Bees, wasps and butterflies in the garden

Bumble bees

Bombus hortorum - garden bumble bee

Bombus hypnorum – tree bumble bee

Bombus lapidaries – red-tailed bumble bee

Bombus lucorum – white-tailed bumble bee

Bombus pascuorum – carder bumble bee

Bombus pratorum – early bumble bee

Bombus terrestris – buff-tailed bumble bee

Solitary bees  

Andrena bicolor – Gwynne’s mining bee

Andrena cineraria – ashy mining bee

Andrena haemorrhoa early or orange-tailed mining bee

Andrena nigroaenea – buffish mining bee

Andrena scotica – chocolate mining bee

Coelixys inermis – shiny vented sharp tailed bee

Halictus rubicundus – orange-legged furrow-bee

Lassioglossum albipes – blommosom furrow bee

Lasioglossom calceatum – common furrow bee

Megachile sp. –

Megachile centuncularis – patchwork leaf-cutter bee

Megachile ligniseca – wood carving leaf cutter

Megachile versicolor – brown-footed leaf-cutter bee

Megachile willugbiella – Willoughby's leaf-cutter bee

Nomada marshamella – Marsham’s nomad bee

Osmia bicornis – red mason bee

Osmia leaiana – orange vented mason bee

 Wasps

Ancistrocerus oviventris – mason potter wasp

Ancistrocerus trifasciatus/ gazella– three banded or European potter wasp

Dipogon sp. – spider wasp

Ectemnius lapidarius – square headed wasp

Mellinus arvensis – field digger wasp

 

Hoverflies

Cheilosia bergenstammi – ragwort hoverfly

Dasysyrphus albostriatus – Stripe-backed Dasysyrphus

Episyrphus balteatus – marmalade hoverfly

Epistropohe eligans – early Epistropohe

Epistrophe grossulariae - Broad-banded Epistrophe

Eristalis arbustorum – plain-faced dronefly

Eristalis intricaria – furry dronefly female

Eristalis nemorum – stripe faced hoverfly

Eristalis pertinax – tapered dronefly

Eristalis tenax – dronefly

Eumerus funeralis – lesser narcissus fly

Eupeodes corolla – migrant hoverfly

Eupeodes latifasciatus – variable aphid-eater

Eupeodes luniger – common spotted Eupeodes

Eupeodes sp. – female

Helophilus hybridus – female – marsh tiger hoverfly

Helophilus pendulus – the footballer

Helophilus trivittatus – large tiger hoverfly

Leucozona lucorum – blotch-winged hoverfly

Melanostoma scalare – chequered hoverfly

Meliscaeva auricollis – spotted Meliscaeva

Merodon equestris – large Narcissus fly

Myathropa florea – the batman hoverfly

Neoascia podagrica/obliqua – smudge-veined Neoascia or butterbur Noasccia

Parasyrphus punctulatus - six-spotted Parasyrphus

Platycheirus albimanus – grey-spotted Platycheirus

Platycheirus granditarsus

Rhingia campestris – common snout hoverfly

Scaeva pyrastri – pied hoverfly

Scaeva selenitica – yellow-clubbed hoverfly

Sericomyia silentis – bog hoverfly female

Sphaerophoria sp. – long hoverfly

Syritta pipiens – thick-legged hoverfly

Syrphus ribesii – female – lesser banded hoverfly/humming hoverfly

Syrphus torvus or S. virtripennis – hairy eyed Syrphus or glass-winged Syrphus

Syrphus sp. – female

Volucella pellucens – large pied hoverfly

Xylota segnis - orange belted hoverfly

Butterflies

Aglais io – peacock

Aglais urticae – small tortoiseshell

Anthocharis cardamines – orange tip

Celastrina argiolus – holly blue

Maniola jurtina – meadow brown

Pararge aegeria – speckled wood

Pieris brassicae – large white

Pieris napi – green veined white

Pieris rapae – small white

Vanessa atalanta – red admiral

Vanessa cardui – painted lady