Hanworth
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)
Trinity Broads
?
Alder Bracket (Inonotus radiatus)
Galls on Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
X400
Alexander's Rust (Puccinia smyrnii)
Myrmica Sp?
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)?
Vana Bartlett commented
Andrena haemorrhoa is incorrect, looks like a Micrandrena sp to me though can't judge size -
presume it was quite small? haemorrhoa has orange hind tibia as well as the orange 'tail' - several other species have orange tail too.
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida?)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida?)
Beetle Sp?
Swollen-thighed Flower Beetle ♀︎(Odemera nobilis)
Bramble Sp?
Bumble Bee Sp?
Vestal Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus vestalis)
Bumble bee Sp?
White-tailed Bumble Bee ♂︎ (Bombus lucorum)
Long straw coloured elaters producing masses of brown spores
Smut (Farysia thuemenii) on Carex riparia
Varied Carpet Beetle (anthrenus verbasci)
Yellow-tail Moth (Euproctis similis)
Choke Fungus (Epichloe typhina) on Creeping Soft-grass (Holcus mollis)
Broad Buckler Fern (Dropteris dilatata)
The top image showing the clustered leaves of the tip of the plant brought
together in a tangled mass for insect larvae?
The lower image showing the sori
An entomophagous Fungus
Pandora dipterigena
Pandora Fungus for Wikipedia
Fly Sp?
Root-maggot Fly Sp?
Possibly Hylemya vagans/nigramana?
Although the abdomen might not be bristly enough.
Fruit Fly Sp?
Drosophila melanogaster?
Fly Sp?
Psyllopsis fraxini Agg
Pale rolled leaves turning purple or red indicate the presence of a Phyllid - Phyllopsis fraxini
There are in fact three similar species that could be responsible but are difficult to identify, hence P fraxinii Agg
Gallerina Sp? nestled in amongst Swan's-neck Thyme Moss (Mnium hornum)
Gallerina hypnorum
Larvae in the bent over lobe of an Oak Leaf
Another species uses the bent over flap of the edge of an Oak leaf
Rough Chervil (Cherophyllum temulum)
Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Honeycomb Crust (Antrodia ramentacea)
Not quite
As Anne later commented
Also the resupinate I took home wasn’t Antrodia ramantacea. The spores were completely wrong.
When I rehydrated it at home, it looked very similar to Schizopora paradoxa.
And although the spores were on the large side, they were identical to S.paradoxa.
It is a very variable species and can produce irpicoid pore surface making
it look very similar to other (more interesting!!) resupinates.
Still a rather nice pore surface.
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Hylaeus Sp ♀︎?
There are several species with a pair of whitish stripes on the pronotal collar.
eg White-jawed Yellow Face (Hylaeus confusus), Hairy Yellow Face (Hylaeus hyalinatus), Chalk Yellow Face (Hylaeus dilatatus)
So difficult to be sure from these images.
Vanna Bartlett commented
The Hylaeus is most likely hyalinatus - the white hair fringe on side of tergite 1 rule out communis,
the shape of the yellow facial spots indicate hyalinatus or confusus,
the long face with wide malar gap lean towards hyalinatus.
Hymenoscyphus Sp?
I reckon that the Hymenoscyphus (on wet rotting root of Angelica) was H. vitellinus
based on cap colour, spore size/shape and paraphyses shape. Reference P. Thompson: Ascomycetes.
Yvonne took some home too. However, I see that there are 176 taxa associated with the genus Hymenoscyphus on
FRDBI and my 3 books (FTE, Thompson & B&K) don’t cover anywhere near that number.
From Tony M
Confirmed with qualification from Yvonne
Agree with Tony about the Hymenoscyphus and the Ganoderma on the Eucalyptus, using same references.
I now think the stems the Hymenoscyphus were on were Filipendula and I noticed that there were also Orbilia present on these.
I have been down that rabbit hole before so left those - I might look at them another time.
Vibrissea filisporia
Lachnum Sp?
Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgineum)
Lichen Sp?
Cliostomum grifithii
Lecanora expallens Turns orange under UV light
Lichen Sp?
Lepraria incana (The green one)
Plant Gall on Lime (Tilia platyphyllos)
Swelling of stem & petiole caused by a Fly Sp? (Contarinia tiliarum)
Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea ♀︎)
Micrandrena Sp?
Quite hairy on the thorax so possibly Andrena minutula
Again
Micrandrena Sp?
Quite hairy on the thorax so possibly Andrena minutula
Mosquito Sp?
Mosquito Sp? with mites.
Dotted Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium punctatum)
Juniper Haircap-moss (Polytrichum juniperinum)
Sphagnum Sp?
