Autumn Gentian (Gentianella amarella)





Now that is camouflage.

Assassin Bug Sp?

Woodroff's Assassin Bug (Coranus woodroffei)?



Eyebright Sp (Euphrasia Sp?)





Purple Cat's-tail (Phleum phleoides)

Botanical illustration from Weeting Heath

from
Lizzie Harper







Medic Sp? (Medicago Sp)?



Mosaic Puffball (Lycoperdon utriforme)





Knotted Pearlwort (Sagina nodosa)

from

Wildflower Finder



Mottlegill Sp?



















Maiden's Pink (Dianthus deltoids)





Sand Catchfly (Silene conica)



Squinancywort (Asperula cynanchica)





Stemless / Dwarf Thistle (Cirsium acaule)



Wild Thyme (Thymus polytrichus)



Yellow Waxcap (Hygorcybe Sp?)

Possibly Bitter or Honey or…?



White Harebell (Campanula rotindifolia)



White Horehound (Marrubium vulgare)





Smokey Spindle (Clavaria fumosa)

Microscopy later suggested

Clavaria amoenoides



Harvestmen Sp?



Gold-tailed Melitta (Melitta haemorroidalis)





Purple Milk Vetch (Astragalus danicus)





Hairy Shield Bug (Dolycorus baccarum)

Late instar above

Adult below





Spiked Speedwell (Veronica spicata)

Tags: Landscape, SpikedSpeedwell, HairyShieldBug, KnottedPearlwort, MosaicPuffball, MedicSp, PurpleCat'sTail, EyebrightSp, AutumnGentian, AssassinBugSp, HarvestmenSp, SmokeySpindle, WhiteHorehound, Harebell, YellowWaxcap, StemlessThistle, Squinancywort, SandCatchfly, Maiden'sPink, PurpleMilkVetch, Gold-tailedMelitta

A small blind woodlouse that is associated with ants.

Ant Woodlouse (Platyarthrus hoffmannseggii)









Deathcap (Amanita phalloides)






At least four species are associtaed with these galls.

Andricus, Neuroterus, Biorhiza & Cynips Sp

Oak Knopper Gall



Oak Artichoke Gall formed by the secretions of the Oak Artichoke Gall Wasp (Andricus fecundator)

There is a cavity on the inside containing the inner gall, which is ejected in late summer leaving the old galls to persist with the old scales opened out and brown.





Ram's-horn Gall created by the Ram's-horn Gall Wasp (Andricus aries)

The second image is an old one.

This gall commonly forms a 'chimera' with another gall causing Sp, which creates oddly shaped galls.



Nail Gall caused by the mite Eriophyes tiliae on Lime trees (Tilia Sp)





Green Crab Spider (Diaea dorsata)











Harvestmen Sp?

Immature Phalangium opilio







Lasioglossum Sp?

Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)? Or? L leucopus?



Common Red-legged Robberfly (Dioctria rufipes)

Not quite

Actually

Stripe=legged Robberfly (Dioctria baumhaueri)



Sputnik Spider (Paidiscura pallens) with egg sacks.





Gall Wasp Sp?



Wild Onion (Allium canadense)?











Nigma walckanaeri

Beautiful green Spider on the bowed Ivy leaves.

The stiff bowedness of the Ivy leaf allows the spider to develop a sheet web, which it nestles under, awaiting its prey.

To read more about the spider and other insects on Ivy

Insects on Ivy from Arthropedia by Vanna Bartlett







Birch Shield Bug (Elasmostethus interstinctus)



18 Spot Ladybird (Myrrha octodecimguttata)



A tiny spider delicately prancing

One of the two hundred fifty species of 'Money Spiders'



Not the best of pictures and others were a complete fail.

Inconspicuous Ladybird Sp?

Scymnus suturalis



The worst picture of the day unfortunately

Sun Jumping Spider (Heliophnaus Sp)

Although it actually turned up a Jumping spider unseen before in the cemetery.

(Euophrys fontalis)♂︎

Thanks again to Vanna Bartlett for help with ids

Tags: AntWoodlouse, Deathcap, OakKnopperGall, OakArtichokeGall, SunJumpingSpider, Ram's-hornGall, GreenCrabSpider, LasioglossumSp, SputnikSpider, GallWaspSp, WildOnion, Nigmawalckanaeri, BirchShieldBug, MoneySpiderSp, Scymnussuturalis, SunJumpingSpider, CommonRed-leggedRobberfly, HarvestmenSp, NailGall

Bee Sp?

Andrena Sp?













Bee Sp?

Gwynne's Mining bee (Andrena bicolor) perhaps?

Confirmed



Hare's-foot Clover (Trifolium arvense)



Harvestmen Sp?

Platybunus triangularis?

Not quite

Phalangium morio or Mitopus morio

A clear view of the front of the head is needed to separate these two.







Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)♀︎

Note the twin white spots at the ned of the abdomen. Diagnostic for females of this species.















Coastal Leafcutter Bee (Megachile maritima)



Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)♂︎

Note absence of white spots, very long antenna and green eyes





Spider Hunter Sp - Orb weavers in particular

Epysiron Sp?

Red-legged Spider Wasp (Epysiron rufipes)?

There are now two species of Epysiron in the UK. E gallicumum being the second one.
Differentiated by the three rather than four comb spines on the fore (basi?) tarsus

Stephen Falk



Caterpillar Wasp

Red-banded Sand Wasp (Ammophila sabulosa)











♀︎

She just wouldn't turn towards the camera to reveal her face spots















Large Yellow-face Bee (Hylaeus signatus)?

Both flying on some roadside mignonette





Duke of Argyll's Tea Tree or Matrimony Vine (Lycium barbarum)









Although not visible in the images this little bee had a rima?

Thus Lasioglossum Sp?

With grateful thnaks to Vanna Bartlett for identification comments and corrections.

Tags: BeeSp, Hare's-footClover, CoastalLeafcutterBee, Red-BandedSandWasp, SilveryLeafcutterBee, HarvestmenSp