Bee Sp?



Probably Eristalsis nemorum. Dark hind metatarsus thinner than tibia. Sharp edged wing stigma?







?





Gasteruption jaculator

Explanation of the wonderful name from the Game & Wildlife Trust



Probably Marmalade Fly (Episyphus balteatus)



Spaerophora Sp female





Syritta pipiens

A very common hoverfly, commonly seen in gardens. Disitnctive enlarged hind femora, which can be seen very clearly in the photographs.

Tag CloudHoverfly, Syrittapipiens, EristalsisSp, Gasteruptionjaculator, SpaerophoraSp, MarmaladeFly

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)









Common Hawker - Female (Aeshna juncea)



Marmalade Fly (Episyrphus balteatus)



Heliophilus Sp?

Tag CloudLandscape, Brimstone, CommonDarter, MarmaladeFly, Hoverfly, CommonHawker

Sea Lavender (Limonium vulgar)



Linnet (Linaria cannabina)





Whitethroat parent still with the odd snatch of song.





Young Whitethroat hiding in the Elder.



Still feeding the young ones.



A young Whitethroat, much fresher and browner on the back.



Working hard to catch flies for pretty much fully fledged youngsters.
You can see the damage to the flight feathers from a long summer of breeding.





Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)










Gramborough Hill

and just down the road at The Iron Road









Sphaerophoria Sp

Stephen Falk's Sphaerophoria Flicker page.







Wild Celery (Apium graveolens)

Tag CloudLandscape, Linnet, Whitethroat, SeaLavender, WildCelery, SphaerophoraSp, Hoverfly

Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris)



Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-rannae)



Heliophilus Sp (Possibly H hybridus - Male ?)





Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isosceles)



Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)

&

Hobby

Tag CloudBladderwort, Frogbit, Hoverfly, HeliophilusSp, NorfolkHawker, TubularWaterDropwort

Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)



Common Green Lacewing (Chrysoperla carnea)







Scaeva Sp (probably the common one Scaeva pyrastri)







Plumose aristide



You can just make out the re-entrant outer cross vein.

A furry Bumble Bee mimic. Probably a female. Resembles Bombus lucorum.

Volucella bombylans (The yellow form)

Stephen Falk's Volucella bombylans page on Flicker

Tag CloudGreaterKnapweed, ScaevaSp, Hoverfly, Volucellabombylans

Comma (Polygonia c-album)









Possibly Syrphus ribesii ?

Stephen Falk's Syrphus ribesii page on Flicker





Syrphus Sp??



Female



Male



Male



Female

Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)

Stephen Falk's Volucella pellucens Flicker page.







Western Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)







Beaded Chrysotoxum (Chrysotoxum festivum)







Yellow & Black Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata)







Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)



Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)







Silver Washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)





















White Admiral (Limentis camilla)





White Letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)





Eristalsis arbustorum possibly ?

Diffuse mark on the stigma. Dark, thick hind metatarsus. Wing loop present.



Eristalsis intricaria possibly?

Tag CloudRedAdmiral, Hoverfly, WhiteAdmiral , Comma, Ringlet, EristalsisSp, SyrphusSp, WesternHoneyBee, GreatPiedHoverfly, WhiteLetterHairstreak, BeadedChrysotoxum, Yellow&BlackLonghornBeetle

Common Arrowhead (Saggitaria sagittifolia)



Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerurm)







Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ischnura elegans)



Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)



Eristalsis Sp?

Tag CloudCommonBlueDamselfly, Blue-tailedDamselfly, BandedDemoiselle, Hoverfly, EristalsisSp, Arrowhead

Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)













Silver Studded Blue (Plebejus argus)





Cross Leaved Heath (Erica tetralix)





Heliophilus pendulus (Male)



Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)





White Beaked Sedge (Rynchospora alba)









Oblong-leaved Sundew (Drosera intermedia)

Tag CloudCommonBlue, WhiteBeakedSedge, BogAsphodel, Oblong-leavedSundew, Heliophiluspendulus, BellHeather, Hoverfly

Fascinated by the edge of the leaf, but failed to get the complete picture that would allow identification.








Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)



A small bug with a Bluebell to climb.



Lesser Celandine (Ficaria verna)



Cuckoo Pint (Arum maculatum)



Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)









Ramsons (Allium ursinum)






Greater Stitchwort (Stellaria holostea)



Common Dog Violet (Viola raviniana)



Shame about the bit of grass but superb markings

Cuckoo Bee (Nomada flava probably)

but
apparently you need a microscope to be absolutely sure.

Tag CloudLandscape, EarlyPurpleOrchid, Ramsons, DogViolet, GreaterStitchwort, LesserCelandine, Bluebells, Hoverfly, CuckooPint