0002 : Dundee Law 16/5/26

Another visit to the Law on Saturday the 16th of May. A mostly sunny day with the wind increasing in strength as the day progressed. Any corrections/suggestions welcome (I'm still very much a novice at most of the insect (etc) families seen here).

Limonia phragmitidis

*Muscidae Fly sp. *

Phaonia subventa

* Hebecnema Fly sp. *

Black-horned Gem-fly (Microchrysa polita)

* Hebecnema Fly sp *.

* Anthomyiidae Fly sp. *

Pale Brindled Beauty Moth (Phigalia pilosaria) caterpillar

Platycheirus albimanus

Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)

Sulphur Tubic (Esperia sulphurella)

Ancistrocerus Wasp sp. & Tree Bumblebee (Bombus hypnorum)

Ancistrocerus Wasp sp.

7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)

Xysticus cristatus

Syrphidae Hoverfly sp.

Hebecnema Fly sp.

Eupeodes Hoverfly sp.

Tachina fera

Early Bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

Yellow-haired Sun-fly (Myathropa florea)

* Ichneumon sp. *

Incurvaria masculella moth.

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)

* Ichneumon sp. *

* Syrphidae Hoverfly sp. *

* Ancistrocerus gazella (?) wasp *

* Anthomyiidae Fly sp. *

* Syrphidae Hoverfly sp. *

Tachina fera

Spring Epistrophe (Epistrophe eligans)

* Metellina (?) spider sp. *

* Syrphidae Hoverfly sp. *

* Eupeodes Hoverfly sp. *

Phaonia subventa

* Ichneumon sp. *

* Anoplius Spider Wasp sp. *

* Eudasyphora (?) Fly sp. *

Black-striped Cranefly (Tipula vernalis)

Green-veined White (Pieris napi)

* Syrphidae Hoverfly sp. *

Green Longhorn Moth (Adela reaumurella)

Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

Small White (Pieris rapae)

Orange-belted Leafwalker (Xylota segnis)

Nemopoda nitidula

* Scaeva hoverfly sp. *

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

* Fly sp. *

Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)

* Syrphidae Hoverfly sp. *

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

Hebata vitis

Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)

Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

* Myrmica(?) Ant sp. *

* Zelotes (?) Spider sp. *

Wall (Lasiommata megera)

Wall (Lasiommata mergera)

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)

Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)

Flies - Anthomyiidae sp., Eudasyphora sp., Hebecnema sp, Microchrysa polita, Muscidae sp., Nemopola nitidula, Phaonia subverta, Tachina fera.

Hoverfly - Epistrophe eligans, Eupeodes sp., Platycheirus albimanus, Scaeva sp., Syrphidae sp., Xylota segnis.

Bee - Common Carder Bee, Early Bumblebee, Early Mining Bee, Tree Bumblebee.

Wasp - Ancistrocerus gazella (?).

Cranefly - Limonia phragmitidis, Tipula vernalis.

Spiders - Metellina sp., Xysticus cristatus, Zelotes sp.

Moths - Esperia sulphurella, Green Longhorn Moth, Incurvaria masculella, Pale Brindled Beauty (caterpillar).

Ichneumon - 4 spp.

Ladybirds - 7-spot Ladybird.

Butterflies - Green-veined White, Holly Blue, Orange Tip, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Small White, Speckled Wood, Wall.

Ants - Myrmica sp.

Leafhoppers - Hebata vitis.

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Birds - Blackbird, Blackcap, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard, Carrion Crow, Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Coal Tit, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Goldcrest, Goldfinch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Great Tit, Herring Gull, House martin, House Sparrow, Jay, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Long-tailed Tit, Magpie, Peregrine, Robin, Feral Pigeon, [Saker Falcon], Song Thrush, Sparrowhawk, Starling, Swallow, Willow Warbler, Woodpigeon, Wren.