Bee Sp



Fly Sp

Tags: BeeSp, FlySp

Shore-fringed Mining Bee (Andrena dorsatta)





Fly Sp?

Mydaea Sp? The scutellum is entirely orange

Orange- saddled Bristle-node (Mydaea corni)?



Melangyna Sp?

Not quite

Meliscaeva auricollis







Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)



Fly Sp?

Tags: Short-fringedMiningBee, RedMasonBee, FlySp, Meliscaevaauricollis, MydeaeSp

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

Tags: CornusSp, CraneflySp, FlySp, YellowDungFly, YellowRattle, Rose, Wing

Aphid Sp?

on

Common Knapweed

Via NNNHS on Twitter pointed towards

Uroleucon jaceae

Thank you

Aphids on Bio images



Fly Sp?









Fly Sp

Dolichopus Sp?

Dolichopus popularis?

Tags: AphidSp, FlySp, DolichopusSp

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)



Hoverfly Sp

Cheilosia albitarsis/ranunculi agg





Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana)



Fly Sp?







Crane Fly Sp?

Tipula lunata



Beetle Sp?



Bee Sp ?



Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)

Tags: WaspBeetle, NoonFly, Tipulalunata, EarlyBumbleBee, FlySp, EarlyBumbleBee, HairyShieldbug, CommonNettle-tap, BeeSp, TephritisSp

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.

Tags: Landscape, Dogwood, CraneflySp, FlySp, ElegantBristle-moss, EvenScalewort, CommonCopperback, Rivelliasyngeniseae, TuftedhairGrass, WaterViolet, MarshYellow-cress, CommonSpikeRush, PurpleMoorGrass, YellowDungFly, Yellow-barredLonghornMoth, BamdedMosquito, SpreadingMeadowGrass, TubularWaterDropwort, FringedHeartWort, OatgrassSp, Hart'sTongueFern, TuftedhairGrass, SilverBirch

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)

Tags: Red-headedCardinalBeetle, FlySp, Epistrophe elegans, Cantharisrustica, CeleryFly, Cantharisdecipiens, Alaboniageofrella, Red-girdledMiningBee

Early Bumble Bee (Bombus pratorum)



Fly Sp?



Fly Sp?





Fruit Fly Sp? Tephritis Sp?



Fly Sp?

Mydeae Sp?

There are 13 species in the UK



Fly Sp?

Humpback Fly Sp?



Gooden's Nomad Bee Nomada goodeniana) asleep on the ivy



Hoverfly Sp?

Pipizella Sp?

Pipizella viduata?



Soldier Fly Sp?



Spider Sp?



Gernam Wasp (Vespula germanica)





Planthopper nymph (Issus coleoptratus)





FlySp?

Empis tessellata?



Snipe Fly Sp ♂︎ - (Chrysophilus cristatus)

Tags: EarlyBumbleBee, FlySp, Gooden'sNomadBee, GermanWasp, HumpbackFlySp, TephritisSp, SnipeFly, Issuscoleoptratus

Cranefly Sp?



Dandellion (Taraxacum Sp?)





Fly Sp?



Hairy Shield Bug (



Harvestmen Sp



Snail Sp



Spider Sp

Tags: Landscape, CraneflySp, DandelionSp, FlySp, HairyShieldbug