Ichneumon Sp



Andrena Sp

Tag CloudAndrenaSp, LasioglossumSp, IchneumonSp

Bee Sp?

became

Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica). A male in fact, scenting the gorse top.

from

BWARS



A pair of wasps mating Lindenius Sp probably (Lindenius panzeri)





Beetle Sp





Just Peeking











Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis) Struggling with prey.







Large Shaggy Bee hanging on to a Catsear (Hypochaeris radicata) waiting for a female.









Unusually, two female Large Shaggy Bees trying for the same nest hole.







Large Shaggy Bee (Panurgus panurgus)











Wasp Sp Lindenius Sp (albilabris or panzeri)

Many thanks again to Nick Owens

for

ids and comments.

Tag CloudBeeSp, BeetleSp, LargeShaggyBee, WaspSp, LindeniusSp, CliffMiningBee

Astata boops ♂︎ on lookout for a female possibly or defending territory.



Astata boops - This one is a female as the eyes do not meet in the middle probably hunting for shield bugs. Astata goops



Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum ♀︎) - Paralysed prey of Cerceris rybyensis



Meadow Brown spider prey.













Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)

Good numbers this year in many parts of the Heath.













Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis)

Thanks to Nick Owens for the helpful id and comments.







Recently fledged Whitethroat (Sylvia communis)

Tag CloudSilver-studdedBlue, Whitethroat, CommonFurrowBee, CommonBroomrape, Astataboops, Cercisrybyensis

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum worker)





Lasioglossum sp ♀︎

Thanks to Nick Owens for help with ids



Beetle Sp?



Beetle Sp ?







Halictus rubicundus I think

but

apparently not obvious enough from the photos to give species.

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments





Meredon equestris. This hoverlfy comes in a number of forms. At least four and some authors think seven.

This one I think is the form bulborum (red/orange tail)





Meredon equestris. This hoverlfy comes in a number of forms. At least four and some authors think seven.

This one i think is the form narcissi (Orange thorax and pale abdomen)





Definitely not an Eristalsis sp (no loop in Vein R4+5)

But not definitively a Syrphus Sp either. The yellow bands seem to be too complete.

dark antennae but hasn't got black bases to the front femora

Which seems to lead to

Epistrophe diaphana

But definitely not sure.

Looking at Stephen Falk's pictures it isn't E diaphana either because it doesn't have a yellow face.

Thus ?

Tag CloudBeeSp, HoverflySp, BeetleSp, HalictusSp, CommonCarderBee, LasioglossumSp

Colletes marginatus

from
BWARS

Thanks to Nick Owens for id



This species occurs in the Brecks and sparingly along the coast so to have one on the garden was a little unusual.







Bug Sp?



Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)



Micro Moth Sp

Tag CloudMicroMothSp, BeetleSp, Yellow-leggedMiningBee, BeeSp, Colletesmarginatus

Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)









Lasioglossum Sp?





A spider Sp? larder on a Pyramidal Orchid.







Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrea flavipes)

Tag CloudPyramidalOrchid, SpiderSp, LasioglossumSp, Yellow-leggedMiningBee

Salthouse Beach





Avocet turning its eggs. (Recurvirostra avosetta)



Redshank (Tringa totanus) nesting on the beach.



Meadow Goat's-beard (Tragopogon pratensis)





Wild Carrot (Daucus carrota)



Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)





Bee Sp?



Yellow Horned Poppy (Glaucium flavum) & Eupeodes luniger





Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)



Garden Tiger Moth caterpillar? (Arctia tigra)







Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)





Linnet (Carduelis cannabina)



Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria)





Sand Martin (Riparia riparia)









Whitethroat (Sylvia Communis) feeding young.

Tag CloudLandscape, Redshank, MeadowGoat's-beard, BeeSp, WildCarrot, Whitethroat, GardenTigerMothCaterpillar, SmallHeath, Linnet, MarramGrass, MeadowPipit, YellowHornedPoppy, Eupeodesluniger

Annual Beard-grass (Polypogon monspeliensis)



Bonfire-moss (Funaria hygrometrica)



Silver Moss (Bryan argentium)







Andrena Sp? Could be Andrena chrysosceles?

Thanks to Nick Owens for comments.



Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor)



Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) on Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare)





Hare's-foot Clover (Trifolium pratense)







Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle (Pseudovadonia livida)



Meadow Grass Sp? (Poa Sp?)



Sedge Sp?











Musk Thistle (Carduus nutans)





A pink variety of Viper's-bugloss



The more usual colour variation



The stand out lemon yellow flower of Mouse-ear hawkweed. (Pilosella officinarum)

Tag CloudMossSp, Bonfire-moss, Landscape, SilverMoss, AnnualBeard-grass, Fairy-ringLonghornBeetle, Mouse-earHawkweed, MuskThistle, BeetleSp, SedgeSp, MeadowGrassSp, Hare's-footClover, CommonBroomrape, CommonCarderBee, Viper's-bugloss, AndrenaSp

Uncharacteristically - A mole above ground by the side of the road.

I guess not well.

