Port and Wey: 6 Jun 25

Old Quarry Lane and Wakeham Meadows.

A few bits and pieces from a very windy Portland.

Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull

Wood Pigeon

2 Collared Dove

Dunnock

Robin

Blackbird

1 Chiffchaff (singing)

Wren

Magpie

Carrion Crow

Jackdaw

Starling

House Sparrow

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon

Butterflies Recorded:

1 Speckled Wood

4 Meadow Brown

Just the one Speckled Wood seen this afternoon

A Meadow Brown hunkered down in the undergrowth.

And another Meadow Brown.

Moths Recorded:
Slender Rufous Tortrix (Lathronympha strigana)

This could possibly be a Slender Rufous Tortrix (Lathronympha strigana). It's not one I have recorded before, but it is in the right habitat, the right time of year and it feeds on St. John's-wort (Hypericum maculatum) which is close-by.

Bees Recorded:

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius)

Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

A terrible shot of a Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)

An Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
Toothed Tiger Ichneumon Wasp (Amblyteles armatorius)

Ichneumon Wasp (Ischnus inquisitorius)
Ichneumonid wasp (Diplazontine sp.)

This is a Toothed Tiger Ichneumon Wasp (Amblyteles armatorius)

A new Ichneumon Wasp (Ischnus inquisitorius) ....

........for my P&W list. Obsidentify gave this a 36% for this shot and 100% for the one above. I'll take that.

This an Ichneumonid wasp (Diplazontine sp.) with...........

.........many similar looking species. Obsidentify couldn't help with this one.

Hoverflies Recorded:

Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

#1 - Syrphus sp

#2 - hoverfly sp.

A very close-up shot of a Mimic Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans) - form bombylans

A Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)

#1 - Syrphus sp.

#2 - hoverfly sp.

Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:

Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus)

Soldier fly (Stratiomyidae sp.)

Muscid Fly ( Phaonia subventa) - possibly

House Fly (Hydrotaea sp.)

#1 - fly sp.

#2 - fly sp.

A Thick-headed Fly (Sicus ferrugineus) on Common Knapweed (Centaurea nigra)

A Soldier fly (Stratiomyidae sp.)

Muscid Fly. Possibly Phaonia subventa

A House Fly (Hydrotaea sp.)

#1 - fly sp.

#2 - fly sp.

Bugs and Beetles Recorded:

30+ Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

12+ 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

1 Trivial Plant Bug (Closterotomus trivialis)
1 Rose Chafer (Cetonia aurata)

A male Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)

There have been a few years on Portland when numbers of 7-spot Ladybirds (Coccinella septempunctata) have been pretty poor.............

............ This Summer I have seen dozens and better still very few Harlequin Ladybirds (Harmonia axyridis), which outcompete our resident ladybirds.