Fringed Bog-moss (Sphagnum fimbriatum)
Moth Sp?
Moth Sp?
Frosty Bonnet (Mycena tenerrima)
Dewdrop Bonnet (Hemimycena tortuosa)
Orange Bonnet (Mycena acicula)
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)?
Seed head Sp?
A leaf beetle larva carrying its fecal shield.
From Current Zoology
The fecal shield is a double-edged sword for larvae of a leaf beetle.
from
Wired
Absurd Creature of the Week
Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
Common Red-legged Hoverfly ♀︎ (Dioctria rufipes)
Stripe-legged Robberfly (Dioctria baumhaueri)
Common Awl Robberfly - (Neoitamus cyanurus)
Violet Black-legged Robberfly (Dioctria atricapilla)?
Riponnensia Splendens
Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)
Script Lichen Sp? (Ophiogramma Sp?)
Spider Egg Sp?
Sack hanging by a thread about six foot from the ground.
Just wonderful.
From Spider & Harvestmen Recording Site
Theridiosoma gemmosum
Thick-legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Sputnik Spider (Paidiscura pallens)
Pellucid Fly (Volucella pelluscens)
Ganoderma Sp?
Southern Bracket (Ganoderma australe)
Based on spore size 9.5x6.5 from Tony M & confirmed by Yvonne
Trinity Broads
?
Alder Bracket (Inonotus radiatus)
Galls on Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
X400
Alexander's Rust (Puccinia smyrnii)
Myrmica Sp?
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)?
Vana Bartlett commented
Andrena haemorrhoa is incorrect, looks like a Micrandrena sp to me though can't judge size -
presume it was quite small? haemorrhoa has orange hind tibia as well as the orange 'tail' - several other species have orange tail too.
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida?)
Grey-patched Mining Bee (Andrena nitida?)
Beetle Sp?
Swollen-thighed Flower Beetle ♀︎(Odemera nobilis)
Bramble Sp?
Bumble Bee Sp?
Vestal Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus vestalis)
Bumble bee Sp?
White-tailed Bumble Bee ♂︎ (Bombus lucorum)
Long straw coloured elaters producing masses of brown spores
Smut (Farysia thuemenii) on Carex riparia
Varied Carpet Beetle (anthrenus verbasci)
Yellow-tail Moth (Euproctis similis)
Choke Fungus (Epichloe typhina) on Creeping Soft-grass (Holcus mollis)
Broad Buckler Fern (Dropteris dilatata)
The top image showing the clustered leaves of the tip of the plant brought
together in a tangled mass for insect larvae?
The lower image showing the sori
An entomophagous Fungus
Pandora dipterigena
Pandora Fungus for Wikipedia
Fly Sp?
Root-maggot Fly Sp?
Possibly Hylemya vagans/nigramana?
Although the abdomen might not be bristly enough.
Fruit Fly Sp?
Drosophila melanogaster?
Fly Sp?
Psyllopsis fraxini Agg
Pale rolled leaves turning purple or red indicate the presence of a Phyllid - Phyllopsis fraxini
There are in fact three similar species that could be responsible but are difficult to identify, hence P fraxinii Agg
Gallerina Sp? nestled in amongst Swan's-neck Thyme Moss (Mnium hornum)
Gallerina hypnorum
Larvae in the bent over lobe of an Oak Leaf
Another species uses the bent over flap of the edge of an Oak leaf
Rough Chervil (Cherophyllum temulum)
Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)
Honeycomb Crust (Antrodia ramentacea)
Not quite
As Anne later commented
Also the resupinate I took home wasn’t Antrodia ramantacea. The spores were completely wrong.
When I rehydrated it at home, it looked very similar to Schizopora paradoxa.
And although the spores were on the large side, they were identical to S.paradoxa.
It is a very variable species and can produce irpicoid pore surface making
it look very similar to other (more interesting!!) resupinates.
Still a rather nice pore surface.
Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)
Hylaeus Sp ♀︎?
There are several species with a pair of whitish stripes on the pronotal collar.
eg White-jawed Yellow Face (Hylaeus confusus), Hairy Yellow Face (Hylaeus hyalinatus), Chalk Yellow Face (Hylaeus dilatatus)
So difficult to be sure from these images.
Vanna Bartlett commented
The Hylaeus is most likely hyalinatus - the white hair fringe on side of tergite 1 rule out communis,
the shape of the yellow facial spots indicate hyalinatus or confusus,
the long face with wide malar gap lean towards hyalinatus.
Hymenoscyphus Sp?
I reckon that the Hymenoscyphus (on wet rotting root of Angelica) was H. vitellinus
based on cap colour, spore size/shape and paraphyses shape. Reference P. Thompson: Ascomycetes.
