole in the sand. She packed it with stones and sand, which she carried in from a short distance away.
She busied herself plugging the hole and finally caused sand to fall from around the top and edges of the hole, which she then carefully smoothed into place.
By the time she finished you couldn't see where she had been.

Tags: Beewolf, Lepturaquadrifasciata, Ammophilapubescens, Ammophilasabulosa

Banded Demoiselle ♂︎ (Calopterix splendens)







Banded Demoiselle ♀︎ (Calopterix splendens)



Ganoderma Sp



Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae)



Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)



Water-plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)







Green-flowered Helleborine (Epipactis phyllanthes)

Tags: BandedDemoiselle, GanodermaSp, Frogbit, WaterSoldier, Green-floweredHelleborine, Water-plantain

Thrift Seed heads (Armeria maritima(





Astata boops

Not quite

(Eyes are much larger and join)

Padolonia Sp Probably Padolonia hirsuta

Thanks to Nick Owens for correction.






Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum)









Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)





Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis) doing what is does best.

Tags: Landscape, Thrift, Beewolf, SilveryLeaf-cutterBee, CommonSpinyDiggerwasp

Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis)







Large Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena hattorfiana)

Tags: LargeScabiousMiningBee, FieldScabious

Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis)








Green-eyed Flower Bee (Anthophora bimaculata)

Not quite

These turned out to be

Silvery Leafcutter Bees (Megachile leachella)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id

Tags: SilveryLeafcutterBees, Orneate-tailedDiggerWasp

A very striking young Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)



Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)















Moorhen feeding young (Gallinula chloropus)

Tags: Moorhen, MeadowPipit, Black-headedGull

Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)







White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)

Tags: Silver-washedFritillary, White-letterHairstreak

Hornet Hoverfly (Volucella zonaria)

Tags: HornetHoverfly

Jewel Wasp Sp?

No sign of the Tormentil Bees today

Tags: JewelWasp

Southern Hawker (Aeshna cynea)

Tags: SouthernHawker

The spines at the end of abdomen show this to be a male. They use them for territorial disputes. Seen a number of times with Common Carder Bees as they were feeding on the Lambs Ears.

Most of pictures clearly show the spines.

















Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manucatum)

Tags: WoolCarderBee

Field Digger Wasp (Argorytes mystaceus)

Tags: FieldDiggerWasp

Sharp-flowered Rush (Juncus acutiflorus)



Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)



Spider Sp



Spider Sp carrying young



Spider Sp








Spider Sp





Syritta pipiens













Tormentil (Potentila erecta)











Cerceris ruficormis ♂︎ perhaps















Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis)



Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)



Narrow Buckler Fern (Dryopteris Carthusiana)





Marsh Bedstraw (Galium palustre)



Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata)



Helophilus pendulus







Heath Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculatum)



Hawkbit Sp ?



Emperor Dragonfly ♂︎ (Anax imperator)



Common Cuddweed (Filago vulgaris)



?



Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus brunneus)

Tags: Sharp-floweredRush, SmallSkipper, SpiderSp, Syrittapipiens, Tormetil, WaspSp, Ornate-tailedDiggerWasp, CommonCudweed, EmperorDragonfly, MarshBedstraw, NarrowBucklerFern

Common Bog Hoverfly (Sericomya silentis)



Chanterelle (Cantharelllus cibarius)



Something interesting on Deer Poo (Coprinus Sp)

Coprinus stercorea



The Deceiver (Laccaria laccata)



Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgineum)



Grey Disco Sp and drooping downward facing small white fungus. Calyptella capula



Chanterelles coming through.



Fungus 2



Gelerina Sp



Galerina Sp nestling in amongst the mosses and lichen. Galarina hypnorum



Grey Disco Sp ( Mollisia cineria)





A fungus that attacks Spiders. Gibellula Sp?



Heath Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)







Hoof Fungus (Fomes fomentarius)



Inocybe asterospoa





Jewel Wasp Sp (Chrysidid Sp)

Probably a male Hedychrum Sp (niemelai or nobile)

A Key for these can found

here


Thanks to Nick Owens for comments and suggestions.






Fungus on Juncus Sp Mycena bulbosa














Longhorn Beetle (Stenurella melanura)



Fresh growth on Mnium hornum



Bleeding Bonnet (Mycena sanguinolenta)





Narrow Buckler Fern (Dryopteris Carthusiana)





Ochre Cushion (hypocrea pulvinata) growing on Birch Polypore



Common Pellia (Pellia epiphylla)



Russula silvestris



Flat-topped Bog-moss (Sphagnum fallax)



Spider Sp with egg sac



Spider Sp



Pale Stagshorn (Calocera pallidosppathulata)



Tawny Grisette (Amanita fulva)













Tormentil Mining Bee (Andrena tarsata)



Twig Parachute (Marasmiellus ramealis)



White-fingered SlimeMold (Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa)



Wolf's Milk (Lycogala terrestre)



Xylota segnis









Yellow Bird's-nest (Monotrops hypopitis)










Yellow Slime Mold Sp?









Yellow Slime Mold







A 5 spot or a Narrow Bordered 5 spot Burnet?

Thanks to Tony Moverley for id suggestions

Many thanks to Yvonne for the Fungi ids

Tags: CommonBogHoverfly, Chanterelle, Incybeasterospoa, Mycenabulbosa, Calyptellacapula, Galerinahypnorum, GibellulaSp, PaleStagshorn, BleedingBonnet, YellowBird's-nest, YellowBird'sNest, Xylotsegnis, Wolf'sMilk, White-fingeredSlimeMold, TwigParachute, Tawnygrisette, TormentilMiningBee, OchreCushion, SpiderSp, Flat-toppedBog-moss, CommonPellia, RussulaSp, CommonPellia, CoprinusSp, InocybeSp, HoofFungus, NarrowBucklerFern, HeathSpottedOrchid, GalerinaSp, SnowyDisco, TheDeceiver, GreyDiscoSp

Epysiron rufipes

Tags: Epysironrufipes

Caterpillars Sp?









Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)



Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula)








Sulphur Beetle ( Cteniopus sulphureus) & Ichneumon Wasp Sp



Xanthogramma pedissequum









Eupeodes luniger ♂︎













Banded General (Stratiomys potamida)



Ichneumon Wasp Sp





Noon Fly (Mesambrina meridiana)







Broad Centurion (Chloromyia formosa ♀︎)













Argogorytes fargeii ♀︎



Crabro peltarius perhaps.







Field Digger Wasp (Agrogorytes mystaceus)











Ectemnius continuus





Wild Carrot (Daucus carota(

Tags: Landscape, BandedGeneral, FieldDiggerWasp, TigerCranefly, NoonFly, WildCarrot, Argogorytesfargeii, BroadCenturion, Xanthogrammapedissiquum, Eupeodesluniger, GreenColonel, SulphurBeetle, IchneumonWaspSp

Eyeing the Sky



Curlew (Numenius arquata)







A young Little Grebe (Tachybaptus rufficolis)





Meadow Pipit in the grass (Anthus pratensis)





Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)



False Fox Sedge (Carex otrubae)



Hemlock (Conium maculatum)





Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)





Yellow Horned-poppy (Glaucidium flavum)



Wasp Sp This one has red legs Maritime Mason wasp (Ancistocerus scoticus♀︎) perhaps?









Wasp Sp Cuckoo-spit Wasp (Argogorytes mystaceus ♂︎)

Tags: Curlew, MeadowPipit, WaspSp, Hemlock, BitingStonecrop, FalseFoxSedge, Yellow-hornedPoppy

A channel full of Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)



?



?
became

European Cinch Bug (Ischnodemus sabuleti)

Thanks to Steve & Yvonne for id











Greater Bladderwort (Utriuclaria vulgaris)



Red-tailed Bumble Bee ♂︎ (Bombus lapidarius)







Carr Woodland



Cyperus Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)



Ganoderma Sp



Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosoviridescens)





Crested Buckler Fern (Dryopteris cristata)



Sharp-flowered Rush (Juncus acutifolius) Cross partitions only.



Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)





Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune)

Male plant above

and young capsule of the female plant covered by a golden calyptra



Hard Rush or Soft Rush

The ridges seem visible









Heath Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza maculata)











Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)







Marsh-bedstraw (Galium palustre)



Brown-lipped Snail (Cepaea nemoralis)



Marsh Stitchwort (Stellar palustris)







Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)





Leaf Cutter Sp Megachile Sp (to be confirmed)

Pale hairs on clypeus and thorax with some black hairs on top of the head. There appears to be a little tuft of orange hair visible from the scope. Somewhat festooned with mites?

M centuncularis perhaps?

Not quite

The Wonderful Mr Willughby's Bee

Willughby's Leafcutter Bee (Megachile willughbiella)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id.

Nick then passed on these comments, which I ma very grateful for.

M. centuncularis has only orange pollen hairs under its abdomen – and they stick out round the edge like a halo, when seen from above.
M. willughbiella and M. maritima both have dark pollen hairs near the tip, but maritima has whitish hairs towards the front end,
whereas these hairs have more orange colour in willughbiella (photo p. 148 in Bees of Norfolk).
You can’t really see this in your photo though.
M. maritima has more prominent white bands and also longer hairs on the front basi-tarsi if you can see that!
I think they are short on your specimen and the bands are not obvious.
You can see these hairs on the Holkham photo against the yellow petal. M. maritima is darker on top when fresh.
Hope that helps – always tricky with photos. A profile photo is useful for Megachile.
I’ve added M.circumcincta in case you see it (present at Holkham on bird’s-foot trefoil).
It has long hairs on the top of the abdomen which are black towards the hind end and no clear bands.



Megachile circumcincta



Megachile Martina



Megachile maritima



Hoverfly Sp Parahelophilus Sp?











Sawfly Sp (to be confirmed) (Strongylogaster multifasciata ♀︎)

Thanks to Andy Musgrove @andymus1 for id



Saw Sedge (Cladium mariscus) inflorescence


Soldier beetle (Cantharis Sp)





Soldier Fly Sp It does have yellow knees so possibly Long-horned Black Legionnaire (Beris geniculata)





Greater Spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)



Spider Sp





Scaeva pyrastri



Syrphus Sp?



The delicate flower pattern of Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)







Lesser Bullrush (Typha angustifolia)



Water Soldier (Stratiotes aloides)



Xylota segnis

Tags: GreaterBladderwort, CyperusSedge, Scaevapyrastri, Sharp-floweredRush, ParahelophilusSp, Red-tailedBumbleBee, Xylotasignis, SyrphusSp, TubularWaterDropwort, WaterSoldier, SpiderSp, GreaterSpearwort, SoldierBeetle, SoldierFlySp, CommonSawSedge, MegachileSp, MeadowThistle, MarshStitchwort, Brown-lippedSnail, Marsh-bedstraw, Swallowtail, HeathSpotted-orchid, CommonHaircap, MarshFern, CrestedBucklerFern, GanodermaSp, Golden-bloomedGreyLonghorn, SawflySp

Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis)





Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)

Tags: Goat'sBeard, PyramidalOrchid

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)

\

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