Appendix - Wildlife 2005 - Insects

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Insects

Buff-tailed? Bumblebee on flowering cherry in 115 Capel Road 13 January

Wasp and 2-Spot Ladybird outside kitchen window, 14 January

White-tailed Bumblebee feeding on Brassica Rapa? by the Aldersbrook Changing Room, 1 February..

Peacock Butterfly fluttering against window - inside house, 4 February

Small Tortoiseshell on Plain on Ist April

Blue Butterfly in garden on 1st April

10-spot ladybird in garden,1st April

Blue Butterfly in garden, 2nd April

Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea in Heronry Pond, 2nd April. photo

Hoverfly Syrphus vitripennis in garden, 3rd April. photo

Speckled Wood in garden, 9 April

Holly Blue in garden, 17th April

Speckled Woods mating display flight in garden, 17th and 18th April

Thistle Ermine Moth Myelois circumvoluta : in the Sewage Works site on 26 June (PF) photo

Scorpion Fly Panorpa sp. Wanstead Park, 3 July (PF) photo

Violet Ground Beetle Carabus violaceus : under a log on the Plain, Wanstead Park on 3 July (PF) photo

Horse Fly Thereva nobilitata? Wanstead Flats near Aldersbrook Road service station, 4 July 2005 (PF) photo

Parasitic Wasp Gasteruption sp. (jaculator?) in Capel Road garden 18 July (PF) photo

Greenbottle Lucilia caesar in Capel Road garden, 18 July (PF) photo

Purple Hairstreak Neozephyrus quercus in Bush Wood north, by Bush Road on 20 July (PF) photo

a micro-moth Anthophila fabriciana : in Wanstead Park on 21 July (PF) photo

Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva : in Wanstead Park by Ornamental Water on 21 July (PF) photo

Buff-tip moth Phalera bucephala : caterpillars on oak, Wanstead Flats near Lake House Road on 25 July (PF and Fred Wanless) photo

White-letter Hairstreak Strymonidia w-album : near the Grotto in Wanstead Park on 29 July (PF) photo

Long-winged Conehead Conocephalus discolor : in Wanstead Park on 25 August (PF) photo

Small White Pieris rapae : a mating pair in Capel Road garden on 31 August (PF) photo

Box Bug Gonocerus acuteangulatus : on rhododendron in the City of London Cemetery on 10 October (PF) photo

II have given where possible, two dates and/or locations for each entry to eliminate visitors to the area.

Unless there is something that may add information do not normally continue to record further sightings after the second sighting.

I have used the term 'Wanstead Park to refer to the area inside the boundary shown the Corporation of London's leaflet Epping Forest Wanstead Park

Although Reservoir Wood, the Old Sewage Works and much of the land east of the River Roding are outside Wanstead Park I have added records of any insects seen and in those areas because of their proximity to Wanstead Park.

Bumble Bees

Buff-tailed Bumblebee Bombus terrestris
Saturday March 26th - x10+ at least at different places right across Reservoir Wood, Wanstead Park and the old Sewage Works site.
Sunday April 3rd - x1 in Chalet Wood.

Common Carder Bee Bombus agrorum
Sunday May 15th - x3 on gorse bushes in various places on the Plain.

Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Monday March 26th - x2 in Area 2; xl in Northumberland Road Wood.
Sunday April 3rd - x2 on the Plain.

Bee-flies

Bombylius major
Sunday May 1st - xl in the Grove.
Sunday May 15th - xl in the Bund.

Beetles

2-Spot ladybird Coccinella 2-punctata
April 30th - xl on pavement in Bush Road near Quaker premises (Bush Wood).
Sunday May 1st - xl on White Dead-nettle in the Chestnut Avenue on Plain.
xl on bramble in Area 2.
Wednesday May 18th - x4 on stinging nettle near entrance to City of London

7-Spot ladybird Coccinella 7-punctata
Saturday March 26th - x5 on bramble next to path between the Temple and the Glade.
x3 seen on bramble an southern side at top end of the Glade.
x3 seen on brambles on northern edge of the Glade.
x2 seen on nettle in the Grove.
xl seen on nettle in the bell.
x3 seen on nettle along boundary path between Ornamental Waters and the old Sewage Works Site.
2x seen, one on gorse, the other on bramble in Area 6.
Sunday April 3rd - xl on bramble in Shoulder of Mutton Plain.
Sunday May 1st - x10+ on bramble, white dead nettle and other places in Wanstead Park, Reservoir Wood and the old Sewage Works site
Wednesday May 18th - xl on grass near entrance to City of London Cemetery

14-Spot ladybird Propylea 14-punctata
Saturday May 13th - x2 1 on bramble, 1 on parsley-like plant on Wanstead Flats by bus stop near junction of Aldersbrook Road and Forest Road.
Sunday May 15th - x1 the Grove.

