Speckled Wood on Bramble
Howardian
Local Nature Reserve

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& Liverworts


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Invertebrates

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Common/Ruddy Darter (Flying in tandem ovipositing)
Bee flying from Wild Rose Emperor Dragonfly Southern Hawker
Bee flying from Wild Rose
Emperor Dragonfly
Southern Hawker
Common Darter - male Common Darter - female Common red soldier beetle
Common Darter (Male)
Common Darter (Female)
Azure Damselfly (Male)
Blue-tailed Damselfly Large Red Damselfly Beautiful Demoiselle
Blue-tailed Damselfly (Female)
Large Red Damselfly
Beautiful Demoiselle (Male)
Hover Fly ~ (Mating pair) Migrant Hawker (Female) Dragonfly (Female ovipositing)
Hover Fly
(Sphaerophoria sp. Mating pair)
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)
on Wild Parsnip
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)

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

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