Lots of Insects in Ivy plants

Lots of different Fly species, Box Bugs,and other Hemiptera, Spiders and Ivy Bees feasting on the late nectar in the Ivy Flowers

Still Catching Up on IDs

 Another batch from the garden last week. The Hemiptera (plant bugs) give quite a challenge as they are generally small and move fast. If I find a new garden species, such as the second image (Closterotomus trivialis),  I look it up in the search text facility in Lightroom to see if I have recorded it before and was interested to find I saw this bug first in Crete. I researched it and found it was discovered in UK in 2009 but has now spread widely - another sign our climate is warming.

Beetle Mania Lakenheath

The first images are of Athous haemorrhoidalis, a Click Beetle, taking off - they use the legs and wings to get airborne rather than the spring (Click) mechanism which allows them to jump rapidly when threatened. A variety of other beetles and plant bugs found on Wednesday including some eggs (?Hemiptera species) and first instar Spiked Bugs.

Latest Garden Safari

Some of the species recorded in the garden in the last couple of days including two new species the Square-headed Wasp and a minute White Fly that looked like a piece of detritus until it landed for a photograph.