Hanworth
Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)
Shield Bug Nymph?
Hairy Shieldbug - (Dolycoris baccarum) Final Instar
Fly Sp?
Picture Wing Fly Sp?
Fruit Fly Sp?
Tephritis Sp?
Tephritis neesii?
Common Nettle-tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Fly Sp?
Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana)
Fly Sp?
Crane Fly Sp?
Tipula lunata
Beetle Sp?
Bee Sp ?
Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)
Thompson Common
Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) coming into flower.
Cranefly Sp?
Nephortoma appendiculata ?
Great Brome (Bromus diandrus)
Clues to id between this and B sterilis - Larger size -the plant as a whole and the spikelets, hairier panicle stem and second spikelet from the top of the plant is on a very short pedicel, which can be seen in the image above.
Elegant Bristle-moss (Orhtotrichum pulchellum)
The orange peristome teeth at this time of year give the id to this delicate little moss.
Although the capsules may look similar in shape & size to a Ulotta sp, it's the orange teeth that are the give away
Even Scalewort (Radula complanata)
Both of these mosses were found on the trunk of an Alder Buckthorn (Frnagula alnus)
They were complemented by the presence of Forked Veilwort (Matzgeria furcata) & Bluish Veilwort (Metzgeria violacea)
New Silver Birch (Betual pendula) growth on a mature trunk.
A very nice patch of Hart's Tongue Fern (Aspelenum scolopendrum) in gorgeous spring green.
New growth of Tufted Hair Grass (Deschamsia caespitosa)
Water Violets (Hottonia palustris) in the foreground.
Swathes of golden Marsh Yellow-cress (Rorippa palustris) in the pingo.
Common Spike-rush (Eleocharis palustris)
Marsh Yellow-cress (Rorippa palustris)
Common Smoothcap (Atrichum undulatum)
False Fox Sedge (Carx otrubae) or hybrid?
Purple Moor-grass (Mollinia cerulea)
Fly Sp?
Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Yellow-barred Longhorn Moth (Nemophora degeerella)
?
Banded Mosquito (Culiseta annulata)
Cyperus Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)
Marsh Yellow-cress and True Bullrush (Schoenoplectus lacustris)stems
Marsh Yellow-cress, True Bullrush & Reed mace (Typha latifolia)
The very beautiful Carnation Sedge (Carex panacea)
Downy Oat Grass (Avenula pubescens) or Meadow Oat grass (Avenula pratensis)
Either way a rather lovely distinctive grass
A subtly purple tinged grass with tiny leaves, boat (Kyak) like leaf tips and a strong, rigid stem.
Spreading Meadow Grass (Poa humilis)
Down in the grass a pair of mating picture wing flies.
Rivellia syngenesiae ?
Young Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)
This was the strange one today.
Quite remarkable Fringed Heartwort (Ricciocarpos natans)
A Heart shaped thallus with a fringe of violet spreading scales with a finely toothed margin
protruding from beneath the lobes.
Southrepps Common
Fresh Alder Leaf (Alnus glutinosa)
Alder Cones developing.
Snipe Fly Sp (Rhagio scolopaceus)
Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)
Ragged Robin (Lychnis flos-cuculi)
Hanworth
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis)
Epistrophe elegans
Fly Sp?
Fly Sp?
Alabonia geofrella
Red-girdled Mining Bee (Andrena labiata) nestled in a creeping buttercup
Cantharis decipiens
Cantharis rustica
Bluebottle Sp
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)
Bee Sp?
Spider Sp? Aruniella curcurbita
Celery Fly (Euleia heraclei)
Hanworth
Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)
Fly Sp?
Fly Sp?
Fruit Fly Sp? Tephritis Sp?
Fly Sp?
Fly Sp?
Humpback Fly Sp?
Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana) asleep on the ivy
Hoverfly Sp?
Soldier Fly Sp?
Spider Sp?
Gernam Wasp (Vespula germanica)
Planthopper nymph (Issus coleoptratus)
FlySp?
Empis tessellata?
Snipe Fly Sp ♂︎ - (Chrysophilus cristatus)
Hanworth
Lasioglossum Sp on Allium
Lassioglossum Sp on Geranium Sp
Geranium Sp
Allium Sp
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Hairy-footed Flower Bee ♀︎ (Anthophora plumipes)
Hanworth
Morea huttonii
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
Lasioglossum Sp?
