Portland Insects C-E

CADDIS FLIES

Not Recorded Yet

COCKROACHES

Blattodea - Cockroaches

Lesser Cockroach - Ectobius sylvestris

First Recorded - 26 Jul 21 (Wallsend Cove)

Lesser Cockroach - Ectobius sylvestris

Tawny Cockroach - Ectobius pallidus

First Recorded - 4 Jul 18 (Church Ope Cove)

Tawny Cockroach - Ectobius pallidus

Tawny Cockroach - Ectobius pallidus

CRANE FLIES, GNATS AND MIDGES

Tipulidae - Craneflies

Tiger Cranefly - Nephrotoma flavescens

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

Nephrotoma quadrifaria

First Recorded - 10 Jun 19 (Wakeham Wood)

Tipula fascipennis

First Recorded - 24 May 19 (Cuttings Quarry)

Tipula maxima
First Recorded - 29 Jun 18 (Wakeham)


Tipula paludosa

First Recorded - 8 Apr 20 (Church Ope Cove)

Limoniidae - Limonid Craneflies

Crane Fly - Epiphragma ocellare

First Recorded - 10 Jun 18 (Penn's Wood)

Pediciidae - Hairy-eyed Craneflies

Hairy Eyed Cranefly, Pedicia rivosa

First Recorded - 21 Apr 19 (Penns Wood )

Ditomyiidae - Fungus gnats

Dark-winged Fungus Gnat, Sciarid sp.

First Recorded - 3 Feb 20 (Church Ope Cove)

CRICKETS

Tettigoniidae

Speckled Bush Cricket - Leptophyes punctatissima

First Recorded - 24 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Dark Bush-cricket - Pholidoptera griseoaptera (A reddish coloured specimen)

First Recorded - 26 Jun 17 (Church Ope Cove)

Dark Bush-cricket - Pholidoptera griseoaptera (A brown coloured specimen)

Great Green Bush Cricket - Tettigonia viridissima (Female nymph)

First recorded - 20 May 18 (Bumpers Lane)

Great Green Bush Cricket - Tettigonia viridissima (Female nymph)

Great Green Bush Cricket - Tettigonia viridissima

Roesel's Bush-cricket - Metrioptera roeselii

First Recorded - 29 Jun 19 (Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve)

Roesel's Bush-cricket - Metrioptera roeselii

DRAGONFLIES and DAMSELFLIES

Demoiselles

Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens

First Recorded - 11 Jun 18 (Radipole RSPB Reserve)

Banded Demoiselle - Calopteryx splendens

Damselflies

Coenagrionidae - Red and Blue Damselflies

Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans

First recorded - 19 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Blue-tailed Damselfly - Ischnura elegans - Rufescens obsoleta

First recorded - 11 Jun 18 (Radipole RSPB Reserve)

Azure Damselflies - Coenagrion puella

First Recorded - 1 Jun 18 (Portland Bill)


Chasers

Broad-bodied Chaser - Libellula depressa

First recorded - 5 May 18 (Portland Bird Observatory)

Black-tailed Skimmer - Orthetrum cancellatum

First Recorded - 8 Jun 23 (RSPB Radipole Lake)

 Black-tailed Skimmer - Orthetrum cancellatum

Scarce Chaser - Libellula fulva

First Recorded - 8 Jun 23 (RSPB Radipole Lake)

Scarce Chaser - Libellula fulva

Scarce Chaser - Libellula fulva

Darters

Common Darter - Sympetrum striolatum

First recorded - 21 Jul 17 (St Andrews Church)

Common Darter nymph - Sympetrum striolatum

First recorded - 14 Aug 18 (Wakeham)

Common Darter nymph - Sympetrum striolatum

Hawkers

Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta

First Recorded - 17 Aug 17 (St Andrew's Church Grounds)

Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta

Migrant Hawker - Aeshna mixta

 Norfolk Hawker - Aeshna isoceles

First Recorded - 8 Jun 23 (RSPB Radipole Lake)

Norfolk Hawker - Aeshna isoceles

Norfolk Hawker - Aeshna isoceles

Dragonflies

Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator (male)

First Recorded - 7 Jul 18 (Bottom Combe Quarry)

Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator (female)

Recorded - 8 Jul 18 (Portland Bird Observatory)

Emperor Dragonfly - Anax imperator (female)

Recorded - 8 Jul 18 (Portland Bird Observatory)

Portland Insects:- A-B

Portland Insects:- C-E

Portland Insects:- F

Portland Insects:- G-H

Portland Insects:- I-S

Portland Insects:- T-Z