Portland Insects T-Z

WASPS

Vespidae

Common Wasp - Vespula vulgaris

First Recorded - 11 Jul 17 (Church Ope Cove)

Common Wasp - Vespula vulgaris

German Wasp - Vespula germanica

First Recorded - 23 Jul 19 (Wakeham)

German Wasp - Vespula germanica

European Paper Wasp - Polistes Dominula

First recorded - 10 Jul 18 (Wakeham)

Pompilidae - Spider Hunting Wasps

 Spider Wasp - Agenioideus cinctellus

First Recorded - 21 Jun 23 (Wakeham)

 Spider Wasp - Agenioideus cinctellus

 Spider Wasp - Agenioideus cinctellus

Chrysididae - Ruby-tailed Wasps

Ruby–tailed Jewel Wasp - Chrysis ignita

First Recorded - 12 Jul 21 (Wakeham Meadow)

Ruby–tailed Jewel Wasp - Chrysis ignita

Ruby–tailed Jewel Wasp - Chrysis ignita

Ruby-tailed Wasp - Chrysis sp.

First recorded - 18 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Crabronidae - Sand Wasps

Ectemnius sp.
First recorded - 18 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Golden-moustached Fly Fox, Ectemnius cavifrons

First Recorded - 10 Jul 23 (Penns Wood)

Shingles - Ectemnius sexcinctus (vyökärpäshukka in Finnish)

First Recorded - 27 Jul 19 (Church Ope Cove)

Shingles - Ectemnius sexcinctus

Shingles - Ectemnius sexcinctus

 Shingles - Ectemnius sexcinctus

Aphid Wasp - Pemphredon sp.

First Recorded - 29 Jul 19 (Wakeham)

Aphid Wasp - Pemphredon sp. (Carrying an Aphid)

Sapygidae - Solitary Wasps

Sapygid Wasp - Sapyga quinquepunctata (Possible)

First Recorded - 5 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Eumeninae - Potter and Mason Wasps

 Potter Wasp - Ancistrocerus sp. 

First recorded - 18 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Box-headed Mason-wasp, Gymnomerus laevipes

First Recorded - 19 Jun 18 (Rufus Castle)

Box-headed Mason-wasp, Gymnomerus laevipes

Ichneumonidae - Ichneumon Wasps

Hover Fly Parasite - Diplazon laetatorius

First Recorded - 24 Jul 17 (Wakeham)

Alomya debellator

First Recorded - 2 May 19 (Penns Copse)

March Ichneumon Wasp - Ophion scutellaris

First Recorded - 15 Oct 17 (East Weare)

Syrphoctonus tarsatorius
First Recorded - 9 May 18 (Wakeham)

 Exephanes ischioxanthus

First Recorded - 19 Mar 19 (PBO Quarry)

White-striped Darwin Wasp - Ichneumon sarcitorius

First recorded - 19 May 18 (Top Fields)

White-striped Darwin Wasp - Ichneumon sarcitorius

White-striped Darwin Wasp - Ichneumon sarcitorius

Yellow-tipped Darwin Wasp - Ichneumon stramentor

First Recorded - 5 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Yellow-tipped Darwin Wasp - Ichneumon stramentor

Syrphophilus tricinctorius

First Recorded - 10 May 20 (Penns Wood)

Syrphophilus tricinctorius

Hepiopelmus variegatorius

First Recorded - 17 Aug 24 (Wakeham Meadow)

Orange and Black Ichneumon Wasp - Opheltes glaucopterus

First Recorded - 10 Jun 19 (Wakeham Wood)

Red-legged Wasp - Buathra laborator

First recorded - 19 May 18  (Top Fields)

Toothed Tiger Ichneumon Wasp - Amblyteles armatorius

First recorded - 12 May 18 (Church Ope Cove)

Toothed Tiger Ichneumon Wasp - Amblyteles armatorius

Toothed Tiger Ichneumon Wasp - Amblyteles armatorius

Aritranis director

First Recorded - 20 Jun 19 (Wakeham Meadow)

Aritranis director

Aritranis director

Diphyus palliatorius (female)

First Recorded - 9 Mar 20 (St Andrew's Church) 

Diphyus palliatorius (female)

Diphyus palliatorius (male)

Recorded - 12 Mar 20 (Also St Andrew's Church)

Diphyus quadripunctorius

First Recorded - 30 Jun 21 (High Angle Battery)

Protichneumon pisorius

First Recorded - 30 Jun 21 (High Angle Battery)

Pimpla rufipes

First Recorded - 3 Aug 19 (Wakeham)

Pimpla spuria
First Recorded - 14 Sep 18 (Wakeham)

Heteropelma sp.

First recorded - 13 May 18 (Rufus Castle)

Heteropelma sp.

Heteropelma sp.

Tromatobia sp.

First recorded - 13 May 18 (Rufus Castle)

Ichneumon wasp sp.

First recorded -  18 Jun 17 (Wakeham)

Ichneumon wasp sp.

Gasteruption assectator or Gasteruption minutum

First recorded - 8 Jul 17 (Church Ope Cove)

Gasteruption assectator or Gasteruption minutum

Achaius oratorius

First Recorded - 11 Jun 18 (Radipole RSPB Reserve)

Achaius oratorius

WATER BUGS

Not Recorded Yet


WOODLICE, CRUSTACEANS

Ligiidae

Sea Slater - Ligia oceanica

First Recorded 2 Jan 21 (Portland Bill)

Armadillidiidae

Southern Pill Woodlouse - Armadillidium depressum

First recorded - 10 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry)

Oniscidae

Woodlouse - Porcellio spinicornis

First Recorded - 11 Apr 20 (Wakeham)

Philosciidae

Common Striped Woodlouse - Philoscia muscorum

First recorded - 16 Dec 21 (Penn's Weare)

Common Striped Woodlouse - Philoscia muscorum

Common Striped Woodlouse - Philoscia muscorum

WORMS

Not Recorded Yet

Also recorded but species unknown.

Andrena sp.

First Recorded - 5 Jun 18 (Penn's Weare)

Andrena sp.

First Recorded - 20 Jun 18 (St Andrew's Church)

Froghopper

First Recorded - 10 Jun 17 (Broadcroft Quarry). This one was photographed on 18 Jul 19 (St Andrew's Church grounds)

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