Minibeasts
A wide variety of bugs and insects live in Ryde Cemetery.
Here are just a few
Insects seen on an entomology meeting. 13th August 2019
Bees:
BOMBUS LUCORUM – White-tailed bumble-bee – 2
BOMBUS PASCUORUM – common carder bee
BOMBUS LAPIDARIUS – red-tailed bumble-bee
HONEY BEE – 2
Hoverfly:
SPHAEROPHORIA SCRIPTA – long hoverfly
VOLUCELLA ZONARIA – hornet mimic hoverfly
DRONE FLY – 4
Syrphus species (unidentified)
Also:
7-SPOT LADYBIRD
HARLEQUIN LADYBIRD
COMMON FROGHOPPER
(Additional unidentified small green hopper)
COMMON FIELD GRASSHOPPER
FLEA BEETLE sp
PICTURE-WINGED FLY (sp)
RED ANT
WASP (probably common but not identified)
And not an insect ROUGH SLATER (woodlouse)
Minibeast gallery