Saturday 31 May 2014

Insects everywhere

In Fairlawn Road this: a few Green Shieldbugs, an Xanthogramma hoverfly, a Myathropa florea hoverfly, a Nettle Tap Moth, a 7-spot Ladybird and lots of Harlequins, several Tree Bumble Bees, an Early Bumble Bee, a Common Carder Bee and a Buff-tailed Bumble Bee, a Thick-thighed Flower Beetle, a Honey Bee and a fly that might be a Cabbage Root Fly - will get it identified. Birds included a Jay and a juvenile Blackbird.

Juvenile Blackbird

Possible Cabbage Root Fly

Harlequin

Myathropa florea

Nettle Tap

Xanthogramma

Tree Bumble Bee

Thick-thighed Flower Beetle

In St Andrews Road a Rose Chafer was exploring a lily in one of the gardens. Lots more Tree Bumble Bees on the approach to the station around the bramble flowers. 
Rose Chafer

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