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Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidaries) June 2016 and August 2016
White-tailed Bumble Bee (Buombus lecorum) August 2016
Bronze Furrow Bee – male (Halictus tumulorum) September 2017 – (Photograph: David Williams)
Cola-nut gall on oak caused by the Gall Wasp (Andricus lignicola) September 2017- (Photograph: Jim Cresswell)
Bees & Wasps 2020
'Saxon wasp' Dolichovespula saxonica
'Saxon wasp' Dolichovespula saxonica
'Tree wasp' - Dolichovespula sylvestric
Common wasp - Vespula vulgaris
Digger wasp - Ectemnius cephalotes
Digger wasp - Ectemnius cephalotes
Parasitic wasp - possibly Endromopoda detrita
This wasp is very difficult to identify with certainty without the help of an expert. Photo taken in September
Blood Bee
This bee is from the genus Sphecodes, the exact species is difficult to identify without the help of an expert. Photo taken in September.
Dark European honey bee
Honeybee
Honeybee
Common carder bee (queen) on Creeping thistle
Common carder bee (Male)
Heath Bumble Bee
Heath Bumble Bee
Heath Bumble Bee
Heath Bumble Bee
Red tailed bumble bee on bramble
White tailed bumble bee on birdsfoot trefoil
White tailed bumble bee on Marsh Marigold
