Portland Insects A-B

ANTS

Formicidae

Small Black Ant - Lasius niger

First recorded - 12 May 18 - (Rufus Castle)

Negro Ant - Formica fusca (Possible)

First Recorded - 6 Jun 20 (Penn's Copse)

Red Ants sp. (Bottom left)

First Recorded - 4 Jul 21 (Wakeham Meadow)

BEES

Apidae - True bees and Bumblebees

Hairy-footed Flower Bee - Anthophora plumipes  (male) 

First Recorded - 23 Apr 18 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Hairy-footed Flower Bee - Anthophora plumipes  (female)

Garden Bumblebee - Bombus hortorum

First Recorded - 17 Jun 18 (Mermaid Track)

Honey Bee - Apis mellifera

First Recorded - 15 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve

 Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum

First recorded - 12 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Brown-banded Carder Bee, Bombus humilis

First Recorded - 17 May 19 (PBO)

 Early Bumblebee - Bombus pratorum (At the bottom of the photo)

First Recorded - 8 Mar 19 (Church Ope Cove)

Buff-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus terrestris

First Recorded - 6 May 18 (Wakeham)

Red-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lapidarius

First recorded - 10 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)

Red-tailed Bumblebee - Bombus lapidarius

White-tailed bumblebee - Bombus lucorum

First Recorded - 17 May 19 (PBO)

Tree Bumblebee - Bombus hypnorum

First Recorded - 12 Jul 18 (Wakeham)

Common Mourning Bee - Melecta albifrons

First Recorded - 27 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Common Mourning Bee - Melecta albifrons

Gooden's Nomad Bee - Nomada goodeniana

First Recorded - 23 Apr 18 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Marsham's Nomad Bee - Nomada marshamella

First recorded - 12 May 18 (Rufus Castle)

Flavous Nomad Bee - Nomada flava

First recorded - 13 May 18 (Rufus Castle)

Flavous Nomad Bee - Nomada flava

Fabricius' Nomad Bee - Nomada fabriciana

First Recorded - 19 Jun 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Common Bee Wasp - Nomada ruficornis (Possible)

First Recorded - 12 May 19 (Bumpers Lane)

Painted Nomad Bee - Nomad fucata

First Recorded - 9 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Lathbury's Nomad Bee - Nomad lathburiana

First Recorded - 9 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Lathbury's Nomad Bee - Nomad lathburiana

 Blunthorn Nomad Bee - Nomada flavopicta

First Recorded - 19 Jul 20 (Easton Railway Cuttings)

Xylocopinae - Carpenter Bees

  Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa sp. (Video courtesy Viktoria Gebser)

First Recorded - 5 Jul 23 (Wakeham Meadow)

Andrenidea - Mining Bees

Mining Bee - Andrena apicata

First Recorded - 19 Mar 19 (PBO Quarry)

Mining Bee - Andrena scotica

First Recorded - 6 May 18 (Wakeham)

Short-fringed Mining Bee - Andrena dorsata

First Recorded - 5 May 19 (Bumpers Lane)

Large Gorse Mining Bee - Andrena bimaculata

First Recorded - 26 Jun 20 (St Andrew's Church)

Ashy or Grey Mining Bee - Andrena cineraria

First Recorded - 4 May 18 (Wakeham)

Grey-banded Mining Bee - Andrena denticulata

First Recorded - 25 Apr 21 (Wakeham)

Tawny Mining Bee - Andrena fulva

First Recorded - 18 Apr 20 (Penn's Copse)

Tawny Mining Bee - Andrena fulva

18 Apr 20 (The Cuttings)

Early Mining Bee - Andrena haemorrhoa

First Recorded - 23 Apr 18 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Grey-patched Mining Bee - Andrena nitida
First Recorded - 10 Apr 19 (Penns Weare)

 Buffish Mining Bee - Andrena nigroaenea

First Recorded - 24 May 23 (Wakeham Meadow)

Hawthorn Mining Bee - Andrena chrysosceles

First Recorded - 12 Jun 21 (Wakeham Meadow)

Hawthorn Mining Bee - Andrena chrysosceles

Hawthorn Mining Bee - Andrena chrysosceles

Yellow-legged Mining-bee - Andrena flavipes

First recorded - 26 Mar 18 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Trimmer's Mining Bee - Andrena trimmerana

First Recorded - 18 Apr 20 (The Cuttings)

Trimmer's Mining Bee - Andrena trimmerana

Cliff Mining Bee - Andrena thoracica

First Recorded - 20 Jun 20 (Wakeham)

Cliff Mining Bee - Andrena thoracica

    Cliff Mining Bee - Andrena thoracica

Halictidae - Sweat bees

Common Furrow-bee - Lasioglossum calceatum

First Recorded - 18 Apr 19 (King Barrow Quarries)

Common Furrow-bee - Lasioglossum calceatum

Common Furrow-bee - Lasioglossum calceatum

Southern Bronze Furrow Bee - Halictus tumulorum

First Recorded - 6 May 18 (Wakeham)

