It was another visit to the lane and meadows this afternoon in bright sunshine. However that annoying strong south-westerly, which was gusting around 30mph, put paid to any serious bug hunting.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Dunnock
1 Chiffchaff (singing)
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Butterflies Recorded:
1 Speckled Wood
2 Meadow Brown
5 Common Blue
A male Common Blue
And a pair of Common Blues mating.
1 Hook-streaked Grass-veneer (Crambus lathoniellus)
A Hook-streaked Grass-veneer (Crambus lathoniellus)
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
Brown-banded Carder Bee (Bombus humilis)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Not a Brown-banded Carder Bee (Bombus humilis) but this time a Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) with a Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) for company.
Hoverflies Recorded:
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
A Brown-banded Carder Bee (Bombus humilis) on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)
Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans) - Form plumata and..........
............another one.
Dead Head Hoverfly (Myathropa florea)
A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)
Red-spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded:
6 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
A pair of Rustic Sailor Beetles (Cantharis rustica). At first glance I thought the female had a tear in her wing-case. Look again though and it is one of the males legs.
Slugs and Snails Recorded:
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Spiders Recorded:
Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
Plants:
Ted:
Aircraft today:
This is a Diamond DA42 Twin Star Registration G-DSKY. Unfortunately I don't have any other info on this aircraft. And the reason I couldn't find any info on this aircraft is because it's registration isn't G-DSKY but G-OSKY. Thank you to Ed Wilson for pointing it out. So lets start again. This is a Cessna 172M Skyhawk and is on its way from Guernsey to Wellesbourne. More on this aircraft here and a photo here.
Jet-black Parasite Fly (Zophomyia temula)
Dagger Fly (Empis tessellata)
Bristly-thighed Dolichopus (Dolichopus ungulatus)
House Flies (Hydrotaea sp.)
Greenbottle (Lucilia sp.)
A Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus) with a Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis) far left.
A Red-spotted Parasite Fly (Eriothrix rufomaculata) and.............
....................... Jet-black Parasite Fly (Zophomyia temula).
Dagger Fly (Empis tessellata)
The Obsidentify App is pretty sure this is...........
...........a Bristly-thighed Dolichopus (Dolichopus ungulatus) and if verified would be a new fly for my P&W list.
House Flies (Hydrotaea sp.)
6 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
2 Rustic Sailor Beetle (Cantharis rustica)
A 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
And another 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata). This appears to be a good Summer for this species. Fingers crossed it remains that way.
A male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - nymph
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) - nymph
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
A Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera) nymph
Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Spiders Recorded:
Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
A Nurseryweb Spider (Pisaura mirabilis) sat on a bramble leaf, waiting for its next prey.
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Déjà vu?
