Large Marsh Horsefly 2nd Aug Tabanus autumnalis Flesh Fly sp. 1st August Sarcophaga-sp. Blue Bottle 1st August Calliphora vomitoria Green Bottle Recorded Lucillia sericata Mosquitoe Recorded Culex pipiens Common Crane Fly Recorded Tipula oleracea Crane Fly 28th Aug Tipula Maxima Tiger Crane Fly Recorded 3+ Nephrotoma flavescens Bee-fly 6th April Bombylius major Marsh Snipe Fly 30th June Rhagio scolopaceus Drone Fly (Hover Fly) Recorded April Eristalis tenax Large Hover-fly 21st Aug 15 Volucella zonaria Hover-fly sp. 7th June Volucella bombylans Hover Fly (Sun-fly) 30th June Helophilus pendulus Marmalade Hover Fly 19th July Episyrphus balteatus Pied Hover Fly 31st July Scaeva-pyra Hover Fly sp. 31st July Eupeodes-bucculatu Hover Fly sp. 4th August Chrysotoxum bicinctum Scorpian Fly 27th July Panorpa communis Sawfly sp. 7th July Tenthredo acrobat Large Rose Sawfly 1st August Arge pagana Soldier Fly sp. 12th July Oxycera pulchella Large Rose Sawfly 1st August Arge pagana Beetles & Bugs We have managed to record twenty nine species of beetle and bug since we have started recording three of which were not recorded this year. All are species that are easily found and mainly common and many of the ones noted below turned up in my moth trap. Though one species photographed by Ian Ballam on the fields a common species which can Zabrus tenebriodes isn’t be a pest in corn (the larvae eating young shoots). Two new species one a Mirid bug was found by Ian Ballam and the Weevil Stenotus binotatus was one of the species found in the moth trap. Otiorhynchus clavipes Two species Sexton Beetle Nicrophorus humator & Nicrophorus investigator – Common Name Scientific Name Dates first recorded Great Diving Beetle Not recorded Dytiscus marginalis Wirlygig Beetle 1st August Gyrinus natator
Large Marsh Horsefly Tabanus autumnalis 2nd Aug Flesh Fly sp. Sarcophaga-sp. 1st August Blue Bottle Calliphora vomitoria 1st August Green Bottle Lucillia sericata Recorded Mosquitoe Culex pipiens Recorded Common Crane Fly Tipula oleracea Recorded Crane Fly Tipula Maxima 28th Aug Tiger Crane Fly Nephrotoma flavescens Recorded 3+ Bee-fly Bombylius major 6th April Marsh Snipe Fly Rhagio scolopaceus 30th June Drone Fly (Hover Fly) Eristalis tenax Recorded April Large Hover-fly Volucella zonaria 21st Aug 15 Hover-fly sp. Volucella bombylans 7th June Hover Fly (Sun-fly) Helophilus pendulus 30th June Marmalade Hover Fly Episyrphus balteatus 19th July Pied Hover Fly Scaeva-pyra 31st July Hover Fly sp. Eupeodes-bucculatu 31st July Hover Fly sp. Chrysotoxum bicinctum 4th August Scorpian Fly Panorpa communis 27th July Sawfly sp. Tenthredo acrobat 7th July Large Rose Sawfly Arge pagana 1st August Soldier Fly sp. Oxycera pulchella 12th July Large Rose Sawfly Arge pagana 1st August Beetles & Bugs We have managed to record twenty nine species of beetle and bug since we have started recording three of which were not recorded this year. All are species that are easily found and mainly common and many of the ones noted below turned up in my moth trap. Though one species photographed by Ian Ballam on the fields Zabrus tenebriodes isn’t a common species which can be a pest in corn (the larvae eating young shoots). Two new species one a Mirid bug Stenotus binotatus was found by Ian Ballam and the Weevil Otiorhynchus clavipes was one of the species found in the moth trap. Two species Sexton Beetle – Nicrophorus humator & Nicrophorus investigator Common Name Scientific Name Dates first recorded Great Diving Beetle Dytiscus marginalis Not recorded Wirlygig Beetle Gyrinus natator 1st August