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Red-tailed bumblebee(Bombus lapidarius)

April-October Mostly orange abdomen with two light yellow bands on the thorax.

Tawny mining bee(Andrena fulva)

Red mason bee (Osmia bicornis)

March-May Thick upper coat of orange-red hairs with

a black-haired head and legs.

April-June Bristly orange coat with black body. Males (pictured) have especially long antennae.

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Notes (e.g. flowers visited):

Notes:

March-October Female: all-black with red/orange rear.

Male: one yellow ‘shoulder’ band.

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Blaeberry bumblebee (Bombus monticola)

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Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)

March-October Two yellow bands (one on thorax, one on

abdomen) with orange rear.

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Garden bumblebee(Bombus hortorum)

March-October Three yellow bands (two on thorax, one on abdomen) with a white rear. A very long face and tongue (inset).

Marmalade hoverfly(Episyrphus balteatus)

Common Snout-hoverfly (Rhingia campestris)

Dark-edged bee-fly(Bombylius major)

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April-October Pointed snout. Abdomen orange with thin

dark stripes. Striped, grey thorax. Folds wings at rest.

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January-December Slender orange abdomen with

double black stripes.

Common bog hoverfly(Sericomyia silentis)

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May-December Large wasp-mimic with all-black thorax

bordered with golden hairs. If disturbed, this hoverfly will buzz like a bee.

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Yellow - belted hoverfly (Chrysotoxum bicinctum)

May-September Small wasp-mimic with two thick yellow

bands on abdomen. A dark mark is present on each wing.

Large pied hoverfly(Volucella pellucens)

May-October Large, hairless hoverfly. Mostly black body

with thick white band on abdomen and orange head. Antennae are feathery.

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Notes (e.g. flowers visited):

Hoverflies and beeflies One pair of wings, short antennae

March-June Hairy and brown. Long, thin, pointed

snout and dark wing patches. Hovers around flowers.

Hardened wing cases, chewing mouthparts

7-Spot Ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata)

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Red soldier beetle(Rhagonycha fulva)

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Beetles

April-June Glossy orange-red

with black stripe at end of wing cases.

March-October Glossy orange-red wing

cases with seven black spots. Black thorax with white

eye-spots.

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