12.10.23 Insects from Burdon Moor I never get tired of seeing or photographing these cracking little things. I hope I have the identification right on most of these this time.
Wasn’t expecting to see a Southern Hawker Dragonfly.
Male Common Darter.
Female Common Darter.
A mature female Common Darter.
Spiked Shieldbug.
Green Shieldbug.
Gorse Shieldbug.
Hairy Shieldbug.
Bronze Shieldbug.
Final instar Green Shieldbug.
Ladybird.
Ladybird pupa.
Thanks to Michael A. I now know these are Ruby Tiger
Moth Caterpillars.
Comma Butterfly one of two seen feeding on blackberries.
Just going by the shape of its wings, I would say this
is a Rhomboid Cinnamon Sedge Caddisfly.
Spider. Loads of these were scurrying around in the undergrowth.
Another nice selection of shieldbugs Ron, I note you haven't labelled the adult Bronze Bug, pale yellow bands on the antennae are a good ID feature.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ID Alan the only reason I didn’t name it is because I thought it was a Hairy Shieldbug like the one above it (I have named it now). I’m definitely going to look more closely at them from now on.
ReplyDeleteTo be fair Ron, it's often tricky to ID adults in the autumn as many species or individuals turn a uniform brown, but like I say, antennae pattern remains a good way to ID Bronze and Hairy especially.
DeleteIt is tricky but I will keep trying.
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