24-Spot ladybird Subcoccinella 24-punctata
Sunday May 1st - x1 on Red Campion by the side of the path that runs between the Temple and the Glade.

Fungus Beetle Scaphidium quadrimaculatum
Sunday May 1st - x1 on stem of a thistle-like plant in the Grove

Ground Beetle Pterostichus madidus
Sunday May 15th - x6 beneath a log next to path between Shoulder of Mutton and Heronry ponds.

Pollen Beetle Meligethes aenus
Sunday May 1st - Many in Dandelions in various places in Wanstead Park.

Raspberry Beetle Byturus tomentosus
Sunday May 1st - x10+ Many in Dandelions in various places in Wanstead, Chalet Wood and the old Sewage Works site.

Rove Beetle Sepedophilus testaceus
Sunday May 15th - x1 on bramble leaf in the Bund

Bugs

Common Green Shieldbug Polomena prasina
Sunday May 15th - x1 on leaf in the Glade.


Four-spotted Oak Bug Dryophilicoris flavoquaddrimaculatus
Sunday May 15th - On a bramble leaf at the edge of Chalet Wood and the Plain.

(NOTE: One guide states that this bug is found only on Oak leaves but I can confirm that I saw this specimen on a bramble leaf)

Pied Shield Bug Sehirus bicolor
Sunday April 3rd - x5 seen on piece of concrete (sunbathing?) in Area 6.

(The only black-and-white shield bug so will not be confused with any other shield bug)

Squash Bug Coreus marginatus
Sunday May 1st - This looks like a shield bug but its antennae are divided into 4 segments, not 5 as in shield bugs.

Large Striped Plantbug Miris striatus
Sunday May 15th - xl in the Glade.

Striped Oak Bug Calocoris quadripunctatus
Sunday May 15th - x1 in the Glade

Water Scorpion Nepa cineva
Sunday April 3rd - found by Group member while clearing weeds from the western end of the Heronry Pond.

Butterflies

Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni
Monday March 28th - x1 in Area 2
Sunday May 1st - xl in Shoulder of Mutton Pond Plain

Green-veined White Picris napi
Sunday May 1st - x1 in Area 2
Sunday May 15th - x1 on the Plain

Holly Blue Cerastrina argiolus
Sunday May 15th - xl in Bush Wood

Large White Picris brassicae
Sunday May l5th - x2 in the Glade

Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines
Monday March 28th - xl in Area 2; xl in Area 6.
Sunday May 1st - x1 in Chalet Wood.
Sunday May 15th - x1 in the Glade.

Peacock Inachis io
Monday March 28th - x2 in Area 2.
Sunday May 1st - x1 in the Temple compound.
Sunday May 15th - xl in Area 2

Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Sunday May 15th - x1 on the Plain

Small Tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Monday March 28th - x1 in Area 2; x1 in Area 6.
Sunday May 15th - x3 in the Grove.

Small White Artogeia rapae
Monday March 28th - xl in Area 2.
Sunday May 1st - xl in Chalet Wood.

Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria
Sunday May 1st - x1 in Chalet Wood; x3 in the Grove.
Sunday May 15th - x2 on the Plain; xl on brambles at the edge of the plain between Shoulder of Mutton Pond and Reservoir Wood.

Earwigs

Common Earwig Forficula auricularia
Sunday May 1st - xl in the Grove
Saturday May 14th - x10+ in fallen cones on ground beneath deodar tree in City of London Cemetery.

Flies

St. Mark's Fly Bibio marci
Sunday May 1st - hundreds everywhere in the Wanstead Park.

Flesh Fly Sarcophoga carnaria
Sunday May 1st - x1 on bramble in the Dell

Crane-flies

Tipula flavolineata
Sunday May 15th - x10+ along edge of Chalet Wood and the Plain and other places in the Park

Damselflies

Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigerum
Sunday May 15th - flying around and hovering over plants at the edge of Chalet Wood and the Plain

Horse Flies

Tabanus bovinus
Sunday May 15th - x1 on bramble next to path between Shoulder of Mutton and Heronry ponds

Hover-flies

Sphaerophoria scripta
x1 on dandelions near the Temple.

Xanthogramma pedissequum
Saturday July 2nd - xl on Brambles at the edge of the plain between Shoulder of Mutton Pond and Reservoir Wood.

Ichneumon Flies

Amblyteles armatorius
Saturday July 2nd - x1 on Brambles at the edge of the plain between Shoulder of Mutton Pond and Reservoir Wood.

Ichneumon suspiciosus
Saturday July 2nd - xl on Brambles at the edge of the plain between Shoulder of Mutton Pond and Reservoir Wood.

Scorpion Flies

Panorpa communis
Sunday May 15th - x3 along edge of Chalet Wood and the Plain and in some other places in the Park.