Appendix - Wildlife 2006 - Other Insects

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Other Insects

Ichneumon Wasp possibly Ophion luteus : Capel Road garden, 16 April (PF) photo

Common Wasp Vespula vulgaris : Capel Road garden, 16 April (PF) photo

2-Spot Ladybird Adalia 2-punctata : City of London Cemetery x3 specimens seen on April 17th. On all three occasions the beetle was sitting motionless in a sunny position on a headstone or monument.April 17th, St Mary's Churchyard x1 specimen seen on sitting motionless in a sunny position on a headstone. (GW); numbers in Sewage Works, 23 May (PF)

7-Spot Ladbird Coccinella 7-punctata : April 14th, Gilbert's Slade Wood South. A single specimen seen walking across bramble leaf.; April 17th, City of London Cemetery. x13 seen in different places around the cemetery on brambles, ivy, nettle and one on the flower of a daffodil. April 17th, St Mary's Churchyard. x3 seen on brambles. (GW)

10-Spot Ladybird Adalia 10-punctata : in Wanstead Park on 7 May (PF)

Pine Ladybird Exochomus 4-pustultus : April 14th Gilbert's Slade Wood South. A single specimen seen sitting on a bramble leaf on April 22nd in the graveyard of St Peter's-in-the-Forest. x1 seen walking across a headstone. (GW); one in car park near Jubilee Pond, Wanstead Flats on 7 May (PF) photo

Orange Ladybird Halyzia 16-guttata : March 5th City of London Cemetery. x3 specimens seen at about 1 meter from the ground in separate crevices of the large Oak tree at the junction of Belfry Road and New Road. (GW)

Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis : April 17th City of London Cemetery. x1 specimen seen walking across the top of a smooth polished granite monument in Anchor Road. Black with four red spots/splodges - the front two were larger than the hind. (GW); one by Jubilee Pond car park on 7 May (PF). One (red) without markings in Capel Road garden on 1st July (PF) photo; many at edge of Plain (the Glade) on 7 October (PF) photo

Pollen Beetle Meligethes aeneus : April 17th City of London Cemetery. Specimens seen in dandelion flowers around the cemetery. (GW)

Ground Beetle Pterostichus madidus : April 17th City of London Cemetery. Specimen was seen, captured, identified, then released when a log was lifted to see what lurked beneath. (GW)

Ground Beetle Amara sp.: April 17th City of London Cemetery; x1 specimen sheltering in a groove on a monument at the Outer Circle Road. (GW)

Green Dock Beetle Gastrophysa viridula : April 14th Round Pond Plain. x10+ specimens seen on stinging nettles growing at the edge of ? Pond outside Forest School. Some beetles were in pairs, probably mating. (GW); many in Wanstead Park by south arm of Ornamental Waters on 18th April (PF) photo; by Ornamental Waters on 26 July (PF) photos

Beetle Malachius bipustulatus : in Sewage Works on 23 May (PF) photo

Thick-legged Flower-Beetle Oedemera nobilis : on flowers by Alexandra Lake on 25 May (PF) photo

Summer Chafer Amphimallon solstitialis : one in front garden on 1st July, just a few around oak trees in Capel Road subsequently (PF) photo

Beetle Rhagonycha fulva : one in Capel Road garden on 1st July (PF) photo

Beetle Endomychus coccineus : a few of these Ladybird-like beetles seen, particularly near the sewage works site, in Wanstead Park on 30 August (PF) photo

Bishop's Mitre (a Shield Bug) Aelia acuminata : Two on nettle near Northumberland Avenue on 13 May (PF) photo

Shield Bug Eysarcoris fabricii : plentiful on Woundwort in Capel Road garden during May (PF) photo; tiny young ones on woundwort in garden in early July (PF)

Shield Bug Coreus marginatus : plentiful in Sewage Works on 23 May (PF) photo

Forest Bug (a Shield Bug) Pentatoma rufipes : two found in moth trap in Capel Road garden on 9 August (PF); a few in Wanstead Park on 30 August (PF); in Capel Road garden on 1 September (PF) photo

Rhododendron Leafhopper Graphocephala fennahi : numerous in Wanstead Park on 7 October (PF) photo ; many in City of London Cemetery, 9 October (PF); one in City of London Cemetery 3 November (PF and Kathy Hartnett)

Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphus : At least 3 in Capel Road garden on 4 and 5 May, and individuals seen up to 6 June (PF) photo; In City of London Cemetery old crematorium pond on 13 May (PF)

Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puella : in Capel Road garden 16 May (PF) photo; also on 20 May and 31 May; female in Wanstead Park on 2 June (photo); in Sewage Works site on 28 June (PF)

Blue-tailed Damselfly Ischnura elegans : just emerging by Ornamental Waters on 17 May (PF) photo

Banded Demoiselle Agrion splendens : Several by Roding in Sewage Works site on 28 June (PF)

Common Blue Damselfly Enallagma cyathigera : by Shoulder of Mutton Pond, Wanstead Park, on 17 August (PF) photo

Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum : plenty along the Roding, by the old sewage works, 3 September (Tim Harris); one in City of London Cemetery on 2 November (PF)

Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta : plenty along the Roding, by the old sewage works, 3 September (Tim Harris); one on Plain 7 October (PF) photo

St Mark's Fly Bibio marci : in City of London Cemetery on 12 May and Wanstead Park on 13 May (PF) photo

Bluebottle (Calliphora vomitria?) : Capel Road garden 13 May (PF) photo

Non-biting Midge Chironomus plumosus : plentiful in Wanstead Park, 7 May (PF) photo

Hoverfly Myathropa florea : Wanstead Park, 8 July 2006 (PF) photo

Hoverfly Sphaerophoria scripta : in Capel Road garden 24 July (PF) photo

Hoverfly Chrysotoxum bicinctum : Capel Road garden, 15 August 2006 (PF) photo

Hoverfly Xanthogramma pedissequum : Wanstead Park, 17 August (PF) photo

Roesel's Bush-cricket Metrioptera roeselii : the Plain in Wanstead Park, 22 July 2006 (PF) photo

Speckled Bush-cricket Leptophyes punctiatissima : Wanstead Park, 26 July (PF) photo

Oak Bush-cricket Meconema thalassinum : Wanstead Park, 26 July (PF) photo

Rose Sawfly Arge ochropus? : larvae feeding on Rose in front garden, Capel Road on16 August 2006 and 21 August (PF) photo

Hornet Vespa crabro : Capel Road garden on 29 August 2006 (PF) photo; also seen in Wanstead Park on the Plain on 29 August and 30 August (PF); several in City of London Cemetery on 16 October (PF)

Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa : in a house by Wanstead Flats in Leytonstone on 16 December (Pete Saunders)

White-tailed Bumble Bee Bombus lucorum : many feeding actively on Mahonia in City of London Cemetery on 18th Deember (PF) photo

Mottled Umber Erranis defoliaria : one on a car in Northumberland Avenue on 26 December (JC)

Records for 2006 courtesy of Jennifer Charter (JC), Paul Ferris (PF) and George Washington (GW) and others (named)