Wraik Hill Hoverflies

1st May

I had a good couple of hours here as it was a sunny day and I was hoping for something good to show up. Started at my usual starting point at the base of Pilgrims Lane spending a lot of time in front of one flowering hawthorn finding a Tawny Bee Andrena fulva, and several Orange-tailed Mining bees Andrena haemorrhoa,  several males not looking anything like the female. Tweeted for help and answered by Ian Beavis, look for a black mark on the rear tibia!

                                                       Tawny Mining  Bee  Andrena fulva

Tawny Mining  Bee  Andrena fulva

                                              Orange-tailed Mining Bee  Andrena haemorrhoa Female

                                  Orange-tailed Mining Bee  Andrena haemorrhoa - Males

Short-fringed mining bee - Andrena dorsata ?

                                              Short-fringed mining bee - Andrena dorsata

Also found a Conpid fly, plus other hovers like helophilus pendulus, platycheirus albimauus, a new one Epistrophe eligans, eristalis pertinax.

                                                                  Epistrophe eligans