A PHOTO FAUNA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Bees, Wasps, Sawflies and Ants (Hymenoptera)

Bumble and Carder Bees

Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius) - female
Grassland. South of Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 20.03.05 (Public Location) SX5061761163

Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius) - male
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location) SX4370057760

White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum) - queen
Wasteground (course grass and scrub) beside Plymouth Ski Slope, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 13.04.07 (Public Location) SX5129057305

Probably - White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum) - male
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05 (Public Location) SX4370057760

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) -1
Sylvia's Meadow, Cornwall Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, St. Anne's Chapel, Cornwall.
16.08.05 (Public Location) SX4126270750

Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) -2
Woolwell (South), Plymouth, Devon. 11.09.05 (Public Location) SX5087561150

Other Bees
Bee, Cuckoo (Nomada sp.) -1
Mount Wise, Plymouth, Devon. 09.05.06 (Public Location)

Bee, Cuckoo (Nomada sp. ?) - 2
Johnson's Creek, Manor Park, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 21.04.07 (Private Location)

Leaf-cutter Bee, Silvery (Megachile leachella)
On dunes. Dawlish Warren NNR, Dawlish Warren, Devon. 30.06.06 (Public Location)

Honey Bee
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Rosemoor, Great Torrington, North Devon. 07.09.05 (Public Location)

Honey Bee ?
Efford Marsh LNR, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Public Location

Bee's to identify -
Solitary Bee (Lasioglossum sp.) ?
Banks of the River Tavy, Maristow, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 21.08.05

Solitary Bee ? - 1
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05

Solitary Bee ? - 2
Warleigh Point Nature Reserve, Tamerton Foliot, Plymouth, Devon. 25.08.05

Bee, with yellow abdomen
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)

Bumble Bee ? - Blackstone Point
Blackstone Point (National Trust), nr. Noss Mayo, Devon. 02.09.05 (Public Location)

Small Bee - Churchtown Farm
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve, Saltash, Cornwall. 16.04.06 (Public Location)

Hornets and Wasps

Hornets
European Hornet (Vespa crabro)
Swallows End, Wixenford, nr. Billacombe, Plymouth, Devon. 21.05.07 (Public Location)

Wasps
Common Wasp (Vespula vulgaris)
Mutton Cove, Plymouth, Devon. 08.09.05 (Public Location)

German Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)

Saxon Wasp (Dolichovespula.saxonica)
Open woodland. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 05.09.05 (Public Location)

Tree Wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris)
Edge of wood. Cann Woods, Plympton, Plymouth, Devon. 14.04.06 (Public Location)

Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)     close-up
Bolberry Down, nr. Bolt Tail, Hope Cove, Devon. 10.06.07 (Public Location)

Gall Wasps
Artichoke Gall on Oak (Andricus fecundator)     close-up
Recreation Ground, Longbridge, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.06 (Public Location)

Oak Apple Gall on Oak (Biorhiza pallida)     old gall
Woodland. Ernesettle Point, Plymouth. 01.07.04 (Public Location) SX 443 605

Knopper Gall on Oak (Andricus quercuscalicis)
Wasteland. Nr. Ski Centre, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.05 (Public Location)

Common Spangle Gall on Oak (Neuroterus quercusbaccarum)
Wasteland. Nr. Ski Centre, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 28.08.05 (Public Location)

Silk Button Gall on Oak (Neuroterus numismalis)
Crabtree Reclaim, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 09.09.05 (Public Location)

Small Pea Gall on Oak (Cynips divisa)
Efford Marsh Local Nature Reserve, Plymouth, Devon. 04.07.06 (Public Location)

Oak Hop Gall / Artichoke Gall on Oak (Andriscus fecundator) ?
Near CSA Building Woolwell, Plymouth, Devon. 25.09.05 (Public Location)

Lateral Bud Gall on Oak (Andriscus inflator) ?
Kitley, nr. Yealmpton, Devon. 05.02.06 (Public Location)

Smooth Spangle Gall on Oak (Neuroterus albipes)
Crabtree Reclaim, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon. 09.09.05 (Public Location)

Red Currant Gall on Oak (Cynips divisa) ?     close-up
Old railway on estuary, Kitley, nr. Plymouth, Devon. 04.10.05 (Public Location)

Bedeguar / Robin's Pin Cushion on Rose (Diplolepis rosae)     old
Wasteland. North Road, Saltash, Cornwall. 02.07.04 (Private Location) SX 426 593

Rose Pea Gall on Rose (Diplolepis nervosa)
Hedgerow. Chelson Meadow, Plymouth, Devon. 12.08.05

Wasps to identify -
An Ichneumon Wasp ?
Bull Point, Barne Barton, Plymouth, Devon. 19.08.05

Wasp 1 - Point Field
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve, Saltash, Cornwall. 10.09.05 (Public Location)

Wasp 2 - Point Field
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve, Saltash, Cornwall. 10.09.05 (Public Location)

Wasp 3 - Point Field
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve, Saltash, Cornwall. 10.09.05 (Public Location)

Wasp - Crabtree
Crabtree Reclaim, Plymouth, Devon. 17.09.05

Sawflies
Figwort Sawfly (Tenthredo scrophulariae)
Warren Point, Ernesettle, Plymouth, Devon. 26.08.05

Rose Sawfly (Arge ochropus)
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Private Location)

Soloman's Seal Sawfly (Phymatocera aterrima) - larvae
Private Garden. Ipplepen, nr. Newton Abbot, Devon. 23.06.06 (Private Location)

Turnip Sawfly (Athalia rosae)
Forder Valley LNR, Leigham, Plymouth, Devon. 01.09.05 (Public Location)

Sawfly (Arge cyanocrocea) ?
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 29.08.05 (Private Location)

Sawfly to identify -
Sawfly larvae ? on Willow (Salix caprea)
Bickleigh Down, nr. Plymouth, Devon. (Public Location)

Sawfly - Wasdale 2
Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 20.09.05 (Private Location)

Ants (Formicidae)
Ant, Common Black Garden (Lasius niger) ?     milking Black Bean-aphid (Aphis fabae)
Garden. Wasdale Gardens, Estover, Plymouth, Devon. 20.09.05

Ant, Red (Myrmica sp. ?)
Jetty Marsh LNR, Newton Abbot, Devon. 26.05.06 (Public Location)