Above left: Picture-wing flies Urophora stylata. A widespread species on spear thistle.
Above right: Ian Cheeseborough teaching bee identification skills.
Below left: Andrena clarkella female. A mining bee. One of the first bees to emerge each spring. The female gathers pollen almost exclusively from goat willow and other Salix flowers.
Below right: A widespread, though rarely common, snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis. Fresh specimens are clothed in irridescent golden hairs.
Photos: Nigel Jones.
Above right: Ian Cheeseborough teaching bee identification skills.
Below left: Andrena clarkella female. A mining bee. One of the first bees to emerge each spring. The female gathers pollen almost exclusively from goat willow and other Salix flowers.
Below right: A widespread, though rarely common, snipefly Chrysopilus asiliformis. Fresh specimens are clothed in irridescent golden hairs.
Photos: Nigel Jones.
Nigel Jones Pete Boardman & Ian Cheeseborough
Entomological Consultants
Services
We can provide:
- Site invertebrate quality assessments.
- Species surveys.
- Workshops and advice on managing land for native bees and other insects.
- Identification workshops for bees, wasps,
ants, hoverflies and other insects.
- Talks about insects.
See the Downloads section for examples of work we have undertaken.