Still way behind with the processing of all the images (I haven’t even seen some of them yet) I have taken over the last couple of months so much so that these go way back to June at Burdon Moor.
Grasshopper.
Two-spot Ladybird.
Common Rhogogaster.
Black-backed Sawfly.
7-spot Ladybird.
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moth.
There were quite a few Large Skippers around.
Scaeva selenitica hovering.
Meadow Brown Butterfly.
Bumblebee coming into land on a Foxglove.
More from our holiday in the Forest of Dean this time it’s all about the insects and if I have the identification wrong, please do not hesitate to correct me.
Male Broad-bodied Chaser.
Four-spotted Chaser.
Female Blue-tailed Damselfly.
Common Blue Damselfly.
Dor Beetle (with fly) having a meal.
We saw dozens and dozens of these Beetles both dead
and alive.
Batman Hoverfly.
Bumblebee in flight.
Reed Beetle Sp.
Another Reed Beetle Sp.
A pair of Alder Leaf Beetle.
Alder Leaf Beetle about to take off.
Green Tiger Beetle.
Common Brown Click Beetle.
Leaf Beetle.
Sawfly Sp. with a Greenfly.
Solitary Wasp Sp.
Male German Scorpionfly.
Dance Fly.
Downlooker Snipefly.
Cucumber Spider.
Caterpillar hanging by a thread.
Around the middle of last month my wife and I had a short walk around the National Trust property Gibside. The weather was sunny and quite warm which made for a canny walk. I again took loads of photos of the wildlife we saw, and I am struggling to identify a few of the insects so any help (and corrections) would be gratefully received.
The Roe Deer and its fawn calmly walked onto the path unfazed
by the visitors walking around.
The female checking me out.
The fawn was a little skittish.
However, it stayed on the path for quite a while.
Forest/Red-legged Shieldbug.
Final instar Common Green Shieldbug.
These next few images are the ones with which I am
struggling. They could be Digger Wasps but I’m not sure.
Hoverfly?
7-spot Ladybird.
Another 7-spot.
Damsel Bug.
Orb Web Spider.
Migrant Hawker?
I thought at first Ruddy but looking at the colour of
the legs I now think Common Darter.
Little Grebe.
Gibside would not be Gibside if there were no Red
Kites flying over.
Buzzard.