Orange-legged Furrow Bee - Halictus rubicundus

First Recorded - 27 Aug 24 (Tout Quarry)

Orange-legged Furrow Bee - Halictus rubicundus

Sphecodes sp

First Recorded - 21 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Sphecodes sp

Sphecodes sp

Megachilidae - Mason Bees

Blue Mason Bee - Osmia caerulescens
First recorded - 18 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Blue Mason Bee - Osmia caerulescens

21 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee - Megachile versicolor

First Recorded - 23 Jun 23 (Wakeham)

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee - Megachile centuncularis

First recorded - 10 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee - Megachile centuncularis

Leafcutter Bee - Megachile willughbiella (Possibly)

First Recorded - 6 May 18 (Wakeham)

Spined Mason Bee - Osmia spinulosa

First Recorded - 18 Jun 18 (Rufus Castle Copse)

 Red Mason Bee - Osmia bicornis

First Recorded - 7 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Colletinae - Ivy Bees

 Ivy Bee - Colletes hederae

First Recorded - 19 Sep 17 (Rufus Castle)

Melittidae - Melittid bees

 Hairy Legged Mining Bee - Dasypoda hirtipes

First Recorded - 26 Jul 20 (Wakeham)

BEETLES

Carabidae - Ground beetles

Possibly Amara familiaris

First Recorded - 19 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Metallic Harpalus - Harpalus affinis

First Recorded - 19 Jul 21 (Wakeham)

Cantharidae - Soldier Beetles

Common Red Soldier Beetles - Rhagonycha fulva

First Recorded - 25 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Rustic Sailor Beetle - Cantharis rustica

First recorded - 19 May 18 (Top Fields)

Rustic Sailor Beetle - Cantharis rustica

Malthinus flaveolus

First Recorded - 27 Jun 10 (Wakeham)

Melyridae

Common Malachite Beetle - Malachius bipustulatus

First Recorded - 28 May 22 (Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve)

Nitidulidae - Sap beetles

Epuraea melina

First Recorded - 28 Apr 20 (St Andrew's Church)

Chrysomelidae - Leaf beetles

Artichoke Beetle - Sphaeroderma testaceum

First Recorded - 12 Jun 19 (Wakeham Meadow)

Bloody-nosed Beetle - Timarcha tenebricosa

First recorded - 20 May 18 (Bumpers Lane)

Bloody-nosed Beetle - Timarcha tenebricosa (Larvae)

First recorded - 10 Apr 19 (Rufus Castle)

Rosemary Beetle - Chrysolina americana

First Recorded - 20 Jun 21 (Wakeham)

Pot Beetle - Cryptocephalus aureolus

First Recorded - 31 May 21 (Broadcroft Butterfly Reserve)

Tenebrionidae - Darkling beetles

Rough-Haired Lagria Beetle - Lagria hirta

First Recorded - 19 Jun 19 (Wakeham)

Oedemeridae - False blister beetles

Swollen-thighed Beetle - Oedemera nobilis (Female)

First recorded - 10 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)

Swollen-thighed Beetle - Oedemera nobilis (Male)

Ischnomera cyanea

First recorded - 1 Jun 18 (The Bill)

Scarabaeidae - Dung and Scarab Beetles

Summer Chafer - Amphimallon solstitiale
First Recorded - 1 Jul 17 (Wakeham)

Rose Chafer - Cetonia aurata

First Recorded - 5 Jul 17 (Church Ope Cove)

Elateridae - Click Beetles

 Mottled Dingy-brown Click Beetle - Agrypnus murinus

First Recorded - 20 May 23 (Bumpers Lane)

Silphidae - Carrion or burying beetles

Black Snail Beetle - Silpha atrata

First Recorded - 21 May 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Black Snail Beetle - Silpha atrata (about to take off)

Staphylinidae - Rove beetles

Devil's Coach Horse - Ocypus olens

First Recorded - 10 Aug 21 (Wakeham)

Devil's Coach Horse - Ocypus olens

Tenebrionidae - Darkling beetles

Darkling Beetle - Isomira murina

First Recorded - 14 Jun 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Pyrochroidae - Cardinal beetles

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle - Pyrochroa serraticornis

First Recorded - 4 Jun 21 (Lower Horse paddock)

Scarce Cardinal Beetle - Ischnomera sanguinicollis

First recorded - 10 May 18 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Cerambycidae - Longhorn beetles

Spotted Longhorn - Rutpela maculata

First Recorded - 16 Jun 18 (Wakeham)

Wasp Beetle - Clytus arietis

First Recorded - 18 Jun 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Curculionidae - Weevils

Green Immigrant Leaf Weevil - Polydrusus formosus 

First Recorded - 12 May 19 (Penns Copse)

Nettle Weevil - Phyllobius pomaceus

First Recorded - 11 Jun 18 (Radipole RSPB Reserve)

