A few insects/inverts for ID

[Purplepixii]

Hiya
Went for a walk in the New Forest on Friday and was trigger-happy with the camera but am having problems identifying a few of them

Would really love it if anyone can help please

Sarah




An odd-looking yellow & black bug


Tiny little hopper


Field Grasshopper?


Roesel's Bush-cricket?


Bee...


Bee-type critter Pic 1


Bee-type critter Pic 2


Bee-type critter Pic 3 (+ another odd critter lol)

[Jason Green]

Evening Sarah,

The first is a Longhorn Beetle, Rutpela maculata and then Cicadella viridis, Field Grasshopper, Meadow Grasshopper, A bee with a Hoverfly in the background (any other images?) and three images of the Hoverfly Volucella pellucens.

Take care,

Jason

[Purplepixii]

Thanks Jason, you're a star!

Have 2 other pics of the bee, will upload them in a sec and post in here

Sarah

[infovore]

Good work Jason,

I've learned a longhorn!

Sarah

- just a note about Roesel's Bush-cricket versus the Meadow Grasshopper -

Bush-crickets have much longer antennae than grasshoppers and a detail you can rely on for a visual recognition is the saddle-shaped plate just behind the head over the back of the insect called the pronotum. In Roesel's Bush-cricket the curve of the saddle below is entirely rimmed with yellow. The easiest way of all to confirm the distinction is by song. Roesel's has a very distinctive unbroken churr unlike the pulsing rattle of a Meadow Grasshopper. The latter sounds as though he's brandishing a little high speed football rattle.

[Jason Green]

Thanks InfoVore, and a warm welcome to WAB!

[Purplepixii]

Ditto what Jason said - thanks for the info infovore and welcome to WAB

[infovore]

Thanks guys!
I look forward to many more threads!