Twizell Woods

 After we had been to Harperley Nursery we had a late morning early afternoon walk to the ponds in Twizell Wood in the hope of seeing my first Damselfly of the year and of course any other insects that happened to be there. As always with my identification of insects if I have anything wrong please don’t hesitate to correct me.

My first Large Red Damselfly (and the only one I saw) of the year was caught by a Spider.

Harlequin Ladybird.

A second Harlequin.

A pair of 14-spot Ladybirds.

I found quite a few 14-spot Ladybirds.

Orange-tip Butterfly.

Speckled Wood Butterfly.

Green-veined White Butterfly.

Cheilosia Sp. Hoverfly.

Portevinia maculata Hoverfly.

Syrphus Sp. Hoverfly.

Ground Beetle on a garlic flower.

Yellow Dung Fly.

Greater water-boatman or Common Backswimmer.

Crane Fly.

The remains of a Crane Fly.

Twizell Woods part one

 At the very end of last month my wife and I had a walk around the ponds in Twizell Woods. I spent a very enjoyable good couple of hours taking loads of images of the insects that were flying or just sitting around. In fact, I took so many images that once again I have split the Blog into two.

Common Flower Bug.

Plant Bug.

Common Green Shieldbug.

Possibly Conops flavipes a Wasp mimic.

Hoverfly.

Fly.

Harvestman. There were a few around.

Spider.

Peacock Butterfly.

Large White Butterfly.

Cranefly.

Alder Leaf Beetle Caterpillars.

Hook Norton day one part three

 Still at Otmoor and around the cottage. Once again, any help with identification would be most welcome.

Male Azure Damselfly.

Female Azure Damselfly.

Nurseryweb Spider with its egg-sac.

Possibly Tetragnatha or Long-jawed orbweb spider.

Two possible Long-jawed orbweb spiders.

Female Common Scorpionfly.

Male Common Scorpionfly.

? Robberfly.

Carder Bee. I love the way the Ant looks as though it is telling the Bee to politely go away.

Hoverfly. A Bumblebee mimic?

Great Pied Hoverfly.

Hoverfly Leucozona lucorum.

Hoverfly Myathropa florea.

Four-spotted Cranefly?

Cranefly.

Empis livida.

Sawfly.

Flower Beetle.

Common Malachite Beetle.

Caterpillar of the Mottled Umber Moth.

Caterpillar of the Orchard Ermine Moth?

This was tiny and I haven’t got a clue as to what it is.