21 September 2008
A large Volucella zonaria hoverfly was spotted in the twitten between Corbyn Crescent and Adelaide Square, Shoreham, where one had been seen earlier.
8 September
2008
A
large Volucella zonaria
hoverfly
was spotted on Ivy in the Butterfly Copse next to the Waterworks
Road.
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August 2008
Another Volucella inanis and a noteworthy Volucella pellucens hoverfly were seen on the Pixie Path in the north-west corner amongst the Ivy. |
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6 August
2008
Another
Volucella
zonaria
(possibly V. inanis) hoverfly
was seen on the Pixie Path in the north-west
corner of Frampton's Field resting on the barbed wire where it has been
seen in previous years.
4
August 2008
In
the twitten between Corbyn Crescent
and Adelaide Square, the large Volucella
zonaria
hoverfly, was my third seen
this year and the first one ever seen in the residential area of Shoreham.
1 August
2008
My
first Scaeva pyrastri
of the year and a species of Helophilus
which may not have been the usual Helophilus
pendulus were seen on the Buckingham
Cutting, southern side.
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27
July 2008
The second spectacular Volucella zonaria hoverfly of 2008 was seen amongst the waste land at the top of The Drive, Shoreham. |
27
July 2008
The
first spectacular Volucella zonaria
hoverfly
of 2008 was seen
amongst the scrub on Mill Hill.
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23
July 2008
The first hoverfly Volucella inanis of the year was spotted in the Butterfly Copse next to the Waterworks Road. |
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July 2008
Marmalade Flies, Episyrphus balteatus, were seen on the southern bank of the Slonk Hill Cutting. |
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23
June 2008
Hoverfly on Dog Rose adjacent to the Coastal Link Cyclepath south of the Toll Bridge. It
looks like a Syrphus.
This
species is frequently seen.
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June 2008
The small Soldier Fly, Chloromyia formosa, illustrated on the left was seen occasionally and was probably frequent at the top of Buckingham Park, Shoreham, amongst the vegetation under the canopy of trees. This is not a hoverfly. Marmalade Flies, Episyrphus balteatus, were seen on Mill Hill. |
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19
June 2008
A
particular attractive specimen of the bumblebee-mimic Volucella
bombylans var. plumata hoverfly
was noted on the lower slopes of Mill
Hill and it was unfortunate that my camera was broken.
17
June 2008
On
a passage trip to the Buckingham Cutting,
I spotted my first bumblebee-mimic Volucella
bombylans var. plumata hoverfly
of the year.
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Hoverflies on Dog Rose growing on the edge of the Coastal Link Cyclepath in Upper Beeding by the southern part of the Cement Works land. The first one is a female Dasysyrphus venustus, which are characteristic spring hoverflies associated with woodland edges. This is the first record on these Nature Notes pages.
The hoverfly on the right is smaller. I think this is a Platycheirus, possibly scutatus.
3 May
2008
Green
Alkanet was attractive to the frequent
Rhingia
campestris hoverflies on the Waterworks
Road.
27
- 29 April 2008
Hoverflies
were common especially on the Alexanders.
There were the usual species already mentioned and at least one Helophilus
pendulus and a few Eupeodes.
25
April 2008
Occasional
Rhingia
campestris hoverflies visited Green
Alkanet flowers
on the Waterworks Road. The first
Sphaerophoria
scripta were seen on the Slonk
Hill Cutting south where the spinney opened up into a clearing, and
visiting Daisies
on the lower slopes of Mill
Hill around midday.
23
April 2008
Frequent
Syrphus,
a few Myathropa florea hoverflies
and my first Rhingia campestris of
the year were all seen on the Alexanders
bordering the path that runs along the south of Frampton's Field, Old Shoreham.
20
April 2008
There
were plenty of hoverflies on the outskirts of Shoreham, but I did not note
their species names. A few of these were Epistrophe
eligans and the others noted were
frequent Syrphus.
10
April 2008
The
first Myathropa florea hoverfly
was seen in the wasteland at the top of The
Drive in Shoreham, followed by the first Syrphus
on
the Pixie Path to Mill
Hill.
28
February 2008
I
noted one of the Drone Flies,
Eristalis
pertinax, in the Butterfly Copse near
the Waterworks Road.
4 February
2008
The
first hoverfly of 2008
was recorded in Lancing. The small species has not been identified.
It
could be Meliscaeva auricollis var.
maculicornis
(spring brood).
Lancing
Hoverflies Database Records (by Ray Hamblett)
Lancing
Flies (Diptera) Gallery (by Ray Hamblett)
Adur Hoverflies > 2007
