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P6270114Shrimpv3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:59:00 +0000

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Brown Shrimp
(Crangon crangon), Margate beach

P6270092Fishv2

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:58:57 +0000

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Common Goby
(Pomatoschistus microps), Margate

P6270065Margatev2

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:58:54 +0000

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Margate Panaromata

P6270051Hoverfly

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:58:40 +0000

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Hoverfly Margate

P6270039Hoverflyv2

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 15:58:30 +0000

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Hoverfly Margate

5T2A2119-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Katydidv3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:04:35 +0000

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Siliquofera grandis, Giant Hooded Katydid

5T2A2102-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Katydidv3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:04:19 +0000

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Siliquofera grandis, Giant Hooded Katydid

5T2A2027-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Waspv3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:52:26 +0000

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Maybe Subfamily Tersilochinae Ravensbourne Road, Bromley

5T2A1988-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Waspv3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:52:13 +0000

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Maybe Ancistrocerus nigricornis, Ravensbourne Road Bromley, from
bwars.com/wasp/vespidae/eumeninae/ancistrocerus-nigricornis
"Status (in Britain only)
This species is not regarded as being scarce or threatened. However, the relative lack of records since 1970 indicates that this species has undergone a significant decline. Its status needs to be reconsidered.

Habitat
Found in a wide variety of habitats associated with its feeding and nesting sites, and prey habitats. Often found in gardens.

Flight period
Univoltine, with males recorded from June until September, but most likely to be seen during July and August. Females have been recorded from February to October, with a small peak of abundance during May and a larger peak during August. Males and females emerge in late summer, when mating occurs; the males then die and the females overwinter as adults, to reappear in the spring (E. Budrys, pers. comm.).

Prey collected
Small brown and green microlepidopterous larvae, for example Tortricidae.

Nesting biology
A tube-dweller, usually in bramble and elder stems, forming a series of linear cells separated by clay partitions. Also nests in holes in wood (dead logs and tree trunks, tree-stumps, telegraph poles and fences) and old mortar. Cell building occurs during the spring and early summer. When a cell is completed, an egg is laid and then several paralysed caterpillars are forced into the cell. The egg hatches after a few days and the larva consumes the prey in one or two weeks. The pre-pupal stage lasts for about one week and the pupal stage about two weeks. The newly-emerged adult moistens the clay partition to facilitate an exit.

Flowers visited
Bramble, goldenrod, hogweed, nightshades and a thistle.

Parasites
No British records found; overseas, Kunz (1989) gives the chrysid wasp Chrysis ignita (Linnaeus).

Author of profile
M E Archer.

Year profile last updated
2001"

5T2A5178JamesGrievev2

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 21:38:16 +0000

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James Grieve apples July 2026 - apparently this was very popular but because they bruise easily motorised transport caused them to fall in popularity from my own tree.

5T2A1899-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Bumblebeev3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:49:17 +0000

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5T2A1883-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Beev3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:49:13 +0000

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5T2A1880-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Beev4

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:49:10 +0000

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5T2A1870-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -2Beev3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:49:01 +0000

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5T2A1807-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Bumblebeev4

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:36:07 +0000

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Maybe Vestal Cuckoo Bumble Bee
(Bombus vestalis), Ravensbourne Road Bromley

5T2A1788-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Hoverflyv3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 21:35:53 +0000

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From hoverfly.uk/hrs/species/merodon/merodon_equestris
Biology
The larva of this species (the 'Greater bulb fly'), tunnels in the bulbs of many plants, especially cultivated daffodils Narcissus, and are regarded as a pest by some gardeners. Adults visit flowers close to breeding sites and can often be seen resting and mating on the leaves of larval food plants. They frequently settle on stones, dead vegetation or patches of bare ground in the sunshine. The general shape and colour patterns of the adult mimic those of bumblebees and a number of colour forms occur, mimicking a variety of bumblebee species.
Status
Believed to have been accidentally introduced to Britain in imported Daffodil bulbs in the late 19th Century.

Distribution
Most records lie south of a line between the Ribble and the Humber but Merodon equestris has been recorded as far north as the Moray Firth and Sutherland. Whilst its distribution shows a tendency to follow urban areas, this species is by no means restricted to synanthropic habitats; wild Bluebell Hyacinthoides non-scripta bulbs, for example, provide an equally acceptable larval

5T2A1684-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Beev3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:51:08 +0000

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Maybe Fork-tailed Flower Bee
(Anthophora furcata), Bromley
From Bwars
bwars.com/bee/apidae/anthophora-furcata
Common name
Fork-tailed flower bee
Description and notes
An unusual Anthophora species, which excavates its nest burrows in rotten wood, rather than in the soil. Unusually for Anthophora the mandible is tridentate, with both an inner and outer subapical tooth.

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Distribution

Widely distributed in England, Wales and Scotland (Kircudbrightshire). There are no records from Ireland or the Channel Islands. A Eurasian species, the range extending from western Europe to Kashmir.

Status (in Britain only)
The bee is not regarded as being scarce or threatened.

Habitat
Virtually ubiquitous within its range in lowland Britain, being reported from gardens, woodland, grasslands, moors, heaths and fenlands.

Flight period
Univoltine; late May to August or early September.

Nesting biology
Nest burrows and cells are excavated in rotten wood. A nest generally consists of two or more parallel burrows. Cells are oval in outline and are enlarged sections of the burrow; each cell is lined with compacted wood dust (pers. obs.). A nest is illustrated by Müller, Krebs & Amiet (1997). The winter is passed as a prepupa, not contained within a cocoon.

Flowers visited
Bastard balm (Melissa melissophyllum), black horehound (Ballota nigra), bramble (Rubus fruticosus agg.), butterfly-bush (Buddleja davidii), cat-mint (Nepeta cataria), hawkweed (Hieracium), hedge woundwort (Stachys sylvatica), iris (Iris sp. ), knapweed (Centaurea sp.), marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre), marsh woundwort (Stachys palustris), nightshades (Solanum sp.), red dead-nettle (Lamium purpureum), spear thistle (Cirsium vulgare), white dead-nettle (Lamium album), wood sage (Teucrium scorodonia).

Parasites
Both Coelioxys quadridentata and C. rufescens have been cited as bee cleptoparsites of A. furcata, having been reared from nests of the species (M Edwards, pers. comm., and Richards (1949) respectively).

Author of profile
G R Else.

Year profile last updated
2006

Proofed: January 2012

5T2A1651-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Hoverflyv3

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:51:05 +0000

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Hoverfly, Ravensbourne Road Bromley

5T2A1587-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Gooseberryv6

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:51:02 +0000

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Common Red Ants, Myrimica Rubra (I think) destroying a gooseberry - I forgave them

5T2A1509-CR3 DxO DeepPRIME -1Flyv4

nobody@ipernity.com (David Holland) — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 10:50:58 +0000

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Flesh Flies and Satellite Flies
(Family Sarcophagidae), Ravensbourne Road Bromley