The smell from the abundant Blackthorn was great, and there was plenty going on around the blooms. I failed to successfully point the camera at a few hoverflies, flies and bees but I managed to get these:
Small Tortoiseshell
I'm pretty sure this is Andrena flavipes - Yellow-legged Mining Bee
Plenty going on around the gorse too, with abundant ladybirds and Gorse Weevils, plus a fair few shieldbugs.
Sloe Bug / Hairy Shieldbug
Gorse Shieldbug
Around the pool I had a bit of poke around the reedmace heads, finding larvae of Limnaecia phragmitella in the process along with a couple of Water Ladybirds and Bulrush Bugs.
I decided to collect a fallen stem, cut into foot-long sections so I could fit it in my bag. When I got home I had a poke about in the stem and found a few more bits.
Think this is also Limnaecia phragmitella, though actually in the stem-sheath.
Keyed to Notaris scirpi
European Cinchbug (Ischnodemus sabuleti) - micropterous adult
Bulrush Bug (Chilacis typhae)
2 comments:
Good to see you out and about again buddy. Hugely jealous of that Bulrush Bug, I hadn't even heard of it until after I moved up here and you just don't get them this far north.
Cheers Seth - now I'm sorted I'll hopefully be getting out more this year around work and other committments.
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