Just back from a week in Norfolk. It will take me ages to go through all of the images on my external hard drive but here are the first few.
Gatekeeper Butterfly from just outside the cottage we
were staying in.
I heard a noise coming from the garden behind me while
I was taking pictures of the Gatekeeper, I turned and saw this Muntjac Deer walking
up the road away from me.
Instar nymph of a Box Bug.
Frit Fly?
The larval case of a Bagworm Moth.
Sphaerophoria rueppellii Hoverfly.
A trip to Kibblesworth Brick Ponds at the end of last month looking for Dragonflies. Black-tailed Skimmer, Emperor and Four-spotted Chaser all put on a good show and there was a canny supporting cast of butterflies, beetles etc.
Black-tailed Skimmer.
This Emperor Dragonfly flew back and forth trying to
protect its patch from all threats.
However, this Four-spotted Chaser had a good go at
chasing it off.
Four-spotted Chaser being harassed by an Azure
Damselfly.
Four-spotted Chaser.
Burnet Moth in flight.
Five-spot Burnet Moth.
Painted Lady Butterfly.
Meadow Brown.
Small Skipper.
Ringlet.
Speckled Wood.
Dark Arches Moth?
Nursery Wed Spider.
Weevil.
Frog Hopper.
Rough-haired Darkling Beetle?
Leaf Hopper.
Common Flower Bug.
Plant Bug.
Eupeodes corollae Hoverfly.
Coffee and scone in the Coach House at Beamish with some friends then a walk around the grounds. The pond held a nice surprise in the form of a distant male Broad-bodied Chaser. A few other water bourn insects were also on the pond. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to get any images of the Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary butterflies at Black Plantation as not one of them would settle. I did however get a Golden-ringed Dragonfly (thanks Brian for the info).
Broad-bodied Chaser.
Common Pond Skater.
Whirligig Beetle.
Backswimmer.
Golden-ringed Dragonfly.
Large Skipper Butterfly.
Plant Bug.
Hoverfly hovering.
Bloch-winged Hoverfly hovering?
Common Yellow Sally.
Sawfly.
