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14-spot Ladybird, Propylea 14-punctata |
On Saturday I checked out Lobb's Wood, a short walk away. I found the expected Speckled Woods fighting and a Red Admiral. I see these two butterflies here every year in a glade in the middle of the wood. There has been an influx of Red Admirals from the continent recently brought by the southerly winds. Among other interesting insects I found a Hoverfly larva eating an aphid and a bedraggled Yellow-legged Mining Bee. Disappointingly I did not find any micromoths.
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Common Green Capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus |
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Common Woodlouse, Oniscus asellus with 14-spot Ladybird |
fly ids needed please!
Garden snails, Helix aspersa
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Hoverfly larva eating an aphid, Syrphus ribesii |
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Marmalade Hoverfly, Episyrphus balteatus |
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Meadow Buttercup, Ranunculus acris |
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Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
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Umbillifer species |
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Yellow Dung fly, Scatophaga stercoraria |
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Yellow-legged Mining Bee, Andrena flavipes |
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