A local walk…

 …up to the whinnies last month produced some canny insects. Please feel free to correct me if, once again, I have any of the identification wrong.

Mid Instar Bronze Shieldbug. I saw it to late just as it was heading back into the bush.

3^rd Instar Common Green Shieldbug.

Another 3^rd Instar Common Green Shieldbug.

4^th Instar Common Green Shieldbug.

Yellow-bodied Black Fungus Gnat.

The remains of a Common Sexton Beetle.

Soldier Beetle.

Plant Bug?

Silver Y Moth.

Shaded Broad-bar Moth.

Moth.

Mid Instar Hawthorn Shieldbug. This was found at Tanfield Marsh Wildlife Reserve to which I will not be back for a while, the reason, I have never seen as much dog crap as I saw here. You only had to walk a couple of yards and there was another pile. Some was left in bags, WHY, one bag was only about ten yards from a bin AGAIN WHY. It’s a shame as it has the potential to be a canny site for wildlife.

Also found at the Marsh were these Spined Shieldbugs.

I disturbed this Scalloped Oak Moth when I was mowing the lawn.

Found by our neighbours a Buff-tip Moth Caterpillar.

Tanfield Marsh Wildlife Reserve

 My wife and I had a walk around the reserve a few weeks back and I have never seen as many spiders, they were everywhere. We didn’t see any damselfly or dragonfly which was disappointing but I still took loads of images of other things some of which I’m struggling to identify.

Nurseryweb Spider.

Wolf Spider.

A pair of Nettle Weevil.

Robber Fly.

I think this a Common Dance Fly.

 This one is covered in pollen.

Drinker Moth Caterpillar.

Sawfly Caterpillar?

Caddisfly.

Dungfly.

A Micro Moth.

A pair of Micro Moths.

Froghopper.

Non-biting Midge?

Tanfield Marsh

 First time in a while but I had a walk around our local marsh a few days ago. I didn’t find anything special or unusual but what I did find fascinating was how much wildlife can be found on one telegraph pole.

My first Red Admiral of the year on the boardwalk.

Silver Ground carpet moth.

Green-veined White butterfly

Grass Rivulet moth.

Nettle-tap moth

Zebra Spider

Mining Bee?

Ruby-tailed Wasp

Slender-bodied Digger Wasp?

Flesh Fly

Yellow Dungfly

Scorpionfly

Soldier Beetle

Hoverfly