Pollen Beetles
Dorchester Road 2004
Meadow Grasshopper
Chorthippus parallelus
Dark Bush Cricket
Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Sheridan Close 2006
Sheridan Close 2004
Frampton Park 2002
Hornets
(no I didn't kill them) 2008
Frampton Natural History Pages
small creatures
all photographs DS
initials indicate finder
identifications gratefully received
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Cocoons, Snails, Mayflies
Hoverflies
spiders
Weevil Phyllobius pomaceus
River bank May 2008
2006
Garden Chafer
Phyllopertha horticola
Frampton Park May 2008
beetle Oedemera nobilis
left: male right: female
The background photo is from a pony paddock at Frampton House May 2008
Seven spot ladybird
Coccinella 7-punctata
Southover 2007
Bumble Bee covered in pollen
Church Lane 2004
May 2008 roadside
soldier beetle
Rhagonycha fulva
river bank 8/6/08
10/6/08 close ups 23/6/08
I think it was 'warming up' on the 23rd June as it just sat there for a while, hence the good close up photos. When it did take off it was fine
Metlands June 2008
possibly Lesser Stag Beetle
Common Green Grasshopper
Omocestus viridulus 2007
Frampton Park
Harlequin Ladybird
Harmonia oxyridis spectabilis
Peacock Lodge 24 June 2008
Oak Bush Crickets
Meconema thallasiniuuim
Metlands Wood 24/6/08
Beetles & Bugs
Crickets and Grasshoppers
Bees and Wasps
Great Green Bush Cricket
Dorchester Road 28/6/08
Dorchester Road 28/6/08
At no time did I see a male on the same flower as the female
Wasp Philanthus triangulum
Peacock Lodge 6 & 23/6/08
Dock Bug
Dorchester Road 24/6/08
Mint Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina menthastri
Peacock Lodge24/6 & 2/7/08
Green Shield Bug Larva
Millennium Green 2004
Bombus terrestris Queen
This ~ 2.5cms Bumble Bee was warming up on a wall, about a metre too high up for me but at least she stayed still. Sheridan Close 3/7/08
Bombus terrestris
worker Bumble Bee Millennium Green 9/6/08
note pollen sac
Clava 14-guttata
GW Metlands 2004
Metlands 3/7/08
Woodlouse Sheridan Close 3/7/08, easy to see how these creatures roll into a ball
