Thursday 11 June 2015

Variable Damselfly and Banded Demoiselle

Banded Demoiselle, Calopteryx splendens
On Monday I met Mark at Burton Mill Pond again for more work with the Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle. I was particularly pleased to find a Variable Damselfly which is a new species for me. In addition the following lakeside creatures were seen:
Variable Damselfly, Coenagrion pulchellum
Alder sawfly, Eriocampa ovata
Amber Snail, Succinea putris
Black Snipefly, Chrysopilus cristatus

Blue-tailed Damselfly, immature female Ischnura elegans 'violacea'
Red-Eyed Damselfly, teneral male, Erythromma najas
Long-horn Caddisfly, Mystacides longicornis
Common Stretch Spider, Tetragnatha extensa
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle, Agapanthia villosoviridescens


Greater Pond-sedge, Carex riparia
Greater Tussock-Sedge, Carex paniculata
Heather Shieldbug, Rhacognathus punctatus predating Reed beetle, Plateumaris affinis
I am waiting for confirmation of the Heather Shieldbug id

Hoverfly, Parhelophilus species
Reed beetle, Plateumaris affinis
Reed beetle
Strawberry Leaf Beetle, Galerucella tenella
Woody Nightshade, Solanum dulcamara

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