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

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

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