Meadow Cranesbill Weevil - Zacladus geranii (Possible)

First Recorded - 10 May 20 (Penn's Weare)

Meadow Cranesbill Weevil - Zacladus geranii (Possible)

Small Grey Weevil - Ceutorhynchus rapae  (Possible)

First Recorded - 29 May 23 (Wakeham)

Small Grey Weevil - Ceutorhynchus rapae  (Possible)

Small Grey Weevil - Ceutorhynchus rapae  (Possible)

Anthribidae - Fungus Weevils

Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

First Recorded - 15 Mar 19 (Wakeham)

 Scarce Fungus Weevil - Platyrhinus resinosus

BUGS

Aleyrodidae - Whiteflies

Brassica Whitefly - Aleyrodes proletella

First Recorded - 22 Jun 21 (St Andrew's Church Grounds)

Pentatomidae

Common Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina

First recorded - 18 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Common Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina (Winter Colours)

25 Dec 19 (Rufus Castle)

Common Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina (Winter Colours)

12 Feb 20 (Church Ope Cove)

 Common Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina (2nd instar nymph)

2 Jul 20 (Wakeham Meadow)

 Common Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina (3rd instar nymph)

19 Jul 20 (Wakeham Meadow)

Common Green Shieldbug - Palomena prasina (4th instar nymph)

3 Jul 20 (Church Ope Cove)

Red-legged Shieldbug - Pentatoma rufipes

First recorded - 21 Jul 17 (Rufus Castle)

Red-legged Shieldbug - Pentatoma rufipes (Final instar nymph)

First recorded - 12 Jun 19 (Wakeham Wood)

 Hairy Shieldbug - Dolycoris baccarum

First Recorded - 19 Sep 17 (Wakeham)

Acanthosomatidae

Hawthorn Shieldbug - Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
First recorded 12 May 18 (Pennsylvania Castle Wood)

Southern Green Shieldbug - Nezara viridula (Early instar nymphs)
First Recorded - 20 Jun 18 (Church Ope Cove)

Southern Green Shieldbug - Nezara viridula (Early instar nymphs)

Recorded - 1 Jul 18 (Mermaid Track)

Southern Green Shieldbug - Nezara viridula (Early instar nymphs)

Recorded - 1 Jul 18 (Mermaid Track) Video Here

Gorse Shieldbug - Piezodorus lituratus

First Recorded - 10 Apr 21 (Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve)

Aphidid

Black Bean Aphids - Aphis fable

First Recorded -  6 Jun 21 (Wakeham)

Bramble Aphid - Aphis ruborum

First Recorded - 26 May 23 (Wakeham Meadow)

 Bramble Aphid - Aphis ruborum

Coreidae

Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus

First Recorded - 2 Jul 17 (South West Coast path)

Western Conifer Seed Bug - Leptoglossus occidentalis

First Recorded - 1 Sep 19 (Balaclava Bay)

Rhopalidae

Cinnamon Bug - Corizus hyoscyami

First Recorded - 10 Jun 19 (Wakeham Wood)

Stenocephalidae

Dune Spurge Bug - Dicranocephalus agilis

First Recorded - 20 Apr 19 (Penns Wood)

Dune Spurge Bug - Dicranocephalus agilis

Miridae

Common Green Capsid - Lygocoris pabulinus

First Recorded - 6 Jul 17 (Wakeham)

Long-legged Plant Bug - Phytocoris varipes

First Recorded - 30 Jul 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Potato Capsid - Closterotomus norwegicus

First Recorded - 5 Aug 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Lucerne Bug - Adelphocoris lineolatus

First Recorded - 7 Jun 18 (Penn's Wood)

Southern Border Meadow Skink Beetle - Acetropis gimmerthalii

First Recorded - 19 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Closterotomus trivialis

First Recorded - 18 Jun 20 (Penns Wood)

 Heterotoma planicornis

First Recorded - 26 Jul 20 (Wakeham)

Common Nettle Bug - Liocoris tripustulatus

First Recorded - 3 Jul 21 (Penns Wood)

Red Bug - Deraeocoris ruber

First Recorded 26 Jun 20 (Wakeham)

19 Jul 23 (Wakeham)

Cover Black Knee - Plagiognathus arbustorum

First Recorded - 30 Jul 24 (Wakeham Meadows)

Cover Black Knee - Plagiognathus arbustorum

Aphrophoridae

Alder Spittlebug - Aphrophora alni

First Recorded - 18 Jul 19 (The Cuttings Quarry)

Stenocephalidae

Dune Spurge Bug - Dicranocephalus agilis
First Recorded - 20 Apr 19 (Penns Wood)

Dune Spurge Bug - Dicranocephalus agilis


Portland Insects:- A-B

Portland Insects:- C-E

Portland Insects:- F

Portland Insects:- G-H

Portland Insects:- I-S

Portland Insects:- T-Z