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

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♂︎

Tags: CommonCarderBee, BlackAnt, Xysticusulmi, Platycheirusangustatus, Red-girdledMiningBee, Orange-tailedMiningBee, ChocolateMiningBee, Eupeodesluniger, Gooden'sNomadBee, PezizaSp, SlimeMoldSp, RedMasonBee

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

Tags: Landscape, ReedBeetleSp, OphionSp, AlderFly, ChocolateMiningBee, CardinalBeetle, Broad-barredFleckwing, Bremmiacentaureae, Limonianigropunctatum, PegomyaSp, RushMarble, CommonSedge, KentishSnails, Cantharispellucida, DownlandBibio, Entylomamicrosporum, Fannialustrator, LeucophoraSp, Licoristripustulatis, Xysticusulmi, Araneusmarmoreus, Pyrenozizainornata, Dennisiodiscusprasinus, Geomyzaagg, Philodoreaferruginea, Tipulaluna, IchneumonSp, Cheilosiaimpressa, Tipulaluna, ReedBeetleSp, CommonBrownClickBeetle, NurseryWebSpider, MayflySp, MeadowLonghorn, CuckooFlower, Micropterixcalthella, DarkThistleCase-bearer, CommonCase-bearer, NettleRust, Tipulalinata, CommonNettleTap, Dolerusvestigialis, PsiliaSp, Red&BlackFroghopper, DilatedScalewort, Cantharisdecipiens, AmberSnail, Tricyphomaimmaculata, GlisteningInkcap, Cantharisdecipiens, Hawthorn, StMark'sFly, BoxBug, Eupeodesluniger, CraneflySp, Empistrigramma, ConicalBrittlestem, Licoristripustulatus, DarkBush-cricket, Cheilosiaillustrata, EuropeanCinchBug, ClickBeetleSp, NettleWeevil, DockBug, StripedWoodlouse, DilatedScalewort, Spaerophorascripta, Didymocyrtisslaptoniensis, Xanthoriaparietina, TetragnathaSp, Murky-leggedBlackLegionnaire, SulphurTubic, Limoniaphragmitidis, WoundwortShieldBug, Malthinusbalteatus

Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)







Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major)



The head view of a (Baccha elongata)





Limonia nigropunctata?



Epistophe elegans ♂︎



Eupeodes luniger ♀︎





Fly Sp





Sawfly Sp?



Fly Sp mating





Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima)





Platycheirus Sp?





Cheilosia albitarsis/ Cheilosia ranunculi agg ?

From
Naturespot





Nomada flava ♀︎



















Two coloured Mason Bee or Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor)



Common Snout (Rhingia campestris)





Sawfly Sp?

Aglaostigma fulvipes?



Syrphus Sp

Tags: Dark-edgedBee-fly, Adder'sTongueFern, Bacchaelongata, SyrphusSp, Limonianigropunctata, CommonSnout, Eupeodesluniger, Epistropheelegans