Mole (Talpa europea)

Tag CloudMole

Lucerne Bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus)











Eupeodes Corollae ♂︎ (Large genital capsule)



Sphaerophoria Sp?








Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)

Tag CloudLucerneBug, SpaerophoraSp, Eupeodescorollae, Yellow-leggedMiningBee

Syrphus Sp



Soft Brome (Bromus hordeaceus)



Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedamara nobilis)











Solitary Wasp Sp (Ectemnius Sp) Probably (Ectemnius continuus)

Thanks to Nick Owens for the possible id



Sp?



Poecilobothrus nobilitattus





Dark Bush Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoptera)

Tag CloudSyrphusSp, Poecilibothusnobilitatus, SolitaryWaspSp, DarkBushCricket, EctemniusSp

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)





Common Cudweed (Filago vulgaris)



Sadly it moved but (Meliscaeva cinctella)





Moss Sp



Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pelluscens)

Tag CloudCommonCudweed, PiedHoverfly, MossSp, CommonCarderBee, Meliscaevacinctella

A Reed Warbler family being fed this afternoon.

Really pleased to find the adult in the bottom right hand corner of one of the pictures.I didn't see her/he at the time.























Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)



Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Tag CloudGoldfinch, ReedWarbler

Tree Lupins on the slopes of the cliff (lupinus arboreus)

Cromer Cliffs in their summer glory



Horsetail Sp



Moss Sp



Southern Marsh Orchid

Wet flushes attract their own microflora



Sae Sandwort (Honckenya peploides) in amongst the stones on the beach.



Kidney Vetch on the drier slopes. (Anthyllis vulneraria)



Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus) on the groins.





Some wonderful old screws some more worn than others.

Tag CloudLandscape, RushSp, SouthernMarshOrchid, TreeLupin, RustyNails, SeaweedSp

Cranefly Sp (Tipula fascipennis)





The curious beauty of a Dock

Rumex Sp







Robber Fly Sp (Dioctria baumhaurei)



Forest Bug Final Instar (Pentatoma ruffipes)



Grass Sp



Harlequin Ladybird Larva (Harmonia axryidis)



Pied Shieldbug Late Instar nymph (Tritomegas bicolor)









Passaloecus Sp Probably P singularis the commoner one.

Not quite

It is too big for said Passaloecus. In fact a pompilid Wasp (Anoplius nigerrimus ♀︎)

from

BWARS

Thanks to Nick Owens for id help

Tag CloudCraneflySp, RumexSp, FlySp, ForestBug, PiedShieldbug, Anopliusnigerrimus, RobberFlySp

Second generation Yellow-legged Mining Bee ((Andrena flavipes) Nice and fresh. Apparently this coincides with the pictures for Norfolk.



Thanks to Nick Owens for the Graph





Andrena minutula ♀︎

Thanks to Nick Owens for help with id



Beetle Sp



Crested Dog's-tail (Cynosurus cristatus)



Hoverfly Sp (Myothropa florea)



Rose Sp



Twist-tailed Hoverfly Sp (Spaerophoria Sp)

Tag CloudCrestedDog's-tail, Myathropaflorea, Andrenaminutula, BeeSp, RoseSp, Yellow-leggedMiningBee, Twist-tailedHoverfly, HoverflySp

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)





Cocksfoot Grass (Dactylis glomerata)





Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)



Twayblade (Listera ovata)

Tag CloudGrassSp, BeeOrchid, CommonSPottedOrchid, Twayblade, CommonSPottedOrchid, CocksfootGrass

Ferruginous Bee Grabber (Sinus ferrugineus)



Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)



False Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)



Volucella bombylans (Yellow form)

Tag CloudHoverflySp, FerruginousBeeGrabber, DockBug, Volucellabombylans, FlaseOatGrass

Sharp-tailed Bee Sp (Coelioxys Sp)

Not quite.

This one is a wasp.

Oxybelus uniglumis

It makes burrows in loose sand (as it is doing here) and predates flies.

from

BWARS

Thanks to Nick Owens for help with id.



Grass Sp



Grass Sp



Grasshopper Sp



Grasshopper Sp



Grasshopper Sp





Grasshopper Sp



Grasshopper Sp



Grasshopper Sp



Grasshopper Sp





Thick-point Grimmia (Schistidium crassipilum)



Robber Fly Sp? Machismus Sp?



Red-banded Sand Wasp Sp (Amophila sabulosa)?



Small Heath Butterfly (Coenonymphus pamphilus)



Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)





Ruby-tailed Wasp Sp? (Chrysis Sp)









Astata boops

Tag CloudBeeSp, Oxybelusuniglumis, Red-bandedSandWasp, GrassSp, MossSp, Ruby-tailedWaspSp, Astataboops, Thick-pointGrimmia, RobberFlySp, SmallHeath

Bee Sp - Tree Bumblebee ?





Eristalsis Sp





Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)



Southern Cuckoo Bumblebee (Bombus vestalis)



Red-tailed Bumblebee - Worker (Bombus



Eristalsis Sp



Eupeodes luniger

Tag CloudBeeSp, EristalsisSp, Eupeodesluniger, Red-tailedBumbleBee, Buff-tailedBumblebee