Insect Of The Day

[Wild-Woman]

1st Dragonfly-possibly Hairy Dragonfly
Peacock Butterfly
Orange-tip
Holly Blue
Green-veined white
St Mark's Fly
Several caterpillars
Abundant hoverflies

[aeshna5]

Lots of bugs today:Peacocks, Orange Tips, small + G.v Whites, Speckled Woods + Holly Blues for butterflies.

Also dozens of Harlequins at 1 reserve where I led a walk as well as 7, 10 + 22-spot Ladybirds, Beefly- Bombylius sp, many hoverflies including Syrphus sp, Epistrophe eligans, Helophilus pendulus + Episyrphus balteatus.

Also Dark Bush-cricket nymphs, Common Green + Woundwort Shieldbugs.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

I saw a holly blue fluttering around the pond today..It didn't settle..So frustrating.

Oh! forgot the peacock walking the dog (me not the butterfly)

[mrs fish]

My Insect of the day was a male Orange tip and one of my better photos (maybe Graham can make it even better )




I also saw more Scarlet lilly beetles than Ladybirds yesterday

[aeshna5]

Many goodies at Stodmarsh yesterday including Green Hairstreak, Hairy Dragonflies, 2 Broad-bodied Chasers, Variable, Axure, Large Red + Blue-tailed Damsels, Pyrrochroa serraticornis (a cardinal beetle) + some Dark Bush-cricket nymphs.

[nightshade]

I had a large two-tone green beetle land near me today it folded its wings and raced off very rapidly,as far as I can make out(Collins Complete British Insects) it was a Tiger Beetle,beautiful beast big jaws, is this possible here in the west country??

[nightshade]

Holly Blues and Buff Tips along with a large dark coloured butterfly which stays just too far away to be identified

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by nightshade

I had a large two-tone green beetle land near me today it folded its wings and raced off very rapidly,as far as I can make out(Collins Complete British Insects) it was a Tiger Beetle,beautiful beast big jaws, is this possible here in the west country??

The're certainly about now + quite possible, especially if you were in heathland type habitat.

[Paul mabbott]

Like the dog that didn't bark in the night, I've been impressed by the insects I've not seen this weekend on North Tyneside. Holly Blues, lots of orange-tips; many syrphids despite there not being too many aphids, plenty of spiders but, until this morning, no ladybirds; when I found a group of trees (mostly sycamore) in Jesmond with seven Adalia bipunctata, 2-spots, (admittedly one of them was dead). Still, that's the most I've ever seen in Newcastle .....

[Deer Stalker]

Out on the Forest until lunch time today so I saw a few more insects than I usually do first thing in the mornings. These included my first Dragonflies of the year - a Braod-bodied Chaser & a female Beautiful Demoiselle.
Loads of Rose Chafers on a Hawthorn, Brown Silver-line, Cream Wave & Brimstone moths & some Green Tiger Beetles.