The enigmatic Sussex Tiger Cranefly Nephrotoma sullingtoniensis, only known from one site in the UK until Graeme Lyons & Alice Parfitt found two new sites last year. This one among a fair few on Sunday at Alice's site Hurston Warren and c. 20 days earlier than found last year.

Lispocephala fuscitibia a special #Muscidae of New Forest valley mires. Added to the UK list by Steven Falk a few years ago. Not sure if it's been found outside the New Forest in the UK

Haven't been on here for a while so here's the treehopper Centrotus cornutus from the New Forest in the summer

I don't target sawflies but I try and identify any that I do come across. These four from a wet woodland last May. Details in alt text captions
#Symphyta #Tenthredinidae

Sarcophaga (Bercaea) africa #Sarcophagidae male from central London last spring and its all important bits

Found this tiny wasp with a bicoloured scutellum while sorting a sample of flies. Seems to be a #Encyrtidae Perhaps Encyrtus infidus a parasitoid of Parthenolecanium scale insects ?

Tachytrechus consobrinus #Dolichopodidae with its remarkable, beak-like, projecting silver face. A Nationally Scarce species of acidic mire, this one from the New Forest, one of its strongholds.

Oxyna flavipennis #Tephritidae an uncommon species the larvae of which gall the roots of Achillea millefolium (Yarrow). This one from the Brecks in the summer.

Spent today dissecting battered micro moth sweepnet bycatch