Bees, wasps and hoverflies in the garden

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Bumble bees

Bombus hypnorum – tree bumble bee

Bombus hortum – garden bumble bee

Bombus lapidaries – red-tailed bumble bee

Bombus lucorum – white-tailed bumble bee

Bombus pascuorum – carder bumble bee

Bombus pratorum – early bumble bee

Bombus terrestris – buff-tailed bumble bee

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Solitary bees�

Andrena bicolor – Gwynne’s mining bee

Andrena cineraria – ashy mining bee

Andrena haemorrhoa – early or orange-tailed mining bee

Andrena scotica – chocolate mining bee

Coelixys inermis – shiny vented sharp tailed bee

Halictus rubicundus – orange-legged furrow-bee May 6th

Lassioglossum albipes – blommosom furrow bee 8.8.19

Lasioglossom calceatum – common furrow bee 22nd April 2020

Megachile sp. –

Megachile centuncularis – patchwork leaf-cutter bee June 21st 2017

Megachile ligniseca – wood carving leaf cutter May 2018

Megachile versicolor – brown-footed leaf-cutter bee

Megachile willugbiella – Willoughby�s leaf-cutter bee June 12th 2017

Nomada marshamella – Marsham’s nomad bee

Osmia bicornis – red mason bee

Osmia leaiana – orange vented mason bee

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Wasps

Ancistrocerus oviventris – mason potter wasp

Dipogon sp. – spider wasp

Ectemnius lapidarius – square headed wasp

Mellinus arvensis – field digger wasp

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Hoverflies

Cheilosia bergenstammi – ragwort hoverfly

Dasysyrphus albostriatus – Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus 5/8/18

Episyrphus balteatus – marmalade hoverfly 27/7/18

Epistrophe grossulariae – Broad-banded Epistrophe 11/8/18

Eristalis intricaria – furry dronefly female

Eristalis nemorum – stripe faced hoverfly

Eristalis pertinax – tapered dronefly

Eristalis tenax – dronefly

Eumerus funeralis – lesser narcissus fly

Eupeodes corolla – migrant hoverfly 29/7/18

Eupeodes latifasciatus – variable aphid-eater 03/08/18

Eupeodes luniger – common spotted Eupeodes

Eupeodes sp. – female

Helophilus hybridus – female – marsh tiger hoverfly

Helophilus pendulus – the footballer

Helophilus trivittatus – large tiger hoverfly

Leucozona lucorum – blotch-winged hoverfly 16/6/18

Melanostoma scalare – chequered hoverfly 16/5/18

Merodon equestris – large Narcissus fly

Myathropa florea – the batman hoverfly

Neoascia podagrica/obliqua –

Parasyrphus punctulatus – 25/03/19

Platycheirus albimanus – grey-spotted Platycheirus

Platycheirus granditarsus 01/09/18

Rhingia campestris – common snout hoverfly

Scaeva pyrastri – pied hoverfly

Scaeva selenitica – yellow-clubbed hoverfly

Sericomyia silentis – bog hoverfly female

Syritta pipiens – thick-legged hoverfly

Syrphus ribesii – female – lesser banded hoverfly/humming hoverfly

Syrphus torvus – hairy eyed Syrphus

Syrphus virtripennis – glass-winged Syrphus

Syrphus sp. – female

Volucella pellucens – large pied hoverfly

Xylota segnis – orange belted hoverfly

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Butterflies

Aglais io – peacock

Aglais urticae – small tortoiseshell

Anthocharis cardamines – orange tip

Celastrina argiolus – holly blue

Maniola jurtina – meadow brown

Pararge aegeria – speckled wood

Pieris brassicae – large white

Pieris napi – green veined white

Pieris rapae – small white

Vanessa atalanta – red admiral

Vanessa cardui – painted lady

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