Tiny Wembury Wildlife

I have recently been on a couple of walks around Wembury with my mum while the weather has been good and I quickly noticed the diverse amount of Wildlife around,including many birds mammals and especially insects. If I had another lense I would of tried to take more pictures of other things but being that my gear is mainly focused on macro equipment I thought I would make a small post about what I have seen so here we go I hope you like the following photos of Wembury wildlife!!

A Meadow Grasshopper stops for a break (Chorthippus brunneus),Wembury Wildlife, Devon. England
A Meadow Grasshopper stops for a break (Chorthippus brunneus)

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Clicking beetle (Prosternon) . Wembury wildlife , Devon, England.

Never seen this type of beetle on my travels before but I think its a species of Clicking beetle (Prosternon) . I really need a better beetle ID book, any ideas?

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Clicking beetle (Prosternon) . Wembury wildlife , Devon, England. — Never seen this type of beetle on my travels before but I think its a species of Clicking beetle (Prosternon) . I really need a better beetle ID book, any ideas?

Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva). Wembury Wildlife, Devon, England

A mating pair of Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva). These guys were everwhere.

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Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva). Wembury Wildlife, Devon, England — A mating pair of Common red soldier beetles (Rhagonycha fulva). These guys were everwhere.

Six spot Burnett moth Caterpillar, Wembury Wildlife, Devon, England.

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This Beautiful caterpillar metamorphisises into the lovely day flying Six spot Burnett moth. I saw one in Wembury but didnt get a photo but I did get a photo of a mating pair at Bantham beach which you can see here.

Strangalia Maculata, Wembury wildlife, Devon, England

Strangalia Maculata, A striking species of Longhorn beetle can be found feeding on coastal flowers.

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Strangalia Maculata, Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — Strangalia Maculata, A striking species of Longhorn beetle can be found feeding on coastal flowers.

Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) ,Wembury wildlief, Devon, England

Portrait of a Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) Look at those eyes!

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Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) ,Wembury wildlief, Devon, England — Portrait of a Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) Look at those eyes!

Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) , Wembury wildlife, Devon, England

Side detail of the same large white Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae). This guy sat for a while and let me take photos so I was lucky to get a few angles.

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Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae) , Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — Side detail of the same large white Large white butterfly (Pieris brassicae). This guy sat for a while and let me take photos so I was lucky to get a few angles.

Fly, pollen, Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — Not sure on this species of fly but I love the yellow and white pollen atached to it.

A lovely coloured Sloe bug (Dolycoris baccarum) looking for a path between leaves. These bugs feed on fruit and flowers.

Tiny beetle — This beetle was tiny! Still searching my books for an I.D any suggestions?

Mining bee (Adrena), Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — I think this is a species of Minig bee possibly (Adrena)

Small yellow underwing moth (Panemeria tenebrata), Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — I spotted this Small yellow underwing moth (Panemeria tenebrata) on the way back to the car. I recently purchased a linear stage and this was my first attempt at focus stacking.

Ground Beetle, Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — A close up of a Bloody nosed beetle (Timarcha tenebricosa). These beetles where quite large and I counted more than 20 walking around the Wembury coast line.

A large Black pupae of some description im looking into this to find out what it is!!

Hoverfly, Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — Another Fly which I do not know the species. Some kind of Hoverfly I think. Im going to need a library of field guides at this rate!

A Green veined white butterfly (Pieris napi) Wembury wildlife, Devon, England — A Green veined white butterfly (Pieris napi)

Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis), Wembury wildlife, Devon , England — There was alot of these sitting on the edge of the path sunning themselves . The eyes of a Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis).

Scorpion fly, Wembury wildlife, Devon, England. — I watched many insects come and go feeding on these flowers. Here is a Scorpion fly arriving while a long horn beetle leaves.

Wembury is amazing , I love taking photos there it really is so diverse and untouched in places and everytime I go I see something new. I will try and get a post up of other non macro photos from there soon . I hope you enjoyed the post in the meantime I am going to try identify some of the unkonwns in this post.
Lu 🙂

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