Do you know what this is?

Simone_in_Wiltshire

Hello to all

I'm a new subscriber of the Gardeners World magazine and the first time in this forum.
Over the last summer, I took some pictures of insects in my garden and was able to identify most of them. But I struggle to find the name of this little one in the picture below. The picture was taken while he or she was sitting on a Rudbeckia petal.
Do you know by chance it's name?

Another funny thing I observed was that something had sawed off the petals of the Leucanthemum May Queen. Just for curiosity, do you know what insects may need them or eat them? I was thinking about buying 2 or 3 more plants this February in case it's useful for certain insects and I wanted to have a regular regrow of the flowers.


Many thanks for each suggestion.

Bee witched

Hello @simone.h.avebury .... and welcome to the forum.

I don't know what your insect is, but you could try using iSpot  ... see link below

https://www.ispotnature.org/communities/uk-and-ireland

This is a really useful resource for identifying the insects that share our gardens.

Regarding your Leucanthemum ... I've also seen flowers that appear to have sawn off leaves, and I think this damage may actually happen at the bud stage .... possibly slugs?

Bee x

Simone_in_Wiltshire

Thanks Bee witched for the link. I will have a look at it. 

Regarding the Leucanthemum, it’s not the leaves, but the petals of the flowers. Pure coincidence, while watching a Gardeners World episode this noon time, this was mentioned and reason is a certain type of bees that  use the petals for their bee accommodation. 

K67

It' looks like a type of weevil but not a vine weevil. There are 97,000 species of weevil so happy hunting!

Simone_in_Wiltshire

Thank you very much. I can start from there 👍

Alan Clark2 in Liverpool

Pea-leaf Weevil?

https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/pea-leaf-weevil

Simone_in_Wiltshire

Thanks, Alan Clark2. It's similar, but looking at the description "alternating light and dark longitudinal stripes", "my"one had not really stripes on the back, but it's definitely one of the weevils. I will take a better picture this year.