Martham Smee Land

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Martham Smee Land, Common Road
















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Hoverfly Sp?



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Brambles leaves gathered together to provide nesting or shelter for something?



Cranefly Sp

Tipula lunata



Azure Damselfly ♀︎ (Coenagrion puella)



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)



Soldier Beetle Sp?

Cantharis rustica?



Plant Bug Sp?

Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus



Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)



Eristalis pertinax ♀︎



Fly Sp?

Muscidae - House Fly Sp

Going slightly bronze with age. The 4th wing vein bends gently. It has hairy eyes
and there is a white collar on the front of the thorax.

Eudasyphora cyanella



Root Maggot Fly Sp?

Anthomyia Sp?

There are three other similar Anthyomia Sp. One of which is extremely rare and needs examination of the male genitalia to id it.

You need a number of shots at different angles to progress the id.

From Nature Spot



Fly Sp?

Muscidae - House Fly Sp?

Graphomya maculata♀︎?

The males have an orange background rather than grey.

from Naturespot



Great Brome (Bromus diandrus)







Common Malachite Beetle (Malachius pustulatus)



Hairy Shield Bug (Dolycorus baccarum)



Hogweed (Heraclium sphonodylium)



Eristalis intricaria?





Males of P frutetorum have a long haired tubercle on the hind femur.

This one does not have the tubercle BUT males and females are a bit more tricky to identify as the eyes of both sexes do not meet on the top of the head.

Then you need to check the shape of the genital area. Tapered in females.

In this case I don't think the genital area is tapered so possible an example of P versicolor.





Parahelophilus frutetorum/versicolor)



Tiger Hoverfly / The Footballer (Helophilus pendulus)



Hoverfly Sp?

Cheilosia illustrata?

No loop in R4+5 + Dark wing cloud





Yellow-barred Longhorn Moth (Nemophora degeerella)





Narrow-leaved Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)







Canthatris rustica



Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)



Spider Sp?









Ripponensia splendens



False Fox Sedge? (Carex otrubae}



Kentish Snail? (Monacha cantiana)



Spider Sp? with egg sac



Thistle Sp



Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)



Brown-toed Forest Fly / Orange-belted Leaf Licker (Xylota segnis)

Tags: Landscape, HoverflySp, Tipula lunata, AzureDamselfly, GreatBrome, Cheilosiaillustrata, Eristalispertinax, LargeredDamselfly, Ripponensiasplendens, TreeBumbleBee, Orange-beltedLeafLicker, FalseFoxSedge, KentishSnails, Narrow-leavedPlantain, Cantharisrustica, Yellow-barredLonghornBeetle, CommonMalachiteBeetle, HairyShieldbug, Eristalisintricaria, ParaheliophilusSp?, TigerHoverfly, DarkBush-cricket, Cantharisrustica

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

Cranefly Sp?



Dandellion (Taraxacum Sp?)





Fly Sp?



Hairy Shield Bug (



Harvestmen Sp



Snail Sp



Spider Sp

Tags: Landscape, CraneflySp, DandelionSp, FlySp, HairyShieldbug

Cuckoo Flower (Cardamine pratensis)



Plus friend

Micropterix calthella



Wild Strawberry (Fragaria vesca)



Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)



Mating 14 Spot Ladybird (Propylea quattuordecimpunctata)



Black Bryony (Dioscorea communis)

Heart shaped leaves, no tendrils.





Salad Burnet (Sanguisorbia minor)



Crosswort (Cruciata laevipes)



Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis)



Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)



Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)



Hawthron (Crataegus monogyna)



Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris)





Flat Neckera (Neckera complanata)







Common Rock Rose (Helianthemum nummularium)





Sanicle (Sanicula europea)







Early Purple Orchid (Orchis mascula)







Fissidens Sp?





Green Shield Bug (Palomena prasina)









Hairy Shield Bug (Dolycoris baccarum)



Hazel Rust of some kind?





Bird's - foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)









Medic Sp?

Black Medic (Medicago lupulina)





Striped Woodlouse (Philiscia muscorum)



Cowslip (Primula veris)





Spider Sp



Spider Sp





Spider Sp?

Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)?





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Weevil Sp?

This turned out to be quite complicated.

There are a fair number of small green weevil species and they fall into two familes apparently.

Phyllobius & Polydrusus Weevils.

They both feed on the foliage of various plants. In this casing mating on Dogwood.

The families can be separated by the insertion point of the antennae. In all Phyllobius species the insertion point is visible from above. In Polydrusus species this is not the case.

Another caveat is that not all Polydrusus species are green.

An introduction to this identification conundrum can be found on

Phyllobius Weevils at Eakring Birds

In this case the antennae insertion points appear to visible form above so a Phyllobius Sp

Needless to say there is another family in the melting pot - Pachyrhinus, which looks similar to both Phyllobius & Polydrusus species.




White Bedstraw (Gallium album)











Yellow Meadow Ant (Lasius flavus)

Tags: Landscape, CuckooFlower, WildStrawberry, HerbRobert, FissidensSp, WhiteBedstraw, FalseOxlip, GreenShieldBug, HairyShieldbug, YellowMeadowAnt, 16SpotLadybird, SaladBurnet, Crosswort, Dog'sMercury, YellowDungFly, StripedWoodlouse, BlackMedic, EarlyPurpleOrchid, CommonRockRose, Sanicle, FlatNeckera, Hawthorn, Dogwood, BlackBryony, WeevilSp