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All about Insects 2019

Noisette
26/01/2019 10:10

This is the carry on thread from "All about Insects 2018" here https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/196071/all-about-insects-2018

I had a lovely Minotaur Beetle around the UV trap this morning, my first ever!

Apparantly this is their time of year!

All insects, spiders, beetles, flies etc etc welcome,

Best wishes

Hazel in Southwest France

  • 28/05/2019 16:50
    That looks exactly like it.

    Unicum arbustum haud alit duos erithacos

    (One bush does not shelter two Robins)

    Zenodotus (3rd Century B.C.)

     

  • 28/05/2019 16:57
    Well done H, mystery solved!

     

     2013 photos & vids here

    eff37 on Flickr

  • 29/05/2019 00:11
    Funny place to have a breathing tube methinks! Lol

     

     2013 photos & vids here

    eff37 on Flickr

  • 29/05/2019 10:24

    Maybe Pellucid hoverfly?
    Looks good for Hawthorn shieldbug IMO!

     

     2013 photos & vids here

    eff37 on Flickr

  • 02/06/2019 18:48

    I've not been able to get out much this past week or so and I've only managed a few insects. I'm seeing loads of Dagger Flies at the moment

    I want to get one with prey, as they catch other insects, as well as feeding on nectar. However, I did manage to get one of our weirdest critters for the first time, the Scorpion Fly

    I've seen more mining bees this year than previously, including another Ashy (or Grey) Mining Bee

    And this one, which is one of the smaller, less readily identifiable ones, so I'll just say Andrena sp. It has certainly got a sack-full of pollen, although it looks in danger of losing it if it cracks open any further.

     

    You'd never guess this is called a Swollen-thighed Beetle, would you ...

    One of the Eristalini hoverflies (Anasimyia Lineata)

    A soldier beetle (I think Cantharis Nigricans)

    Where there is one, there is usually another! I love the relaxed look of the female with folded arms. They have obviously fallen from their perch and wedged here and can't be bothered to get out! 

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    Nige   Flickr

  • 02/06/2019 20:11
    Fantastic macro shots Nigel, interesting set of species too.

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    Regards, Hazel 

  • 07/06/2019 07:14
    I really hate bugs. Around summer, I’m always reminded that I need to go around the house to make sure that the screens are properly fixed and there are no holes for the buggers (literally) to get through! I have no idea how they do it, but some always manage to find their own way in somehow! If anybody has any other smart ideas or remedies to prevent them from coming in, please do share!
  • 07/06/2019 20:35

    A very odd looking fly

    Apparently, that strange scrunched-up pose is typical for the species - it is one of the charmingly named thick-headed flies (Conopidae)

    And a rather dopey Red-tailed Bumblebee let me take its photo. All the others were bustling around, far too busy to pose.

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    Nige   Flickr

  • 07/06/2019 22:02
    To think that I skipped past Simply Spiders only to meet up with that rather disquieting fly!!
    Liked dopey Bee-Bumble though!

     

     2013 photos & vids here

    eff37 on Flickr

  • 08/06/2019 19:39 in reply to WendyBartter
    WendyBartter said:
    To think that I skipped past Simply Spiders only to meet up with that rather disquieting fly!!

    Well, it wouldn't be as interesting otherwise Slight smile 

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    Nige   Flickr