Ichneumon Sp?
Fly Sp? Lucillia Sp?
Fly Sp?
Common Blue Damsel Fly (Enellagma cyathigerum)
Cranefly Sp?
Berberis thunbergii
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorroha)
Speckled Bush Cricket (Nymph) (Leptophyse punctatissima)
Holme
Ladybird Pupa Sp?
A very worn Bee Sp? Andrena Sp?
Oedemera lurida?
Hound's Tongue (Cyanoglossum officinale)
Man Orchid (Orchis anthropophora)
Rue-leaved Saxifrage (Saxifraga tridactylites)
Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)
Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis)
CommonVetch (Vicia sativa)
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Bluebottle Sp? (Lucilla Sp?)
Labrynthe Spider (Agelyna labryinthica)?
Warham
Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)
Sald Burnet (Sanguisorbia minor)
Salvia Sp?
Hanworth
Garden Bumble Bee (Hortus lutorum)
Red-girdled Mining Bee (Andrena labiata)
Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)
Tipula lunata
Black Ant's nest
Hanworth
Early Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus nigricornis)
Black Ant power
Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio) & Common Mini-miner Andrena minutula) lso seen on the sand
Azara Sp?
Common Furrow Bee at nest site. (Lasioglossom calceatum)?
Probably?
Ceanothus Sp?
Narcissus Fly (Merodon equestris)
Common Brown Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis)
Three-banded Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus trifasciatus)
Not quite
This turned out to be
Spiny-saddled Wasp-cuckoo (Nysson spinosus)
I was too concentrated on the yellow markings and didn't notice the very obvious spurs.
This species parasatises Argogorytes fargei & Argorytes mystaceus)
I wonder if they will turn up?
Thanks to Nick Owens for correction
Norfolk
Bog Beacon (mitrula paludosa)
Common Haircap (Polytrichum commune) Male plant.
Oxford Plants 400
A large moss that can reach heights of 70cm.
It cannot survive using water that passes over its leaf surface alone.
It has a very simple system of water conducting cells, unlike other mosses.
Ctenophora pectinicornis ♀︎
The males have feathered antenna and a more striking colour pattern.
Thanks to James for id via twitter
Dog's Vomit (Filago septica)
Tony commented
Dog's Vomit slime mould - I don't think so - more like Mucilago crustacea going over from colour and bobbly bits at bottom.
SO
Mucilago crustacea
Dor Beetle (Geotropes stercoratus)
Fungus Sp?
Fungus Sp?
Tony commented
This is a Lentaria sp.
Very rarely recorded.
Unfortunately Yvonne has not been able to find any spores,
the width of which would separate species.
So
Lentaria Sp?
Hard Fern unfurling (Blechnum spicant)
Fungus Sp?
Acrospermum compressum on a dead nettle stem (Urtica doiica)
Slightly dried Common Jelly Spot (Dacrymyces stillatus)
Willow Barkspot (Diatrype bullata)
Melanospora lagenaria on Birch Mazegill (Lenzites betulina)
Tony L commented
This bracket was not on the fungus list for the day and I don't think we found it.
I think your photo might be of Melanospora lagenaria on Birch Polypore.
Diaportha crustosa
A favourite - particularly the loopy stage of the unfurling stamens.
Sanicle rust on a leaf stem
Vicky first found it on a petiole and according to the Dutch Rust book ‘Roesten’,
only Stage I (aecia) occurs on the petiole. Vicky subsequently found it on the
underside of a living leaf. I took a piece (on underside of leaf) home
but I couldn’t extract any material to confirm the stage.
From Tony M
Puccinia saniculae
It would be good to see the mature form of this.
Looking at online photos it's similar in appearance to Nettle rust (Puccinia urtica)
Mature Sanicle Leaf
Sanicle (Sanicula europea)
Slime Mould Sp
Arcyria denudata
A fungus parasatising a Slime Mold
Trichia Sp
Tony L commented
The modern name for the parasitic fungus on Trichia favoginea is Polycephalomyces tomentosus.
