With a decent forecast for today, i decided to have a change of scenery and travel over to Chamber's Wood and see if i could find any interesting insects, with Hoverflies really being the main focus.
In all i managed to find a total of at least 19 species, with personal highlights including my first sightings of Brachypalpoides lentus, Scaeva selenetica and Pipiza austriaca. The Brachypalpoides i didn't manage to photograph unfortunately, but i got some nice views of it as it ran about on the sunlit Bramble leaves it was feeding around.
Other interesting insects recorded during the day included a Horned Treehopper, Rhabdomiris striatellus, Adela croesella, a couple of lovely Mottled Umber Moth Caterpillars and my first Dark-bush Crickets of the year, with several nymphs seen to name but a few.
Mammal sightings consisted of 2 Deer species, with single buck Roe Deer and Muntjac recorded.
On the bird front, it was a little disappointing to be fair, with several Garden Warblers being the highlight.
The following are a selection of my favourite photos from this lovely day out.
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| Hoverfly Species - Cheilosia albitarsus |
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| Hoverfly Species - Cheilosia variabilis |
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| Downlooker Snipefly |
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| Parasitic Fly Species - Tachina fera |
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| Hoverfly Species - Scaeva selenetica, A New Species For Me |
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| Ichneumon Wasp Species - Ephialtes manifestator |
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| Micro Moth Species - Adela croesella |
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| A Mottled Umber Caterpillar |
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| Plant Bug Species - Rhabdomiris striatellus |
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| The Pupal Case Of A Hornet Clearwing Moth |
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| Sawfly Species - Tenthredo mesomela |
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| Hoverfly Species - Pipiza austriaca, A New Species For Me |
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| Hoverfly Species - Volucella bombylans |
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| Dark-bush Cricket Nymph. |
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| Hoverfly Species - Myathropa florea |
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| Large White Butterfly Caterpillars |
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| Longhorn Beetle Species - Agapanthea villosoviridescens |
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| Hairy Sheildbug |
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| Hoverfly Species - Volucella bombylans |
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| Tortoise Beetle Species - Cassida viridis |
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| Woundwort Shieldbug |
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| Dock Bug |
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| Marsh Fritillary |
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| Marsh Fritillary Caterpillars |
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