Ant Sp?



Bell Heather (Erica cinerea)



Shieldbug Stalker (Astata boops)


















Green-eyed Flower Bee (Anthophora bimaculata)









Meadow Grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)



Mottled Grasshopper (Mymeleotettix maculatus)









Heath Potter Wasp (Eumenes coarctatus)



Lichen Sp on a stone?





Blunt Flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)





Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)







Soft Rush (Jumics effusus)





Vervain (verbena officinalis)



Emperor Dragonfly ♀︎ (Anax imperator)



Golden-ringed Dragonfly ♂︎

and

One or Two

from

Chudleigh













Pincushion Sp? (Ulotta Sp)



Forked Veilwort (Metgeria furcata) & Dilated Scalewort (Frullania dilatata)

Tags: Landscape, AntSp, BellHeather, SoftRush, LargeSkipper, ShieldbugStalker, MottledGrasshopper, MeadowGrasshopper, ForkedVeilwort, DilatedScalewort, Green-eyedFlowerBee, HeathPotterWasp, Vervain, Golden-ringedDragonfly, EmperorDragonfly, LichenSp

Ant Sp? (Lasius niger?)





Colletes Sp?





Wasp Sp?



Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)



Vestal Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus vestalis)

Tags: WaspSp, AntSp, TreeBumbleBee, ColletesSp

Ant Sp (Myrmica Sp) tending aphids on White Campion (Silene latifolia)

Tags: AntSp, AphidSp

Ant Sp?

Lasius niger

Tags: AntSp, Lasiusniger

Robber Fly Sp?

Violet Robberfly? (Dioctria atricapilla)





Head of a Bee Sp?

Ants (Lasius niger) with prey



Aphid Sp?











Common Spiny-digger (Oxybellus uniglumis)





Sawfly Sp?

Tenthredo mesomela



Syrphus Sp?









Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)





Garden Bumble Bee (Bombus hortorum)?





Bumble Bee Plume-horn (Volucella bombylans)

Tags: AntSp, AphidSp, CommonSpiny-digger, Tenthredomesomela, SyrphusSp, GardenBumbleBee, Orange-tailedMiningBee, BumblePlume-horn

Galls on Alder (Alnus gluinosa) Leaves





Possibly Waxy Buckthorn Aphids (Aphis commensalis) on Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

but there are known to be fifteen species of aphids that live on Purging Buckthorn





Aphid Sp







Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)



Beetle Sp?

Grammoptera ruficornis



Beetle Sp?



Choke Fungus (Epichloe typhina)









Cramp - ball Fungus Weevil (Platyrhinus resinosus)

The larva develop inside Cramp-balls.



Cranefly Sp?

Tipula fulvipennis?



Cranefly Sp?

Nephrotoma flavipalpis perhaps?





Cranefly Sp?

Nigrotipula nigra



♂︎





♀︎

Snipe Fly Sp?

Chrysopilus cristatus



♂︎






♀︎

Chrysogaster solstitialis

Note the markedly purple colouration of the thorax



Eupeodes luniger

Not quite

Gill Judd commented

I think it is E. corollae, as the yellow bands reach the margins of the abdomen.



Fly Sp?



Fly Sp?



Parastised by a fungus.



Rust & Galls on a willow (Salix Sp?)



Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Aganpathis villosoviridescens)









Horsefly Sp?

Hairy-legged Horsefly (Hybomitra bimaculata)







Eristalis pertinax ♂︎



Orange-belted Plumehorn (Volucella inflata)







Eristalis intricaria



Seven Spot Ladybird Larva (Coccinella semipunctata)



Harlequin (Harmonia axyridis - succinea)







Lejogaster metallina






Common Lizard (Zootoca viviparia) A nice green variety.



Yellow-barred Longhorn (Nemphora degeerella)



Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus)







Marsh Click Beetle (Actinicerus sjaelandicus)











Melangyna compositarum

Thorax dull





Mosquito Sp?



Moth Sp?



Nettle Weevil (Phyllobeus pomaceus)



?

This is probably a young Cranefly (Limonia Sp) that has yet to colour up.

Thanks to NNNS via Twitter.



Fly Sp? on ?



Puccinia rust on willow.











Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)





♂︎

Riponensia splendens



Gall Sp? on Willow



Rust Sp on Willow







Sawfly Sp?

Tenthredo mesomela



Moth Sp?





Snail Sp?

Kentish Snail (Monacha cantiana)







Snipe Fly Sp?

Rhagio tringarius



?



Spider Sp?



Spider Sp?





Aphids on Thistle

Possiby Black spindle-thistle Aphid (Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis)









Mating Pair







Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tropidiua scita)











Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

Viburnum Leaf Beetle having a jolly good go at the Viburnum.

Thanks to NNNS via Twitter



Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)



Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus)



Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

Tags: GallSp, Alder, AphidSp, AntSp, CommonGreenFurrowBee, ChokeFungus, Eristalispertinax, Eristalisintricaria, SevenSpotLadybird, Harlequin, Lejogastermetallina, CommonLizard, MalachiteBeetle, MarshClickBeetle, Melngynacompositarum, MosquitoSp, MothSp, Yellow-barredLonghornBeetle, Ornage-tailedPlumehorn, Chrysophiluscristatus, Eupeodesluniger, Golden-bloonedGreyLonghorn, Hairy-leggedHorsefly, Chrysogastersolstitialis, CraneflySp

Aphid on Knapweed (Uroleucon jaceae)







Aphid on Dock (Aphis rumicis)



Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)



Eidelweiss (Leontopdium alpinum)



Cranefly Sp?

Nephrotoma quadrifaria)



Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)



Dock Sp?

Rumex



Dockbug (Coreus marginatus)



Dagger Fly Sp Empis Sp?

Likely to be Empis tessellata

Large, bristly fly with brown tinged wings & black femora.



FlySp?





Fly Sp?

I coulddn't find anything close to this one on Nature Spot.





Robber Fly Sp?

Dioctria baumnaurei ?

Can't quite see the pale stripe on the thorax but the red legs with the dark stripe on the top of the front two pairs suggest it.







Crested Dog's-tail (Cynosorus cristatus)









Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)



Fly Sp?

There are several lookalike Greenbottle species that occur in different families.

Need more comprehensive photos for this one.



Xanthogramma pedissequum sensu lato



Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus)





Mayfly Sp?



Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)





Rose Sp?

Dog Rose (Rosa canina)









Sawfly Sp?

Tenthredo mesomela



Fly Sp?

Dolichopus Sp?

It has white marking on the middle pair of legs. Apparently there are a number of male flies in this family that have adornamentation the second pair of legs.

Dolichopus platypterus

Confirmed By NNNS via Twitter



Soft Brome (Bromus hordeaceus)

Tags: AphidSp, Uroleuconjaceae, Aphisrumicis, AntSp, Orange-tailedMiningBee, Eidelweiss, Neophrotomaquadrifolia, Red-tailedBumbleBee, DockSp

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)

Tags: AntSp, Gooden'sNomadBee, BloodBeeSp, EarlyMasonWasp, WaterViolet, EuphorbiaSp