Bees Wasps Ants & Sawflies
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Ichneumon Wasp - Amblyteles armatorius
Sawfly - Blennocampa phyllocolpa
Buff-tailed bumblebee - Bombus (Bombus) terrestris
Red Tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus (Melanobombus) lapidarius
Cuckoo Bee - Bombus (Psithyrus) bohemicus
Tree Bumblebee - Bombus (Pyrobombus) hypnorum
Photographs taken of this bee were sent to the Bumblebee Conservation Trust for confirmation of identification. It arrived in the county in August 2011.
Heath Bumblebee - Bombus (Pyrobombus) jonellus
Early bumblebee - Bombus (Pyrobombus) pratorum
Carder Bee - Bombus (Thoracobombus)pascuorum
White-tailed Bumble Bee - Bombus lucorum
Chrysis ignita
Diplolepis nervosa
Gall Wasp - Diplolepis rosae
This tiny wasp is responsible for Robin's Pincushion Gall on roses.
Median Wasp - Dolichovespula (Dolichovespula) media
Eriocampa ovata
Ichneumon suspiciosus
Red Ants - Myrmica ruginodis
Several nests have been found and identification confirmed.
Neodiprion sertifer
Neuroterus numismalis
Neuroterus anthracinus f agamic
Common Spangle Gall - Neuroterus quercusbaccarum
The gall is found on the underside of Oak leaves.
Ophion minutus
Ophion obscuratus
This insect can arrive in the moth trap.