Simon Knott

@sjbknott.bsky.social

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Birds, Chess, Coleoptera, Flora, Moths, R&I, Syrphidae, Stratiomyidae et al. Slowly rewilding Herts garden & trying to photograph its fauna & flora.

Stictopleurus punctatonervosus
Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria)
Breckland Plume (Oxyptilus distans)
Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcolestes viridis) female
Geotrupes spiniger
Brachycarenus tigrinus
Tabanus autumnalis female rear view
Tabanus autumnalis female
Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea) female
Polistichus connexus
Chrysopa dorsalis
Ledra aurita underside
Ledra aurita
Oxycera nigricornis male
Rhyzobius lophanthae
Goniglossum wiedemanni
Utetes testaceus female
Ruddy Darter (Sympetrum sanguineum) female
Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Xylotrechus antilope female
Nomada zonata male
Volucella bombylans 'plumata' male
Stictoleptura scutellata
Tabanus bromius female
Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens) female
Volucella zonaria male
Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus) male
Chrysops caecutiens female
Megastigmus aculeatus female
Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)
Ablattaria laevigata
Physocephala rufipes teneral male
Euglenes oculatus
Goniglossum wiedemanni mating pair
Agrilus cuprescens mating pair
Xanthogramma stackelbergi male showing hardly any darkening on wings.
Antherophagus pallens
Antherophagus pallens
Plagionotus detritus female
Epistrophe grossulariae
Andrena florea female
Cassida viridis
Taleporia tubulosa larval case
Mangora acalypha
Goniglossum wiedemanni
Adalia decempunctata f.decempustulata mating pair on Hornbeam
Roesel's Bush-cricket (Roeseliana roeselii) nymph
Bombus hypnorum worker
Ptinus dubius
Clytus arietis
Subilla confinis female head showing coarse sculpture
Subilla confinis female
Stratiomys longicornis male
Leucozona lucorum male
Chocolate-tip (Clostera curtula)
Xanthogramma citrofasciatum male