SU54216831, Male, visiting Mexican Fleabane 

 , 43 Berryis Road, rear garden, Coll: Malcolm 

 Storey, Id: Malcolm Storey, Voucher: Malcolm 

 Storey, 22/08/20 12[A] 



Volucella zonaria (Poda, 1761) 



Tony Rayner (Cholsey): As in 2011, frequently 



found on buddleia - dates not recorded. 



Hemiptera 



Canthophorus impressus Horvath, 1880 

 (Bastard-toadflax Bug) 



26 May 2012, Hartslock, SU618793, Chris 

 Raper 



Corizus hyoscyami (Linnaeus) (a rhopalid bug) 

 20 May 2012, Upper Bucklebury, GR: 

 SU542 16831 , 43 Berryis Road, rear garden. 

 Coll: Malcolm Storey, Id: Malcolm Storey 



Eremocoris podagricus (Fabricius) (a ground 

 bug) 



22 May 2012, Upper Bucklebury, GR: 

 SU54216833, on front door sill , 43 Berryis 

 Road, front garden. Coll: Malcolm Storey, Id: 

 Malcolm Storey, Voucher: Malcolm Storey, 

 22/05/201 2[B], Length: 6. 5mm. Fore-femurs 

 with 2 large antero-ventral spines and many 

 smaller ones, pair of oointed tubercles on 

 metasternum. 



Eurydema oleracea (Linnaeus) (brassica bug) 



23 May 2012, Upper Bucklebury, GR: 

 SU54216831, Female, on garden candytuft , 

 43 Berryis Road, rear garden. Coll: Malcolm 

 Storey, Id: Malcolm Storey, Voucher: Malcolm 

 Storey, 23/05/20 12[A] 



Legnotus limbosus (Geoffrey) (a shieldbug) 



27 May 2012, Upper Bucklebury, GR: 

 SU54216831, female, on windowsill, outdoors 

 , 43 Berryis Road, rear garden. Coll: Malcolm 

 Storey, Id: Malcolm Storey, Voucher: Malcolm 

 Storey, 27/05/201 2[A], Length: 4.5mm 



Hymenoptera 



Anthophora plumipes (Pallas) (hairy-footed 

 flower bee) 



24 Apr 2012, Upper Bucklebury, GR: 

 SU54216833, Female, visiting garden comfrey 

 , 43 Berryis Road, front garden, Coll: Malcolm 

 Storey, Id: Malcolm Storey, Voucher: Malcolm 

 Storey, 24/04/201 2[B] 



Dinocampus coccinellae (Schrank, 1802) (a 



wasp parasitoid of 7-spot ladybird) 



20 May 2012, Hartslock NR, SU616796, Chris 



Raper 



Vespa crabro Linnaeus, 1758 (Hornet) 



28 May 2012, Watts Bank, SU331771, John 



Lerpiniere 



31 Aug 2012, Basildon Park, SU603782, John 

 Lerpiniere, nest in bird box 

 18 Oct 2012, Paices Wood CP SU585640, 

 John Lerpiniere 



Odonata 



Aeshna cyanea (Muller, 1764) (Blue Hawker, 

 formerly Southern Hawker) 

 Tony Rayner (Cholsey): Up to two patrolling or 

 laying from 22 Jul 2012 to 6 Sep 2012. 



Aeshna mixta Latreille, 1805 (Migrant Hawker) 

 Tony Rayner (Cholsey): Singles only mostly in 

 September, recorded from 19 Aug 2012 to 17 

 Oct 2012 



Aeshna grandis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Brown 

 Hawker) 



Tony Rayner (Cholsey): Singles seen from 27 

 Jul 2012 to 1 Sep 2012. 



Anax imperator Leach, 1815 (Blue Emperor, 

 formerly Emperor Dragonfly) 

 Tony Rayner (Cholsey): A male patrolling on 

 20 Jun 2012 - the sole record for what is 

 normally a common species 



Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1782) (Banded 

 Demoiselle) 



Tony Rayner (Cholsey): Up to two between 22 

 Jun 2012 and 2 Aug 2012 



Coenagrion puella (Linnaeus, 1758) (Azure 

 Bluet, formerly Azure Damselfly) 

 Tony Rayner (Cholsey): Regularly seen from 

 30 Apr 2012 to 27 Jul 2012 with max of 80 on 

 28 May 2012. 



Cordulegaster boltonii (Donovan, 1807) 

 (Golden-ringed Dragonfly) 

 11 Jul 2012, Wishmoor Bottom, SU876631, 

 Jan Haseler 



Gomphus vulgatissimus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

 (Common Clubtail, formerly Club-tailed 

 Dragonfly) 



Tony Rayner (Cholsey): One on 24 May 12; 29 

 May 201 2 & 6 Jun 1 2. A good showing for this 

 scarce riverine species. 



Ischnura elegans (Vander Linden, 1820) 

 (Common Bluetail, formerly Blue-tailed 

 Damselfly) 



Tony Rayner (Cholsey): One record on 27 Jul 



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