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Species Name
Location and date
Amblyteles armatorius

Haywards Heath: 7 July 2007.
An Ichneumon, or parasitic fly, which lays
its eggs in the caterpillars of moths.
12-15mm, flight period all year but mainly
dormant during the winter.

Amblyteles armatorius

Haywards Heath: 7 July 2007.
Amblyteles armatorius
Haywards Heath: 7 July 2007.
Bee fly
Bombylius major
Butterfly Conservation Reserve
Park Corner Heath, East Sussex:
29 April 2007.
10-12mm, flight period March-June. 
Bee fly
Bombylius major
Butterfly Conservation Reserve
Park Corner Heath, East Sussex:
29 April 2007.
Bee fly
Bombylius major
Haywards Heath: 5 April 2009.
Bee fly
Bombylius major
Haywards Heath: 5 April 2009.
Bee fly
Bombylius major
Haywards Heath: 5 April 2009.
Beetle
Beachy Head: 29 April 2007.
Rove Beetle
Nicrophorus humator
Haywards Heath: 5 October 2009
Rove Beetle
Nicrophorus humator
Haywards Heath: 5 October 2009
Dung Beetle
Aphodius rufipes
Haywards Heath: 6 October 2009
Bumble bees
Windover Hill: 28 July 2007.
Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris
Butterfly Conservation Reserve
Park Corner Heath, East Sussex:
23 May 2007.
Caddis Fly
Halesus radiatus
Haywards Heath: 22 April 2007.
Caddis Fly
Halesus radiatus
Haywards Heath: 17 April 2007.
Caddis Fly
Phryganea grandis
Near Haywards Heath, May 2009
The largest caddis fly in England.
Spotted Crane-fly
Nephrotoma appendiculata
Haywards Heath: 19 August 2007.
Common Earwig
Forficula auricularia
Haywards Heath: 15 July 2007.
Flesh Flies
Sarcophaga carnaria
Haywards Heath: 15 July 2007.
Common Froghopper
Philaenus Spumarius
Haywards Heath: 7 September 2009
Greenbottle
Lucilia caesar
Haywards Heath: 31 July 2009.
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale
Haywards Heath: 21 September 2007.
Hover-fly
Helophilus pendulus
Haywards Heath: 23 June 2007.
Hover-fly
Helophilus trivittatus
Haywards Heath: 29 August 2007.
Short-winged Conehead
Conocephalus dorsalis

Isaacs Lane, Haywards Heath:
1 September 2006.
Ichneumon species
Haywards Heath: 6 August 2007.
Lacewing
Chrysoperla carnea

Haywards Heath: 24 July 2007.
Rhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahi
Haywards Heath: 11 August 2009.
Rhododendron Leafhopper
Graphocephala fennahi
Haywards Heath: 11 August 2009.
Limnephilus lunatus

Haywards Heath: 4 August 2007.

Mayfly Southwater Park: 14 June 2009

Mosquito
Culiseta annulata

Haywards Heath: 4 June 2007.
Netelia testacea
Haywards Heath: 21 June 2007.
Netelia testacea
Haywards Heath: 21 June 2007.
Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum

Haywards Heath: 13 August 2007.
Oak Bush-cricket
Meconema thalassinum
Haywards Heath: 14 August 2008.
Roesel's Bush-cricket
Metrioptera roeselii
Haywards Heath: 26 July 2009.
Quite a rarity and quite what it thought it
was doing in my greenhouse is beyond me
(other than getting out of the rain!)
Orange Ladybird

Haywards Heath: 15 July 2007.
Ophion luteus
Haywards Heath: 8 July 2007.
Ophion luteus
Haywards Heath: 8 July 2007.
Forest Bug
Pentatoma rufipes
Haywards Heath: 8 September 2007.
Scorpion Fly
Panorpa germanica
Haywards Heath: 14 May 2008.
Green Shieldbugs
Palomena prasina
Batemans: 29 July 2007.

Leafhopper
Cixius nervosus type

6-8mm, May-October:
Pevensey Levels
A good colony of this tiny and
unusual insect.
Leafhopper
Cixius nervosus type
6-8mm, May-October: Pevensey Levels.
Sloe Bug
Dolycoris baccarum
Haywards Heath: 13 July 2007.
Slow Worm Southwater Park: 14 June 2009
Slow Worm As above.
Spider

Haywards Heath: 20 August 2007
This is the largest spider we have ever
had in the house.

Spider Haywards Heath: 17 August 2009.
Spider Haywards Heath: 17 August 2009.
Unknown Caddisfly
Haywards Heath: 8 August 2008
Very much a moth look-alike,
but not so!
Unknown Insect
Haywards Heath: 17 April 2007.
Unknown Insect
Haywards Heath: 1 August 2007.
Unknown Insect
Haywards Heath: 1 August 2007.

Unknown Insect

Haywards Heath: 24 September 2007.
Wasp Spider and zigzag web Southwater Park: 14 June 2009
Nut Weevil Haywards Heath 1 July 2009.
Nut Weevil Haywards Heath 1 July 2009.
Nut Weevil Haywards Heath 1 July 2009.
 
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