Other insects included large numbers of Field Cuckoobee, 18 Small Tortoiseshell and a Bee Chafer [Trichius fasciatus]. Otherwise all the usual suspects. Red Kite was in the area as were large numbers of Goldfinch, Linnet and Chiffchaff.
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Top Llan revisited
Good numbers of hoverfly species about today [24] for this area particularly on Common Fleabane in the hazy sunshine [22c] before the rain came in. With a few species about that haven't been seen too often lately like Riponnensia splendens, Melangyna umbellatarum, Myathropa florea, Cheilosia pagana and Eupeodes luniger.
Other insects included large numbers of Field Cuckoobee, 18 Small Tortoiseshell and a Bee Chafer [Trichius fasciatus]. Otherwise all the usual suspects. Red Kite was in the area as were large numbers of Goldfinch, Linnet and Chiffchaff.
Bee Chafer has a very restricted distribution in the UK as you can see from the NBN Gateway map, we are luckily at the heart of the dense Welsh population. So we are spoilt for this species.
Field Cuckoobee
Eristalis tenax.
Melangyna umbellatarum
Myathropa florea
Other insects included large numbers of Field Cuckoobee, 18 Small Tortoiseshell and a Bee Chafer [Trichius fasciatus]. Otherwise all the usual suspects. Red Kite was in the area as were large numbers of Goldfinch, Linnet and Chiffchaff.
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