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| Large Skipper butterfly (Ochlodes sylvanus) |
Large Skippers are back at the park and on the land which was the old nursing home (re-wild) had Meadow brown butterflies flying, not staying sill long enough for a photo.
This little spot on the edge of the two parks has a few different wild flowers that are not always growing in the park.
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| Black-horned Gem Microchrysa polita. (NEW) |
Black-horned Gem , this is a new fly for me at the park. It is most likely to be
Microchrysa polita but there is a similar species and does need examining by an expert.
A small solider fly with a shiny green thorax the female has a broad abdomen, found in wooded areas, hedgerows and established gardens. You can see it between March and September.
It likes to breed in dung, rotting veg matter and compost heaps. The adult will feed of nectar .
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| Cucumber Green Orb Spider (Araniella sp) |
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| Vapourer moth caterpillar (Orgyia antiqua.) |
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| Harlequin ladybird nymph (Harmonia axyridis) |
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| Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes) |
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| Harlequin ladybird (Harmonia axyridis) |
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| Solider beetle |
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| Solider beetle |
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| Hawthorn shield bug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) |
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| Plant bug (Deraeocoris flavilinea) (NEW) |
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| Adult |
Length 7-8 mm. It is a large and fairly distinctive bug, but sexually dimorphic and thus rather variable. Males are much darker than the more orange females. The front and rear margins of the pronotum are narrowly pale. The cuneus is variable and the sides of the scutellum paler in both sexes. The tibial banding pattern is shared by D. olivaceus which is brick red in colour, similar to female D. flavilinea, but the uncommon D. olivaceus is larger, has long hairs on the sides of the pronotum and is associated with Hawthorn.
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| Common Grass Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata) |
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| Yellow dung fly (S. stercoraria) |
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Think this is also
Common Grass Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata)
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| 10-spot Ladybird (Adalia decempunctata) |
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| Fruit fly (Urophora stylata) |
Has been confirmed on iRecord
Length: 4-6 mm. This fruit fly is mostly orange with black patterned wings, typical of this family
Found on thistles where it causes galls to form on the host plant.
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 | Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus cristatus )
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Stunning set of photos Amanda (although a coouple seem missing not sure why? - maybe at my end?) - you do see some super wildlife in that park and it is amazing what you find when you look. So many great species - can't pick just one!!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks Caroline, it has been a good year so far at the park, more areas been left to grow wild and I think it is helping. Photos not missing at5 my end so hopefully they have come back on.
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