Home page for the village of Radley in Oxfordshire
Location, history and wildlife
Traditional elements of village life
Leisure groups and organisations
Amenities and useful info
Past and future happenings
Learn how the Parish Council works
Directory of local businesses and services
Message board - notices, views, for sale and wanted
Members of the website working group
 

Natural History of Radley

Wasps, bees and ants (hymenoptera)

 
   
   
   

Sawflies (Symphyta)

  • Gooseberry sawfly (Nematus ribesii)
  • A sawfly

Bees Wasps and Ants (Apocrita)

ACULEATA (bees, wasps and ants)

Social Wasps (Vespidae)

  • Common Wasp (Vespa vulgaris)
  • Hornet (Vespa crabro)

Bees (Apidae)

Bumble-bees

 

Digger Wasps (Sphecidae)

Ants (Formicidae)

  • Black Lawn Ant (Lasius niger)
  • Common Red Ant (Myrmica rubra)
 

PARASITICA (parasitoid wasps)

Gall wasps (Cynipidae)

Gasteruptiidae

Ichneumonidae

     

Ichneuman fly, photographed 15 May 2005 by B Crowley

Ichneuman fly on hawthorn leaf (15 May 2005)*

Ichneumon fly, photographed 28 May 2006 by B Crowley

Ichneumon fly (28 May 2006)

 

Argogortes mystaceus, photographed 22 June 2006 by B Crowley, ID and presence confirmed by Ivan Wright

Argogortes mystaceus

(22 June 2006)*

Hopilitis spinulosa, photographed 31/07/05 by B Crowley, probable ID by Ivan Wright

Hoplitis spinulosa

(31 July 2005)*

Bombus pascuorum, photographed 31/07/05 by B Crowley

Bombus pascuorum (31 July 2005)*

Red-tailed bumble-bee, photographed 02/08/05 by B Crowley

Bombus lapidarius (01 August 2005)*
   

Liposthenus glechomae, photographed 26 June 2005 by B Crowley

Liposthenus glechomae

(26 June 2005)*

Robin's Pincushion, photographed 14 August 2005 by B Crowley

Robin's pincushion gall

(14 August 2005)*

     
 
Hymenoptera pages
  
 
1    2

Next >

     
 

Insect pages

  
< Diptera
1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9
     
 

Fauna pages

  
< Unidentified fauna
1    2    3    4    5     6    7
     
[Back to the top of the page]  

 

Legal