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Bee, wasps and sawflies to be found in and around Torphins Wood, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.


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Torphins is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire Scotland. There is nothing particularly special about the wood, it is a mixed species coniferous/deciduous wood, so things found there can probably be found in many other Scottish, British or even European woods. For more information on Torphins itself and the human population there go to Torphins.org.
Insects, beetles 1, 2, ground beetles 1 2, springtails, earwigs, flies, true bugs, bumblebees, bees, wasps, sawflies, butterflies and moths 1 2 3 lacewings etc., dragonflies and damselflies, stoneflies, Flatworms Slugs/snails Worms/leeches Lice
Millipedes/centipedes etc. Spiders 1, 2, harvestmen, mites, ticks, etc. Woodlice, water fleas, cyclops  
honeybee

Apis mellifera, the Honeybee

Found near flowers in gardens, grassland and woodland edges during spring summer and autumn.

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sawfly larva, Symphyta

Symphyta, Sawflies

Larva found eating plants, adults tend to be found around flowers during the warmer months.

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Wood wasp Urocercus gigas

Urocercus gigas, Wood wasp or Horntail

Adults are seen on sunny days in summer in or near coniferous woods.

Adult body length is 12 - 44 mm.

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wasp nest, Vespula sp.

Vespula germanica or Vespula vulgaris, social wasps.

Found in open woodland, grassland and gardens in spring summer and autumn.

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Vespula vulgaris queen, common wasp queen

Vespula vulgaris, common wasp.

Queen 16 - 19 mm long, worker 11 - 14 mm long, male 13 - 17 mm long.

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Female Ichneumonid wasp

Ichneumonid wasp, parasitic wasp.

Found in most habitats in warmer months.

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