Beamish Hall & Black Plantation

 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.

Wingate Quarry.

 After a visit to Bishop Middleham, we then went onto Wingate Quarry. Not many Marbled White out but I did manage to get some images of the two we saw. On the way back home, we stopped off at Chester-le-Street in the hope of seeing White-letter Hairstreak I was lucky enough to see one.

Marbled White Butterfly.

Blackneck Moth.

Weevils.

Click Beetle.

White-letter Hairstreak.

Large Skipper.

Ringlet.

Yellow Shell Moth.

Garden Grass Veneer.

Possibly Pammene fasciana Moth.

Banded Demoiselle.

Orange Ladybird.

Sawfly.

I drop the wife’s…

 …car off at the garage the other day for a service then had a walk back home, here are a few insects that I found.

Common Green Sawfly.

Another Common Green Sawfly.

Dung Fly.

Dance Fly.

Hoverfly.

Fly.

Broad Centurion.

Lacewing.    

Weevil.

Grypocoris stysi Plantbug.

Thistle Ermine Moth.

Tortricidae family of moth.

Tortricidae family of moth.

Tortricidae family of moth.

Wren behind twigs.

Work part 1

 I still take my camera to work on the days I’m in (if its not raining) just in case I spot some wildlife especially insects. Some of these images, taken at the beginning of the month, are from a nettle patch.

Micropterix aruncella White-line Pollen Moth.

Longhorn Moth.

Possibly Orthotaenia undulana.

Common Wave.

Ants farming Aphids.

Aphids.

Aphid.

Sawfly.

Female Scorpionfly.

Crane Fly.

Jumping Spider?

Tetragnatha Sp. Spider.

Woodlouse.

Sawfly larva.

An Albino Slug.

I think this is a Tick.

Rust Fungus?