The 28th August saw the first record of another new arrival to our region. The Sea Aster Mining Bee, Colletes halophilus. While It’s close relative the Ivy Mining Bee, Colletes hederae, was first confirmed in Dorset in just 2001 and rapidly spread across the country C. halophilus has been present since prior to 1960 and...
There has been a recent surge in interest of gall forming wasps, particularly the Andricus genus with several new and ‘un-common’ species being identified in South Lancashire. Andricus are a particularly nice group as the species can be largely identified through the careful examination of their galls. This group is also generally poorly recorded so...