Ancistrocerus sp. (?) eating another wasp46 viewsThis made an interesting photo but I am very unsure of the identifications.
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Andrena hattorfiana38 viewsA rare solitary bee nearly always seen gathering pollen on Field Scabious flowers (Knautia sp.). The pollen of Field Scabious if pink and so the bee appears to have pink legs. Photographed on Hartslock Reserve, south Oxon - 9th July 2005.
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Andrena hattorfiana57 viewsa very scarce but distinctive solitry bee that favours the flowers of Field Scabious (Knautia spp.)
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Andrena cineraria - identification courtesy of Matt Smith42 views
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Arge cf. pagana (Rose sawfly)27 viewsThese sawflies are very common pests on roses. I usually let them eat my roses because I am no big fan of spikey plants and they just eat the leaves after the flowers have finished.
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Diplolepis rosae48 viewsthe larvae cause the 'Robins Pin-cushion' gall on roses (see the Misc section, below). The wasp is seen here laying eggs in the fresh leaf shoots of Sweet Briar
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Diplolepis rosae95 viewsthe larvae cause the 'Robins Pin-cushion' gall on roses (see the Misc section, below). The wasp is seen here laying eggs in the fresh leaf shoots of Sweet Briar
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Diplolepis rosae59 viewsthe larvae cause the 'Robins Pin-cushion' gall on roses (see the Misc section, below). The wasp is seen here laying eggs in the fresh leaf shoots of Sweet Briar
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Diplolepis rosae89 viewsthe larvae cause the 'Robins Pin-cushion' gall on roses (see the Misc section, below). The wasp is seen here laying eggs in the fresh leaf shoots of Sweet Briar
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Diplolepis rosae ovipositing28 viewsSaw quite a lot of these tiny wasps this year, in May.
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Diplolepis rosae gall wasp ovipositing on Sweet Briar66 viewsThe larvae of this wasp make the familiar "robin's pincushion galls" on rose.
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Ectemnius sp.81 viewsA solitary wasp taken on a hemlock flower by the side of the river Pang in Moor Copse
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