Fleam Dyke 7.5.14

A trip to Fleam Dyke this morning, which was windy and cloudy with sunny spells and fairly chilly. Saw lots of Holly Blue perching as well as a wide variety of insects visiting the spring flowers. 

Species seen - 

Holly Blue 10
Green Hairstreak 5
Speckled Wood 2
Orange-tip 6
Brimstone m 4 f 3
Small Whites
Small Tortoiseshell 1

Black and Red Frog Hopper
Beetle Pterostichus niger
Psyllid possibly Cacopsylla melanoneura
Nettle-tap Moth
Moth Incurvaria masculella 
Moth Psychoides filicivora
Bee Andrena minutula
Sawfly Tenthredo mesomela 
Sawfly Tenthredo temula
Cuckoo Bee Nomada
Fly Polietes lardarius
Fungus Gnat Macrocera phalerata

Holly Blue

Holly Blue

Brimstone female and Psyllid (poss. Cacopsylla melanoneura) top middle.

Moth Incurvaria masculella

Sawfly Tenthredo temula

Beetle Pterostichus niger

Fleam Dyke looking north west