It was a quick walk around my local patch to see if the Wasp Spiders were still about, and I'm pleased to say they are still present in their respective meadows.
Birds Recorded:
Herring Gull
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Great Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Starling
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Escapees, Ferals, Possibles Etc.
Feral pigeon
Reptiles Recorded:
1 Lizard sp.
Feral pigeon
Reptiles Recorded:
1 Lizard sp.
Butterflies Recorded:
2 Large White Pieris brassicae
4 Small White Pieris rapae
5 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
2 Large White Pieris brassicae
4 Small White Pieris rapae
5 Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
1 Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta
No "blue" butterflies seen this evening, but the Speckled Woods are still showing well..........
.................even if a few are looking a bit battered.
Moths Recorded:
0 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella - Having seen this species daily for the past 2 months, there were none today.
0 Rush Veneer Nomophila noctuella - Having seen this species daily for the past 2 months, there were none today.
1 Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
A Double-striped Pug Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Bees Recorded:
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Common Carder Bee Bombus pascuorum
Honey Bee Apis mellifera
Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
A very worn looking male Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius on Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Also Common Ragwort a Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Wasps, Ichneumon Wasps, Parasitic Wasps and Gall Wasps Recorded:
3 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
3 Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris
In the centre of this uncropped image is a wasp sp sat on..........
Hoverflies Recorded:
1 Syrphus sp
1 Syrphus sp
2 Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
6 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
6 Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
1 Long Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta
5 Common Dronefly Eristalis tenax
A Syrphus sp.
On this Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare a Dead Head Hoverfly Myathropa florea
A Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Flies, Craneflies, Gnats and Midges Recorded:
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Painted Graphfly Graphomya maculata
Yellow-banded Conops Conops quadrifasciatus
Many unidentified flies
Greenbottle Lucilia sp.
Painted Graphfly Graphomya maculata
Yellow-banded Conops Conops quadrifasciatus
A Painted Graphfly Graphomya maculata on Wild Fennel
Crickets and Grasshoppers Recorded:
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
Spiders Recorded:
2 Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
..............and number 2. I had a look on Google to see if there were any interesting facts about Wasp Spiders and I came across this "Spider and Harvestman Recording Scheme" website here. In particular it had a section on Argiope bruennichi here.
Plants:
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
A Dark Bush-cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera
And a darker coloured Dark Bush-cricket
And a Meadow Grasshopper Chorthippus parallelus
2 Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi
Female Wasp Spider Argiope bruennichi number 1...........
Plants:
Bramble Rubus fruticosusa
Buddleia Buddleja davidii
Common Knapweed Centaurea nigra
Common Ragwort Jacobaea vulgaris
Dog Rose Rosa canina
Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus
Wild Fennel Foeniculum vulgare
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