Not a wasp but a cucko or nomad bee. These are cleptoparasites of solitary bees often mining bees.need id of this wee insect, looks like a type of wasp
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It is a Nomada bee or cuckoo bee it is a cleptoparasite of other bees.
It is a Nomada bee or cuckoo bee it is a cleptoparasite of other bees.
The dorsal shot will help with a more accurate I'D.
thank you alf, i think all the pictures I managed were pretty much the same,
Anyone good with butterflies? I believe I have a brown argus and a dingy skipper, both of which are new for me, taken at dovedale yesterday.
M34A8157 by Michael Johnson, on Flickr
M34A8164 by Michael Johnson, on Flickr
Its close but I think the jury might still be out on this one Alf. Before posting the shots here I had looked through a lot of images and the entirety of the damsel section on the site you linked to. None of the markings or colours seem to be a match but I suppose it could be a morph not listed in the guides or even a non native species.Probably a female small red eye damsel again look here
Its close but I think the jury might still be out on this one Alf. Before posting the shots here I had looked through a lot of images and the entirety of the damsel section on the site you linked to. None of the markings or colours seem to be a match but I suppose it could be a morph not listed in the guides or even a non native species.
Here is another one I have found hard to ID mainly due to the insane variety of green beetles to be found in the UK.
pretty odd looking little critter.
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They seem about right to me though I am no expert
Have a look for this book
https://www.pemberleybooks.com/prod...uide-to-insects-of-britain-and-ireland/23490/
Thanks Michael, think you might be right. All the marking seem to be a match even if the colour isn't identical.Hi Ryan, I have just found my books out, never seen a yellow form myself. Looking through the book I think it is a female blue tailed damselfly, but a bright rufescens-obsoleta form
Yours looks very fresh. I still haven't seen any dragonflies and damsels this season yet.Thanks Michael, think you might be right. All the marking seem to be a match even if the colour isn't identical.
Tonnes of damsels about around here at the moment but no dragons that I have seen. I have been going down to the local wildlife reserve a couple times a week recently in the hopes of catching an emerging dragon but no luck as of yet.Yours looks very fresh. I still haven't seen any dragonflies and damsels this season yet.
Tonnes of damsels about around here at the moment but no dragons that I have seen. I have been going down to the local wildlife reserve a couple times a week recently in the hopes of catching an emerging dragon but no luck as of yet.
my brother had been out today and got a black tailed skimmer, which I have never seen. Can't be long now though.
Here I have a spider I would like the id of possible, photographed in knaresborough on railings above the river
IMG_7866 by Michael Johnson, on Flickr
ID on this? little mite was no more than 2mm length, found it very tricky to get him in focus. Pana 100-300 with a Raynox 250 attached at 300mm which gave me just over 3:1, and it still looks teensy after a bit of cropping
Ultra Mite by K G, on Flickr
Nicely shot little barkfly
Its a crab spider but other than that not sure I was shooting one the other day
I had the same recently too.Thanks Alf, puts me in the right direction, it was pretty quick when it moved, gave me the run around for a couple of minutes.
I would say an Empidae species.
By the way the eyes meet at the top I recon it is a dragon shell as opposed to a damsel. As for the exact ID I've no clue.I'm guessing its a 4th / 5th instar Damsel Larvae shell ?
Thanks, maybe it was a dragon I saw laying eggs in that case.By the way the eyes meet at the top I recon it is a dragon shell as opposed to a damsel. As for the exact ID I've no clue.
I'm guessing its a 4th / 5th instar Damsel Larvae shell ?
As I saw one laying eggs last summer, in the ground cover plants at the edge of the pond...
Crap phone picture, but you can just about make out the slit in the back, where it crawled out and the tendril's that attached it to the Clematis, where I found it hanging.
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Thanks MichaelIt's a dragonfly, having a look in my book, I reckon its an Emperor Dragonfly, if not then one of the hawkers.
Thanks Michael
edit, just googled Emperor Dragonfly, and that certainly looks like what I saw laying eggs
Here is another one I have found hard to ID mainly due to the insane variety of green beetles to be found in the UK.
pretty odd looking little critter.
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If you ever fancy picking a book up, this one is excellent.
And a great online resource, which most probably came up on a google search is https://www.british-dragonflies.org.uk/
Thanks Chris, looks spot on to me although they are some odd looking little critters.That beetle is a Common Malachite Beetle ( a flower beetle)
Looks like a Pirate/ flower bug of the Anthocoridae family Micheal.