Monday, 1 January 2007

Coleoptera - Beetles

Four-spot pine ladybird Exochomus 4-pustulatus:


Orange ladybird Halyzia 16-guttata larva:

Harlequin ladybird Harmonia axyridis:


Lesser stag beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus:

Larva

Male

Male

Female

Stenocorus meridianus:

Hoverflies

Episyrphus balteatus:


Helophilus pendulus:



Scaeva pyrastri:



Sphaerophoria scripta:



Syrphus ribesii:

Aves - Birds

Blackbird
Blue tit
Chaffinch
Coal tit
Collared dove
Crow
Dunnock
Goldfinch
Greater spotted woodpecker
Great tit
Grey wagtail
Herring gull
House sparrow
Long-tailed tit
Magpie Pica pica:



Robin
Song thrush
Starling

Woodpigeon Columba palumbus:


Wren

Lepidoptera - Butterflies & Moths

BUTTERFLIES:

Comma Polygonia c-album:






Holly blue Celastrina argiolus:



Large white Pieris brassicae:






Large and small whites:


Painted lady Vanessa cardui:


Small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae:



MOTHS:

Jersey tiger Euplagia quadripunctaria:



Large yellow underwing Noctua pronuba:



Oak eggar Lasiocampa quercus:


Old lady Mormo maura:


Peach blossom Thyatira batis:



Silver y Autographa gamma:


Vapourer Orgyia antiqua:


Willow beauty Peribatodes rhomboidaria:


Unknown species:

Odonata - Dragonflies & Damselflies

Broad-bodied chaser Libellula depressa:

Larva

Male

Female with exuvia

Common darter Sympetrum striolatum:

Larva

Exuvia

Adult

Mating pair

Emperor dragonfly Anax imperator:

Female ovipositing

Golden-ringed dragonfly Corulegaster boltonii:

Female

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta:

Female

Female

Male

Male

Southern hawker Aeshna cyanea:

Male

Female ovipositing

Female ovipositing

Azure damselfly Coenagrion puella:

Female

Female

Blue-tailed damselfly Ischnura elegans:


Large red damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula:

Exuvia

Recently emerged adult

Adult

Mating pair