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| Ruby-tailed wasp, Chrysis species |
These are photos I neglected to post from August 28/29, 2015. The highlight was a Ruby-tailed wasp that was patrolling the top of the wooden railings outside the Ramsar hide at Arundel WWT, probably searching for an insect's nest. This tiny wasp is about 1cm long and parasitises other insects, laying its eggs beside the host's eggs. It is also known as a cuckoo wasp. There are several species of Chrysis wasps and they are difficult to tell apart.
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| view from Mill Hill |
Arundel WWT:
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| from Sand Martin hide |
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| Bramble, Rubus fruticosus |
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| Chrysopidae Lacewing larva |
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| Common Elder berries, Sambucus nigra |
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| Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana |
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| Common Nettle-tap |
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| Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus |
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| wasp, Ectemnius species |
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| European Wasp, Vespula germanica |
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| European Wasp |
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| Green Chironomid midge |
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| Guelder Rose, Viburnum Opulus |
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| Hawthorn Shieldbug early instar nymph, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale |
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| Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna |
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| ladybird pupa |
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| Orange Ladybird, Halyzia sedecimguttata |
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| Purple Loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria |
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| Red-legged Shieldbug, Pentatoma rufipes |
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| Ruby-tailed wasp, Chrysis species |
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| Ruby-tailed wasp |
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| Whitebeam, Sorbus aria |
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| Whitebeam |
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| Wild rose, Rosa species |
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| Woody Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara |
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| Woody Nightshade |
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| Littlehampton sunrise, August 29 |
Cissbury Ring:
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| 1944 De Havilland DH-82A Tiger Moth II 2964 |
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| Chalkhill Blue ♀, Lysandra coridon |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus ♀ |
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| Common Grass-veneer, Agriphila tristella |
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| Devil's Coach Horse, Ocypus olens |
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| bee |
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| Ground Beetle, Harpalus affinis |
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| Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella |
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
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