One thing I was surprised at while we travelled around Mull was the lack of insects including butterflies and dragonflies. When we have been there in other years there seemed to be loads flying around this year was totally different. I always mention my attempts to identify insects etc. please correct me if I have anything wrong.
Male Golden-ringed Dragonfly.
I think it was having a Common Darter for lunch.
Common Darter.
I’m still none the wiser about Bumblebees despite looking
in several books.
A Bee Mimic Volucella bombylans.
Nicrophorus Sp. of Burying/Carrion beetle.
Clouded-bordered Brindle moth.
Dark Giant Horsefly (Tabanus sudeticus) this thing was
about an inch long.
Gorse Shieldbug.
Geometridae Sp. of moth.
I think this is another (more worn) Clouded-bordered
Brindle moth.
Dark Green Fritillary butterfly.
Transparent Burnet moth.
This is the longest Grasshopper I have ever seen it
was over an inch long.
Another Geometridae Sp. of moth.
Another Dark Giant Horsefly I think they just liked
the colour of my car as this one and the one above were on the car while we
were parked in different places.
Sericomyia silentis Hoverfly.
Red-legged/Forest Shieldbug.
Eristalis Sp. Hoverfly
Another Sericomyia silentis Hoverfly.
Female Golden-ringed Dragonfly posing for me.
Female Common Darter.
A Diving Beetle (could be Agabus striolatus).
Some great insects there Ron, Golden-ringed are excellent but the darter is most interesting as it's a Highland Darter, which used to be thought of as a separate species but now listed as a variation of Common, it has much more black on it than the Common female, noticeably on the thorax and extended down the sides of the frons. Nice find and lovely pic.
ReplyDeleteCheers Alan I have never heard of a Highland Darter.
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