Ellis & Ellis point towards Blistrum ovalisporum or Blistrum tometosum as Tony has commented.
There's a lovely picture from Wikipedia here showing Blistrum ovalisporum.
Blistrum tomentosum AKA Polycephalomyces tomentosus - Ron Wolf on Flicker
An image similar to ours from Sweden
Tony L pointed out there are four kingdoms involved in this conundrum
FOUR out of FIVE KINGDOMS?
A PROTISTA - Slime Mould
feeding on MONERA (Bacteria)
living on dead wood PLANTAE
parasitised by a fungus FUNGI
But the fifth kingdom ANIMALIA was present
to appreciate it all.
Oak Leaf-roller Weevil ( Attelabus nitens)
Aldborough Church
Tipula liviida
?
Click Beetle
Cow Parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris)
Fly Sp?
Three-cornered Garlic (Allium triquetrum)
Hairy-footed Flower Bee (Anthophora plumipes
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
White-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lucorum)
Hanworth
Black Ant Sp dragging a Gooden's Nomad Bee
Black Ant Sp dragging a fly sp & spider sp
Blood Bee Sp (Sphecodes Sp)
Possibly Sphecodes puncticeps
From previous photos Nick Owens commented
"I think it’s Sphecodes puncticeps. One of the photos shows a longitudinal groove on the front of the thorax and the head is broad.
It should have a single point on the mandible rather than a double one, but cannot see this in the photos. Often a heathland species.
The grove can just about be seen on this photo too.
Thank you
Euphorbia Sp
Water Violet (Hottonia palustris)
Early Mason Waso (Ancistrocerus nigricornis)
Hanworth
Ivy Flowers (Hedera helix)
Mini Miner Sp? (Micandrena Sp)
Stephen Falk's Micrandrena Images
Spider Sp
Wolf Spider Sp?
Blood Bee Sp (Sphecodes Sp?)
Flavous Nomad Bee ♀︎ (Nomada Flava?)
Leucophora Sp?
Leucophora - NatureSpot
Picture Wing fruit fly Sp?
Celery Fly (Euleia heraclei)?
Marsham Heath
Short-fringed Mining Bee (Andrena dorsatta)
Dor Beetle/Dung Beetle Sp? (Geotropus Sp?)
Beetle Morphology from Germany
Centipede Sp (Geophilus Sp)
Herb Robert (white form) (Geranium robertianum)
Cheilosia albitarsis/ Cheilosia ranunculi agg ?
From
Naturespot
Baccha elongata
Hanworth
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Slime Mold Sp?
Wolf's Blood (Lycogala epidendrum)
Peziza Sp
Hoverfly Sp?
Platycheirus angustatus
Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana)
Eupeodes linger
Chocolate Mining Bee (Anrena scotica)
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andren haemorroha)
Red-girdled Mining Bee (Andrena labiata)
Black Ant struggling with prey.
Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum)
Nomada flava/ panzeri♂︎
Marty's Marsh
Alder Fly (Sialis luteria)
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)
St Mark's Fly Sp?
Downland Bibio (Bibio anglicus)?
White hairs present on the lateral edge of the thorax, which is diagnostic make this Bibio anglicus
St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci)
Not quite
Milky white wings suggest this is Bibio leucopteris
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)
Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)
Conical Brittlestem (Psytherella conopilus)
Reed Beetle Sp?
Plateumaris Sp?
In fact Plateumaris sericea
elyhtra impessions near the sutra, antenomere 4 about 2.5 times as long as wide.
Bug Sp?
Licoris tripustulatus?
from
British Bugs
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Cheilosia illustrata ♂︎
European Cinch Bug (Ischnodemus sabuleti)
Click Beetle Sp?
Common Brown Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis)
Click Beetles - Elateridae - Naturespot
Xysticus cristatus
Spider Sp?
Xysticus ulmi
CraneFly Sp?
Philidorea ferruginea?
in fact
Molophilus obscurus
CraneFly Sp?
