Showing posts with label Hoverfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hoverfly. Show all posts

Sunday, 2 October 2011

Can you tell me what this is?

I've got no idea what this is so any ideas would be gratefully received.

Thanks to Gordon who has identified it as a Hoverfly larva. And those on Wildaboutbritain who have confirmed it specifically as a Syrphid larva

Tuesday, 11 May 2010

Bug Safari

My new toy is a macro lens so expect to see plenty of wee invertebrates coming this way, some in focus when I get depth of field mastered. Here's some critters captured in Northumberland last weekend. Please let me know if you can ID the ones with a question mark by them.

Tetragnatha sp

Meta mengei

Wolf spider ...... don't worry, it's not to scale!

Alder Fly

Chironomid midge

Sawfly - ? ....nearly 500 species in Britain!

Hoverfly - Syrphus ribesii
.....an aphid eater extraordinaire, consuming hundreds in its two week larval state

Hoverfly - Melanostoma scalare

Springtail
'Folded-wing' Crane-fly - Limonia nubeculosa 


A Psyllid (Homoptera)

A big critter - Brown Hare