Yvonne took some home too. However, I see that there are 176 taxa associated with the genus Hymenoscyphus on
FRDBI and my 3 books (FTE, Thompson & B&K) don’t cover anywhere near that number.
From Tony M
Confirmed with qualification from Yvonne
Agree with Tony about the Hymenoscyphus and the Ganoderma on the Eucalyptus, using same references.
I now think the stems the Hymenoscyphus were on were Filipendula and I noticed that there were also Orbilia present on these.
I have been down that rabbit hole before so left those - I might look at them another time.
Vibrissea filisporia
Lachnum Sp?
Snowy Disco (Lachnum virgineum)
Lichen Sp?
Cliostomum grifithii
Lecanora expallens Turns orange under UV light
Lichen Sp?
Lepraria incana (The green one)
Plant Gall on Lime (Tilia platyphyllos)
Swelling of stem & petiole caused by a Fly Sp? (Contarinia tiliarum)
Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea ♀︎)
Micrandrena Sp?
Quite hairy on the thorax so possibly Andrena minutula
Again
Micrandrena Sp?
Quite hairy on the thorax so possibly Andrena minutula
Mosquito Sp?
Mosquito Sp? with mites.
Dotted Thyme-moss (Rhizomnium punctatum)
Juniper Haircap-moss (Polytrichum juniperinum)
Sphagnum Sp?
Fringed Bog-moss (Sphagnum fimbriatum)
Moth Sp?
Moth Sp?
Frosty Bonnet (Mycena tenerrima)
Dewdrop Bonnet (Hemimycena tortuosa)
Orange Bonnet (Mycena acicula)
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)?
Seed head Sp?
A leaf beetle larva carrying its fecal shield.
From Current Zoology
The fecal shield is a double-edged sword for larvae of a leaf beetle.
from
Wired
Absurd Creature of the Week
Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)
Common Red-legged Hoverfly ♀︎ (Dioctria rufipes)
Stripe-legged Robberfly (Dioctria baumhaueri)
Common Awl Robberfly - (Neoitamus cyanurus)
Violet Black-legged Robberfly (Dioctria atricapilla)?
Riponnensia Splendens
Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)
Script Lichen Sp? (Ophiogramma Sp?)
Spider Egg Sp?
Sack hanging by a thread about six foot from the ground.
Just wonderful.
From Spider & Harvestmen Recording Site
Theridiosoma gemmosum
Thick-legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Sputnik Spider (Paidiscura pallens)
Pellucid Fly (Volucella pelluscens)
Ganoderma Sp?
Southern Bracket (Ganoderma australe)
Based on spore size 9.5x6.5 from Tony M & confirmed by Yvonne
Hanworth
Red-girdled Mining Bee (Andrena labiata)
Cheilosia illustrata
Nephrotoma flavescens
Eristalis pertinax
Orange - tailed Mining bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Thick-legged Hoverfly (Syritta pipiens)
Hanworth
Eristalis pertinax ♂︎
On the face there is a narrow black shining stripe
set in broad dull darkened area.
Yello front and middle tarsi
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Eupeodes Sp ♀︎?
Helophilus pendulus ♀︎
Orange-legged Furrow Bee (Halictus rubicundus)?
Now I should have realised that the absence of the rima meant that it couldn't be a Halictus.
Neatly confirmed by Nick Owens (Thank you)
Actually
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)
Sphecodes Sp?
Possibly Sphecodes ephippius?
Quite large, red extends to T4 and the spines on the legs are a translucent reddish colour.
Nick Owens commented
The Sphecodes could be ephippius as seems to have short hairs on the front of T1 – not totally certain
Scaeva pyrastri
Just about to photograph a humback fly and…..
Black Wasp Sp?
Nick Owens commented
The black wasp is a Crossocerus species of which there are quite a few.
Crossocerus has the ocelli in an equilateral triangle and one submarginal cell on the wings both shown clearly
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Batman Hoverfly - Myothropa florea
Nomada ♂︎ Panzeri/Flava?
Syritta pipiens
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Hanworth
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)
Hanworth
Morea huttonii
Narcissus Bulb Fly (Merodon equestris)
Lasioglossum Sp?
Ichneumon Sp?
Fly Sp? Lucillia Sp?
Fly Sp?
Common Blue Damsel Fly (Enellagma cyathigerum)
Cranefly Sp?
Berberis thunbergii
Orange-tailed Mining Bee (Andrena haemorroha)
Speckled Bush Cricket (Nymph) (Leptophyse punctatissima)
Hanworth
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♂︎
