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Hainault Forest Website Bees, Wasps, Sawflies and Ants |
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Hairy-footed flower bee Anthophora plumipes male 17th May 2011. Photo © Michael Rumble. Identification: Peter Harvey. |
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LARGE RED TAILED BUMBLE BEE Bombus lapidarius Newly emerged Queen in Lambourne Wood. 13th March 2007. |
CUCKOO BUMBLEBEE: Bombus vestalis male on teasel. Photo: 1st August 2006. Farm. Thanks to Nick Owen for ID correction. |
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Honey bee worker on Michaelmas daisy showing pollen sack. 14th Oct 2011 Left: Small BUMBLEBEE Bombus humilis male 14th October 2011 |
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| TREE WASP Vespula sylvestris chewing on rotten wood 18th October 2008 | ||
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COMMON WASP Vespula vulgaris nest hanging from roof of farm building. |
 ICHNEUMON FLY Lissonota setosa on nettle. Photo: 14th May 2008. |
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Above
left: Stem of Dog rose showing where the Rose sawfly's ovipositor
has cut and drilled holes in rose stem. Above right: Rose sawfly larvae, on Dog rose. Two sputnik galls present. Hainault Lodge. Photo: 26.06.05. Left: Rose sawfly larva eating Dog-rose leaves. |
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ROSE SAWFLY Arge pagana egg laying on dog rose 1st Aug 06. Heathland. |
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IRIS SAWFLY LARVA Rhadinoceraea micans on Iris leaf, Hainault Lodge. Photo: 26.6.05. |
OAK SAWFLY LARVA Periclista lineolata a pest of oak trees. Photo: 22 May 2005. |
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IRIS SAWFLY LARVA Rhadinoceraea micans chewing iris leaves 4.07.04 |
Above and below: Sawfly Rhogogaster viridis - a pair on a poplar twig. |
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Photo 17th July 2003 |
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