Identifying animals on our land (more coming soon) |
Ants, Bees and Wasps | Beetles | Bugs | Butterflies | Crickets and Grasshoppers | Flies | Mayflies, Dragonflies and Damselflies | Moths | Spiders |
Amphibians and Reptiles | Birds | Mammals |
Ants, Bees, Wasps & Relatives (7760 species) |
Family: Apidae - Bees (260 species) | |
Patchwork leaf-cutter bee - Megachile centuncularis Seen a few times on this fence post (poultry/ viewing area fence line) ![]() Photographed and first ID 24th July 2024 |
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Family: Bombus and Apis - Social bees: Bumble and Honey (25 and 1 species) | |
Buff-tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus terrestris Fairly common ![]() Photographed and first ID 4th August 2024 |
Common Carder Bee - Bombus pascuorum Very common ![]() Photographed and first ID 14th July 2024 |
Early Bumble Bee - Bombus pratorum Very common ![]() Photographed 22nd July 2024 (First ID 8th July) |
Honey Bee - Apis mellifera Very common all over the garden (we have hives on the land) ![]() Photographed and first ID 29th June 2024 |
Red tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus lapidarius Seen occassionally ![]() Photographed and first ID 24th July 2024 |
Whte tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus lucorum Seen occassionally ![]() Photographed and first ID 16th August 2024 |
Family: Ichneumonidae - Ichneumon Wasps (2578 species) | |
Sabre wasp - Rhyssa persuasoria Seen once on garden log pile ![]() Photographed and first ID 29th June 2024 |
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Family: Tenthredinidae - Sawflies (Common) (446 species) | |
Unknown larva Found on Purple willow in Oak field ![]() Photographed 16th August 2024 (First ID 30th June) |
Figwort Sawfly larva - Tenthredo scrophulariae Found on Water figwort in Poultry Area ![]() Photographed 16th August 2024 (First ID 30th June) |
Family: Vespidae - Social, Potter and Mason wasps (33 species) | |
Common wasp - Vespula vulgaris Very common, nest in Green lane by gate ![]() Photographed 14th August 2024 (First ID 29th July) |
Ruby Tailed Wasp - Chrysis ignita (likely) Seen once on a log ![]() Photographed and first ID 27th July 2024 |