Stonepit Wood
White Admiral (Limentis camilla)
Ichneumon Sp?
Ferruginous Bee Grabber (Sicus ferrugineus)
Stephen Falk's Bee Grabber Page
Sawfly Sp?
Violet Black-legged Robber Fly ♂︎(Dioctria atricapilla)
Nature Spot Page
Bee Sp?
Cuckoo Bee Sp?
Bee Sp
Stonepit Wood
Bee Sp
Furry Dronefly (Eristalsis intricarius)
Stephen Falk's
Eristalsis intricarius page
Eristalsis Sp
Spider Sp with egg sack
Syrphus Sp
White Admiral (Limentis camilla)
Hanworth
Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus))
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id
Stonepit Wood
Scorpion Fly (Panorpis communis)
Silver Washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Syrphus Sp
Bradfield Woods - Suffolk
Bee Sp
Comma (Polygonia c-album)
Syrphus Sp & Bee Sp
Syrphus Sp
Volucella inflata
Spider Sp
Stonepit Wood
Myathropa florea ♂︎
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Large Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Syrphus Sp
Cley
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
In the Hedge by Anterton Hill
Flea Beetle Sp
Thanks to @NorwichBirder for suggestion.
Thick Kneed Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Fly Sp
Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale)
Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)
Bee Sp?
Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)
Grimstone
Pondweed
Soldier Beetle Cantharis Cryptica
ID features - Pale tips to the palps and the mixture of flat and standing hairs on the elytra.
Soldier Beetle id from Nature Spot
Thanks to @Norwich Birder for help with id
Cranefly Sp Tipula Sp
Pellucid Hoverfly or Great Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)
Lay their eggs in Wasp nests and the larvae scavenge on remains.
Stephen Falk's Pellucid Hoverfly page.
Hairy Flapped Syrphs Syrphus Sp
Stephen Falks Syrphus Album
Bumble Bee Hoverfly (Volucella bombylans)
Stephen Falk's page
Eristalsis Sp
Spruce-stump Hoverfly (Xylota jakutorum)
Stephen Falk's page
Thanks to @NorwichBirder for help with id
Orange-belted Hoverfly (Xylota segnis)
Stephen Falk's page
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
Large Skipper (Ochlodes silvanus)
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Norwich
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) An interesting variety
Bee Orchid Var belgarum (Ophrys apifera var belgarum)
Hoary Mullein (Verbascum pulverulentum)
Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)
Norwich
Lucky enough to see this even though clearly going over.
Bee Orchid Var belgarum (Ophrys apifera var belgarum)
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
Hanworth
Syrphus Sp
Eupeodes luniger
Eristalsis tenax
?
Spaerophoria Sp ♀︎
Speckled Bush Cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Bee Sp
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Blue Tailed Damselfly ♂︎(Ischnura elegans)
Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus)
Spaerophoria Sp ♂︎
Twist-tailed Hovefly Sp Spaerophoria Sp ♂︎Possibly (Sphaerophora interrupta?)
Stephen Falk's Spaerophoria interrupta page
Stephen Falk's Spaerophoria albums
Thanks to @NorwichBirder for help with id
Meadow Brown ♀︎ (Maniola jurtina)
Ringlet ♂︎ (Aphantopus hyperantus)
Potato Capsid? (Closterotomus norwegicus)?
Syritta pipiens
Hickling
Bee Sp
Helophilus pendulus
Parahelophilus frutetorun/versicolor
Eristalsis Sp
Syrphus Sp
Longhorn Beetle (Rutpela maculata)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Scorpion Fly (Panorpa communis)
Spider Sp
Swallowtail (Papilio machaon subsp britannicus )
Catfield Fen
Peacock Butterfly Caterpillars (Inachis io)
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Ivy Duckweed (Lemna trisulca)
Upright Hedge Parsley (Torilis japonica)
Sphaerophoria Sp
Syrphus Sp enjoying Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
Soft Rush (Juncus effusus)
!4 Spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)
Beeston Common
Broad Bodied Chaser (Libellula depressa)
Lesser Butterfly Orchid (Platanthera bifolia)
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
A Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea) doing what Parent Bug's do. Looking after young instars on Birch catkins.
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)
Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
Blunt FloweredRush (Juncus subnodulosus)
Hay Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Cley
And then there were four.
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)
Little Ringed Plover (Charadrius dubius) in the Visitor Centre Car Park.
Cley
Avocet (Revurvirostra avosetta)
Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica)
Bar Tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) and Black Tailed Godwit (limosa limosa)
Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa & Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinenesis)
Little Egret (Egret garzetta)
Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Cley
And then there were three.
Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Black Tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Teal (Anas crecca) But in the top right of the picture a Green Winged Teal (Anas carolinensis)
Quite a family of Shellduck (Tadorna tadorna)
Reed Bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus)
Redshank (Tringa totanus)
Pied Wagtail (Moticilla alba yarelli)
Little Egret (Egret garzetta)
Knot (Calidris canutus)
Club Rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris)
Pondweed Sp
Felbrigg
Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Ichneumon Wasp Sp?
Sawfly Sp (Tenthredo livida)
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id
Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis) Very otter like in part.
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerurm)
Tachina fera
Ladybird larva. Eyed Ladybird possibly because of white markings.
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Stephen Falk's page
Syrphus torvus (Hairy eyes)
Thanks to @Norwichbirder for id
Meliscaeva auricollis?
Hoverfly - Bee mimic Volucella bombylans var plumata
Yellow - barred Long - horn (Nephorma degeerella)
Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
there's been quite an influx over the last few days. Clearly tatty and has
spent the spring and summer flying across the Sahara and then through southern Europe to reach the shores of Norfolk.
The Worldwide Painted Lady Citizen Science Project
British Ecological Society
Painted lady’s roundtrip migratory flight is longest recorded in butterflies
Dog Rose (Rosa canina)
Final Instar Red-legged Shieldbug
Info from British Bugs
Red-eyed Damselfly (Erythromma najas)
Wood Avens seed head. (Geum urbanum)
Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)
Alderford Common
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
Lucerne Bug (Adelphocoris lineolatus)
Closterotomus trivialis
Id confirmed by record
Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)
Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)