…at Burdon Moor the other day I was also photographing the many and varied insects that were there. Once again, any help with identification would be much appreciated.
Spiked Shieldbug with a caterpillar for lunch.
Hawthorn Shieldbug.
5th instar Common Green Shieldbug.
4th stage Bronze Shieldbug.
Another 5th instar Common Green Shieldbug.
Common Green Shieldbug.
Two Common Green Shieldbugs.
Hairy/Sloe Shieldbug.
Could this be remnants of a Gorse Shieldbug or is that just my imagination.
What we used to call Hairy Caterpillars when we were
kids. I saw three but I don’t know what they will turn into.
Ichneumonidae Sp?
Tachinid Fly?
Yellow Clusiid?
Syrphus Sp. of Hoverfly.
Common Cranefly.
Cranefly Sp.
Wasp Sp. The markings on its abdomen suggest it could
be a Median Wasp but I’m not sure.
7-spot Ladybird.
Red Admiral Butterfly feeding on blackberries.
Speckled Wood Butterfly with a small companion on its
wing.
Nice Shieldbug shots Ron, great encounter with the feeding Spiked Bug, your Gorse Bug ID needs a bit of work though, the instar is a 4th stage Bronze Shieldbug, and your adults are Green Sbs, so you're definitely getting marked down for those :-). Intrigued as to what has happened to that Gorse Bug in the foamy stuff though, can I put it up on Twitter (X) to find out? Cheers.
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ReplyDeleteCheers Alan. You would think I should know the difference between Shieldbugs by now will try harder next time. If you want to put the foamy one on X then by all means do.
ReplyDeleteCheers Ron, nice find with the Bronze Bug nymph by the way, very late for a 4th instar.
DeleteCaterpillars are Ruby Tiger Ron.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the ID Michael.
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