Scaeva selenitica-Hoverfly

male

male

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Episyrphus balteatus-Hoverfly

male

male

female

female

female

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Speckled Wood

male

male

male

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Banded Demoiselle

male

Chrysis sp. Ruby-tailed Wasp

This tiny but beautiful Wasp is commonly found looking for nest sites in the exterior brickwork and mortar of the  peoples homes.

male

male

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Pearl-bordered Fritillary

Female

Female

Male

Male

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Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth

This beautiful Hawkmoth can be seen on the wing from the middle of May.

A Broad-bordered Bee Hawkmoth [possibly a male] feeding on Bugle, it's favourite woodland flower.

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Merodon equestris, Hoverfly

Form, bulborum

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Platycheirus albimanus, Hoverfly

Female

Female

Female

Male

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Meligramma euchromum, Hoverfly

Male

Male

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Dingy Skipper

The Dingy Skipper is the most commonly spread of all the U.K.'s Skippers. The sexes are alike. But, the coloration on the top of their wings can vary.

HABITAT. Meadows, sunny woodland rides / clearings, sand dunes and chalk downland with south facing slopes.

LARVAL FOOD PLANT. The eggs are mainly laid on Bird's-foot Trefoil, the larval food plant.

FLIGHT SEASON. The first brood normally start to appear late April and, fly until about the middle of June. In some very hot years there could be a partial second brood in August.

LIFE SPAN. About 20 days, [ref. Edmund Sandars]

Male

Female

They are commonly found roosting on these old dead flower heads of Common
Knapweed from the previous years growth

Some wing colour variations.

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Chrysotoxum festivum, Hoverfly

Male

Osmia bicornis [Red Mason Bee]

Female

Female

Male

Male

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Nomada goodeniana [Goodens Nomad Bee]

Female

Female

Female

The male as depicted in this photo has black markings on the antenna

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Wood White [Leptidea sinapis]

                                                    1st brood Wood Whites

Wood Whites always land with their wings closed. The males are easily identified by the white tips to their antenna. The males have dark grey spots in the upper corner of their forewings. The females are lighter in colour.

Male, closed wings

male closed wings

Male, opened wings

Female, closed wings, notice the absent white tips to the antenna

Female with opened wings

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Episyrphus balteatus, Hoverfly

female

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