Dragonflies & other insects
Some Dragonflies that occur on amd around Middlewick.
 Common Darter The Common Darter, male. |
 Common Darter. I believe this to be a female Common Darter. |
 Rose Chaffer Beetle. Seen at times on the Wick. It is in some decline in the UK. |
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 Green Lace Wing. One of the green Lace Wings or Golden Eye as they are sometimes known, Diochrysa Prasina as far as I can determine from a photograph, Common but not all bad, it's a voracious eater of Aphids in the garden. |
 Large Red Damsell Fly A scattering of these on the Wick in the summer. |
 Common Blue Damsell Fly. As long as there is a Wick there will be a few of these on it. |
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 White Tailed Bumble Bee One of the more common Bumble Bees on the Wick. |
 Common Carder Bee Another common Wick species. |
 A Soldier Beetle. One of several species of Soldier Beetle, some of which are found on the Wick, I believe this one is Cantharis rustica, a carnivore. |
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 Frog Spit. Frog Spit is a sort of folk name for this white froth that is found in abundance on the Wick, it is in fact covering the larva of the Frog Hopper Bug inside it |
 Wasp,Phylanthus triangulum. A predator of small Bees, known as the Bee Wolf, status is at least vunerable, one report says may soon be moved to endangered. |
 False Oil Beetle. A very abundant species in the area. |
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 Common Red Soldier Beetle. A very common species shown mating. |
 Click Beetle. Wide spread, this group of several species can flick theselves into the air and land back on their legs if they found themselves on their back, they make a loud click as they do so. |
 Bee, Anthophora bimaculata A very common Bee on the Wick but prey for much rarer Wasps. |
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 Bee,Bombus lapidarius The Red Tailed Bumblebee, a male on Black Knapweed.Common species. |
 Male Stag Beetle A male Stag Beetle, established on the wick, status protected. |
 Wasp,Ectimnius lituratus. Common on Hogweed around Middlewick. |
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 Green Tiger Beetle Although common in some parts of Britain this species is red listed for Essex. It favours bare ground, is probably Britains' fastest running beetle, a carnivour as is its larvae that live in burrows. |
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