Kelling Heath
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?