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| Male and female common blue butterflies (Polyommatus icarus) |
In August, New Ferry Butterfly Park had 13 visitors from the Tanyptera Trust and Liverpool World Museum, who had organised an invertebrate recording day. This included experts on beetles, hoverflies, parasitic wasps, spiders and a whole range of other 'mini-beasts'.
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| Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami) |
The sun shone and it stayed dry, and much collecting was done, including in places the rest of us might think unlikely, such as the compost bins and the woodchip pile. The full results will not be known for a while, as identifying these creatures can be difficult, but Roy Lowry has kindly let us show you some of his pictures.
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| Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus) |
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| Common Darter Dragonfly (Sympetrum striolatum) |
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| Buff tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
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| Long hoverfly (Sphaerophoria Scripta) |
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Crab spider (Xysticus cristatus)
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In the photo below, a wasp (Glypta vulnerator) was exploring a knapweed flower in search of micromoth caterpillars to lay her eggs in. A honeybee decided it wanted to share the flower. The wasp continued her search, getting quite animated and causing her ovipositor to swing around like a sword in the bee's vicinity. The bee decided it was time to find a quieter flower. There must have been caterpillars in the flower as the wasp soon started egg laying.
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Honeybee (Apis mellifera) and a wasp Glypta vulnerator
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