Tipula luna
CraneFly Sp
Limonia nigropunctata with mites Calyptostoma velutinum
Dagger Fly Sp
Empis trigramma
Dagger Flies - Empididae - Naturespot
Dasysyrphus Sp
Broad-barred Fleckwing (Dasysyrphus venustus)
Stephen Falk - Dasysyrphus
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Downy Mildew Sp
Bremmia centaureae on Common Knapweed
Striped Woodlouse (Phloscia muscorum)
British Myriapod and Isopod Group
Unknown eggs
Eupeodes Luniger
Pustules on leaf of Creeping Buttercup (Entyloma microsporum)
Fly Sp?
FlySp?
Fannia lustrator possibly?
Fly Sp?
Leucophora Sp?
from
NatureSpot
Red-and-black Froghopper (Caropsis vulnerata)
Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata with perianths)
An unidentified fungi?
Still unidentified from last year?
Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)
Soldier Beetle Sp?
Cantharis decipiens?
From
Naturspot
Amber Snail (Succinea putris)
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)?
Crane Fly Sp
Limonia Sp
Tricyphoma immaculata
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Cheilosia impressa
Distinct yellow bases to the females wings.
Hoverfly Sp
Marmalade Hoverfly (Epysyrphus balteatus)
Ichneumon Sp
Beginner's Guide to Ichneumons - Natural History Museum
This gives a clue to Nocturnal Orange bodied Ichneumon's or Sickle Wasps of which there are four genera.
Orange-brown Darwin Wasp (Ophion scutellaris) perhaps?
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)
Fly Sp?
Sawfly Sp?
Ovipositing on equisetum.
Dolerus vestigialis
from
Sawflies of Britain & Ireland
Mayfly Sp
Large Spurwing (Procleon pennulatum)
Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella)
Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) on Cuckpo Flower (Cardamine pratensis)
Micropterix calthella
Larval feeding signs of Dark Thistle Case-bearer on Common Knapweed
Common Case-bearer (Coleophora paripenella) on Down Birch
Nettle Rust (Puccinia urticata)
Common Nettle Tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
CraneFly Sp
Tipula lunata
Fly Sp
Psilia fimetaria/merida
Spider Sp
Araneus marmoreus
Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea)
Pyrenopeziza inornata on Burdock Stem
Dennisiodiscus prasinus on Reed Sweet-grass
Geomyza combinata agg
Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticormis)
Pegomya Sp?
Possibly Pegomya bicolor?
from
Nature Spot
Moth Sp
Rush Marble (Bactra lancealana)
Sawfly Sp?
Sedge Sp?
Common Sedge (Carex nigra)
Snail Sp?
Snail Sp
Kentish Snails (Monacha cantiana)
Soldier Beetle Sp?
Probably (Cantharis pellucida)
Cantharis pellucida - Naturespot
Soldier Beetles - Cantharidae - Naturespot
Soldier Fly Sp?
Possibly Murky-legged Black Legionnaire (Beris chalybata) but difficult to see the colour of the abdomen.
Legionnaiires - Nature Spot
♂︎
Globetail Sp
Sphaerophora scripta
Stephen Falk's Globetail Page
Common Twist Tail (Sphaerophora scripta ♀︎)
Common Orange Lichen or Maritime Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) + Spider Sp + Fungus Sp Didymocyrtis slaptoniensis
Common Orange Lichen or Maritime Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) + Spider Sp
Spider Sp?
Tetragnatha Sp?
Sulphur Tubic (Esperia sulphurella)
Crane Fly Sp?
Limona phragmatidis
Young Kentish Snail, (Monacha cantiana) which has hairs that wear off.
Spider Sp?
Wolf's Milk or Groening's Slime (Lycogala epidendrum)
Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysacoris venustissimus)
Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans)
On the Gatepost
to
Blofield Church
Malthinus balteatus
On the underside of an Oak Leaf
in the Churchyard
Mayfly Sp
Large Spurwing (Procleon pennulatum)
Many, many thanks to Stewart for all the corrections and ids
Alderford Common
Beautiful Philonthus (Philonthus decorus)?
Mating 14 Spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata)
Common European Earwig ♀︎ (Forficula auricularia)
From
the
University of Florida
Lichen Sp?
Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus)
Spider Sp?
Spider Sp?
Spider Sp?
Xysticus ulmi
Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor)
Harvestmen Sp
Rilaena triangularis