Strumpshaw Fen
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
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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)
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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)
Hanworth
Cornus Sp
Cranefly Sp?
Fly Sp?
Mydea Sp?
Likely to be
Orange-saddled Bristle-node ♂︎(Mydaea corni)
Ornage wing bases, orange scutellum, mostly orange legs. Male because the eyes are only narrowly separated.
There are two other species which are similar.
Stephen Falk Mydea corni
Yelllow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)
Yellow Rattle (Rjinanathus minor)
White Climbing Rose
Last wing & testament.
Crane Fly Sp
Thanks to NNS via Twitter
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)
Hoverfly Sp
Common Copperback (Ferdinandea cuprea)
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.
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
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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
Whixall Moss - Shropshire
Cranefly Sp?
Dandellion (Taraxacum Sp?)
Fly Sp?
Hairy Shield Bug (
Harvestmen Sp
Snail Sp
Spider Sp