Speckled Wood on Bramble
Howardian
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Invertebrates

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Common/Ruddy Darter (Flying in tandem ovipositing)
Beautiful Demoiselle Emperor Dragonfly Large Red Damselfly
Beautiful Demoiselle (Male)
Emperor Dragonfly
Large Red Damselfly
Common Darter - male Common Darter - female Blue-tailed Damselfly
Common Darter (Male)
Common Darter (Female)
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Female)
Azure Damselfly (Male) Azure Damselfly (Male & Female) Azure Damselfly (Blue form Female)
Azure Damselfly (Male)
Azure Damselfly
(Male & Female)
Azure Damselfly
(Blue form Female)
Southern Hawker Migrant Hawker (Female) Dragonfly (Female ovipositing)
Southern Hawker
Migrant Hawker
(Female)
Dragonfly
(Female ovipositing)
Hover Fly (Syrphus sp.) Hover Fly (Volucella pellucens) Fly
Hover Fly
(Syrphus sp.)
Hover Fly
(Volucella pellucens)
Scorpion Fly (Female)
Beefly White-tailed bumble bee Red-tailed Bumble bee
Beefly
White-tailed bumble bee
Red-tailed Bumble bee
Hover Fly (Myathropa florea) Hover Fly (Eristalis (indeterminate)) Hover Fly (Cheilosia illustrata)
Hover Fly
(Myathropa florea)
Hover Fly
(Eristalis sp.)
Hover Fly
(Cheilosia illustrata)
Marmalade Fly Harlequin Ladybird Caddis Fly
Marmalade Fly
Harlequin Ladybird
Caddis Fly
(Limnephilus auricula)
Ladybird (7-spot)
  on Wild Parsnip Common Wasp & Green Bottle Dock Bug
Ladybird (7-spot)
Common Wasp
& Green Bottle
Dock Bug
Garden Spider ~ Araneus diadematus - Female Crane Fly Black Snake Millipede
Garden Spider
(Araneus diadematus - Female)
Crane Fly
Black Snake Millipede
Common red soldier beetle
Nursery-Web Spider Dark Bush Cricket
Common red soldier beetle
Nursery-Web Spider
(Female with Egg sack)
Dark Bush Cricket
Beetle Dark Bush Cricket, Larva Green Dock Beetle, Mating
Click beetle,
Red-brown Skipjack
Green Dock Beetle (Larva)
Green Dock Beetle (Mating)
Vestal Cuckoo Bee Hover Fly (Xylota segnis) Crab Spider (Xysticus cristatus)
Vestal Cuckoo Bee
Hover Fly (Xylota segnis)
Crab Spider (Xysticus cristatus)
Swollen-thighed Beetle Pond Skater Azure Damselfly (Coenagrion puella)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera (Oedemera) nobilis)
Common Pond Skater
(Gerris lacustris)
Azure Damselfly
(Coenagrion puella)
Amber Snail (Succinea putris) Ichneumonid wasp (Ophioninae) Black and Yellow Longhorn Beetle
Amber Snail
(Succinea putris)
Ichneumonid Wasp
(Ophioninae sp.)
Black and Yellow
Longhorn Beetle
Harlequin Ladybird  (Larva)) Hoverfly (Syrphus sp.) Hoverfly (Scaeva pyrastri)
Harlequin Ladybird
(Larva)
Hoverfly
(Syrphus sp.)
Hoverfly
(Scaeva pyrastri)
Hoverfly (Eristalis tenax) (Dilophus sp.) Solitary Bee (Lasioglossum sp.)
Hoverfly
(Eristalis tenax)

Dilophus sp.
Solitary Bee
(Lasioglossum sp.)
Leopard Slug Common Carder Bee Hoverfly (Eristalis pertinax)
Leopard Slug
Common Carder Bee
Hoverfly
(Eristalis pertinax)
White-lipped Snail Ruby Tiger Moth Cinnabar Moth (Caterpillar)
White-lipped Snail
Ruby Tiger Moth
(Caterpillar)
Cinnabar Moth
(Caterpillar)
St Marks Fly Hoverfly, Rhingia campestris Tawny Mining Bee
St Marks Fly
Hoverfly
(Rhingia campestris)
Tawny Mining Bee
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) Cuckoo Bee ~ Nomada flava group
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle
Crab Spider
(Misumena vatia)
Cuckoo Bee
(Nomada flava group)
Longhorn Beetle (Grammoptera ruficornis) Broad-bodied Chaser Peacock (Caterpillar)
Longhorn Beetle
(Grammoptera ruficornis)
Broad-bodied Chaser
Peacock
(Caterpillar)
Bee Reed Beetle (Donacia vulgaris) Harlequin Ladybird (Pupae)
Bee
Reed Beetle
(Donacia vulgaris)
Harlequin Ladybird
(Pupae)
Buff-Tailed Bumble Bee (Calocoris (Closterotomus) norwegicus) Mirid Bug (Calocoris (Grypocoris) stysi)
Buff-Tailed Bumble Bee
Mirid Bug
(Calocoris (Closterotomus) norwegicus)
Mirid Bug
(Calocoris (Grypocoris) stysi)
Strawberry Snail (Trochulus (Trochulus) striolatus) Honey Bee Hoverfly (Eristalis arbustorum)
Strawberry Snail
(Trochulus (Trochulus) striolatus)
Honey Bee
Hoverfly
(Eristalis arbustorum)
Sawfly (Rhogogaster sp.) Hoverfly (Helophilus trivittatus) Sawfly (Tenthredo sp.)
Sawfly
(Rhogogaster sp.)
Hoverfly
(Helophilus trivittatus)
Sawfly
(Tenthredo sp.)
Bee flying from Wild Rose Hover Fly ~ (Mating pair) Migrant Hawker (Male)
Bee flying from Wild Rose
Hover Fly
(Sphaerophoria sp. Mating pair)
Migrant Hawker (Male)

All photographs have been taken on the reserve © Friends of Howardian LNR

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