Another Blog from July this time Twizell Woods. The ponds there are getting very overgrown now and if they don’t get seen too before long, they will be lost for good.
Southern Hawker.
Common Darter.
Leafhopper.
Cereal Leaf Beetle.
Four-barred major Soldier Fly.
Wasp.
Bumblebee.
Grass Fly.
Grasshopper.
Alder Leaf Beetle Larva.
Wolf Spider.
Silver-washed Fritillary.
Looking around Twizell Woods recently for Large Red Damselflies which unfortunately I didn’t find. I did however find loads of other wildlife.
Helophilus pendulus Hoverfly.
Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.
Epistrophe eligans Hoverfly.
Flower Fly?
Platycheirus Sp. Hoverfly.
Platycheirus Sp. Hoverfly hovering.
Flower Fly?
Shaerophoria Sp. Hoverfly.
Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly hovering.
Baccha Sp. Hoverfly.
Yellow Swarming Fly.
Leaf Beetle.
Leaf Beetle.
Flea Beetle.
Reed Beetle.
Weevil.
Leaf Hopper.
Nymph of a Planthopper.
Another Nymph.
14-spot Ladybird.
Anthomyia genus.
Crane Fly.
St Mark’s Fly in water.
A not very good picture of a Lace Hopper.
Tree Bumblebee.
Buzzards.
A couple of days ago as the weather was good, I went bug hunting and wasn’t disappointed.
Birch Shieldbug.
Hairy Shieldbug covered in something.
Hairy Shieldbug.
Gorse Shieldbug.
Hawthorn Leaf Beetle.
7-spot Ladybird
Ladybird.
Platycheirus albimanus Hoverfly hovering.
Drone Fly.
Common Carder Bee.
Common Greenbottle.
Spider.
Stigmella aurella moth?
