Last Thursday 8 of us met over at Cranwich in the Brecks to look for inverts. We concentrated on a ride leading south of the road onto Cranwich Heath. The wide ride had flower-filled edges and provided us with plenty of good finds.
The most exciting find was the very attractive Twist-winged Parasite Fly, Ectophasia crassipennis that gave us the run around before one eventually settled for photographs. Bees were excellent with 3 new ones for me - Red Bartsia Bee, Spined Mason Bee and Small Scabious Mining Bee plus several Pantaloon Bees around their nest holes. After much reading up I’m pretty satisfied that a cuckoo wasp I photographed is Glowing Cuckoo Wasp with another goodie being Gargara genistae, a treehopper that is tied to Broom. Both Lucerne Bug and Rose-spotted Plant Bug were also seen. Other goodies included Saxon Wasp, Small Black Tachnid, Ant Bug, Scabious Longhorn Moth, Shaded Broad-bar, Heath Brown Robberfly and Red-brown Longhorn Beetle.
Highlights from the butterfly world included 2 late Small Blues, part of a small late summer brood which must indicate the species has had a good year there and a fly-through Clouded Yellow.
Away from inverts we also recorded some good plants. Basil Thyme was a new one for me with Wild Marjoram, Red Bartsia, Dark Mullein, Eyebright, Common Centaury, Blue Fleabane and Long-headed Poppy also seen.
Just a single fungus species was recorded - Bovine Bolete.
Bovine Bolete
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