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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 2, 2016 16:25:38 GMT
My first Volucella zonaria + V. pellucens of the season.
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Post by ayjay on Jul 3, 2016 20:40:30 GMT
Wolf spider, with brood.  |
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Post by Tringa on Jul 4, 2016 7:18:46 GMT
My insect of yesterday - a golden ringed dragonfly. Not the photo I wanted but I could not get in a better position without scaring it away.  golden ringed dragonfly by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr Dave |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 17, 2016 17:31:36 GMT
Lots of Black Ants indulging in their nuptials today. The Swifts were enjoying them over the garden as were the gulls + Starlings.
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Post by ayjay on Jul 19, 2016 8:33:36 GMT
Common Red Soldier Beetle - Rhagonycha fulva - ID is open to suggestion, but I think/hope I've got it right.  |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 19, 2016 16:46:23 GMT
Correct ID Ajay!
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Post by ayjay on Jul 22, 2016 21:26:38 GMT
Keeled Skimmer, catching and eating a Ringlet butterfly is my IotD, something I've been wanting to see for a long time, I know they eat butterflies but I've never seen it before.
The really interesting part was that when the Keeled Skimmer moved perches carrying the Ringlet, three other Ringlets followed it as though it were flying under it's own steam, they lost interest when the Dragon settled on a new perch.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 23, 2016 15:59:04 GMT
My first Migrant Hawker of the year. Also nice to see 3 Brown Hawkers + a couple of Emperors at the pond.
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Post by NellyDee on Jul 24, 2016 10:11:57 GMT
Sorry only know it is a daddy longlegs. I was fascinated by the detail of the underside of wings reflected on the car, more detailed than the top side of the wings.
 Daddy Long Legs ID by Helen Skelton, on Flickr
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 24, 2016 15:58:49 GMT
It's the Giant Cranefly, Tipula maxima, Nelly. Quite handsome as these craneflies go!
My IOD is a tie between several Red-legged Shieldbugs + a Dark Bush-cricket in a moth trap at dawn.
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Post by NellyDee on Jul 25, 2016 14:55:55 GMT
Wrong again! Thanks Aeshna enjoyed looking up the information on it.
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Post by NellyDee on Jul 25, 2016 14:58:39 GMT
Wolf spider, with brood. Gosh amazing photo - if I had seen this I would have though it was being attacked by something not carry it's babes around. |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 30, 2016 16:51:24 GMT
A tie between a couple of Long-winged Coneheads + Noon Flies.
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Post by aeshna5 on Aug 6, 2016 16:47:22 GMT
Not the most productive day for insects at Chobham- a top insect site. Beating foliage produced little- the highlight being a Tawny Cockroach. Otherwise Mottled Grasshoppers + a male Keeled Skimmer the best!
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Post by ayjay on Aug 11, 2016 7:53:06 GMT
Ruddy Darter - yesterday.  |
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