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Strumpshaw Fen

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Galls on Alder (Alnus gluinosa) Leaves

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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

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Aphid Sp

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Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)

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Beetle Sp?

Grammoptera ruficornis

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Beetle Sp?

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Choke Fungus (Epichloe typhina)

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Cramp - ball Fungus Weevil (Platyrhinus resinosus)

The larva develop inside Cramp-balls.

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Cranefly Sp?

Tipula fulvipennis?

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Cranefly Sp?

Nephrotoma flavipalpis perhaps?

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Cranefly Sp?

Nigrotipula nigra

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♂︎

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Snipe Fly Sp?

Chrysopilus cristatus

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Chrysogaster solstitialis

Note the markedly purple colouration of the thorax

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Eupeodes luniger

Not quite

Gill Judd commented

I think it is E. corollae, as the yellow bands reach the margins of the abdomen.

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Fly Sp?

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Fly Sp?

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Parastised by a fungus.

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Rust & Galls on a willow (Salix Sp?)

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Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Aganpathis villosoviridescens)

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Horsefly Sp?

Hairy-legged Horsefly (Hybomitra bimaculata)

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Eristalis pertinax ♂︎

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Orange-belted Plumehorn (Volucella inflata)

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Eristalis intricaria

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Seven Spot Ladybird Larva (Coccinella semipunctata)

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Harlequin (Harmonia axyridis - succinea)

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Lejogaster metallina

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Common Lizard (Zootoca viviparia) A nice green variety.

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Yellow-barred Longhorn (Nemphora degeerella)

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Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus)

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Marsh Click Beetle (Actinicerus sjaelandicus)

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Melangyna compositarum

Thorax dull

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Mosquito Sp?

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Moth Sp?

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Nettle Weevil (Phyllobeus pomaceus)

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?

This is probably a young Cranefly (Limonia Sp) that has yet to colour up.

Thanks to NNNS via Twitter.

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Fly Sp? on ?

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Puccinia rust on willow.

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Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

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Riponensia splendens

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Gall Sp? on Willow

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Rust Sp on Willow

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Sawfly Sp?

Tenthredo mesomela

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Moth Sp?

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Snail Sp?

Kentish Snail (Monacha cantiana)

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Snipe Fly Sp?

Rhagio tringarius

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?

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Spider Sp?

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Spider Sp?

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Aphids on Thistle

Possiby Black spindle-thistle Aphid (Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis)

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Mating Pair

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Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tropidiua scita)

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Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

Viburnum Leaf Beetle having a jolly good go at the Viburnum.

Thanks to NNNS via Twitter

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Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)

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Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus)

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Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

Comments

Hanworth

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Cornus Sp

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Cranefly Sp?

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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

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Yelllow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)

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Yellow Rattle (Rjinanathus minor)

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White Climbing Rose

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Last wing & testament.

Crane Fly Sp

Thanks to NNS via Twitter

Comments

Thompson Common

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Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea) coming into flower.

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Cranefly Sp?

Nephortoma appendiculata ?

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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.

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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

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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)

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New Silver Birch (Betual pendula) growth on a mature trunk.

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A very nice patch of Hart's Tongue Fern (Aspelenum scolopendrum) in gorgeous spring green.

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New growth of Tufted Hair Grass (Deschamsia caespitosa)

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Water Violets (Hottonia palustris) in the foreground.

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Swathes of golden Marsh Yellow-cress (Rorippa palustris) in the pingo.

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Common Spike-rush (Eleocharis palustris)

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Marsh Yellow-cress (Rorippa palustris)

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Common Smoothcap (Atrichum undulatum)

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False Fox Sedge (Carx otrubae) or hybrid?

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Purple Moor-grass (Mollinia cerulea)

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Hoverfly Sp

Common Copperback (Ferdinandea cuprea)

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Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga stercoraria)

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Yellow-barred Longhorn Moth (Nemophora degeerella)

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?

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Banded Mosquito (Culiseta annulata)

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Cyperus Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)

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Marsh Yellow-cress and True Bullrush (Schoenoplectus lacustris)stems

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Marsh Yellow-cress, True Bullrush & Reed mace (Typha latifolia)

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The very beautiful Carnation Sedge (Carex panacea)

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Downy Oat Grass (Avenula pubescens) or Meadow Oat grass (Avenula pratensis)

Either way a rather lovely distinctive grass

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A subtly purple tinged grass with tiny leaves, boat (Kyak) like leaf tips and a strong, rigid stem.

Spreading Meadow Grass (Poa humilis)

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Down in the grass a pair of mating picture wing flies.

Rivellia syngenesiae ?

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Young Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)

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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.

Comments

Marty's Marsh

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Alder Fly (Sialis luteria)

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Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)

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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

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St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci)

Not quite

Milky white wings suggest this is Bibio leucopteris

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Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)

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Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)

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Conical Brittlestem (Psytherella conopilus)

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Reed Beetle Sp?

Plateumaris Sp?

In fact Plateumaris sericea

elyhtra impessions near the sutra, antenomere 4 about 2.5 times as long as wide.

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Bug Sp?

Licoris tripustulatus?

from
British Bugs


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Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)

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Cheilosia illustrata ♂︎

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European Cinch Bug (Ischnodemus sabuleti)

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Click Beetle Sp?

Common Brown Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis)

Click Beetles - Elateridae - Naturespot

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Xysticus cristatus

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Spider Sp?

Xysticus ulmi

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CraneFly Sp?

Philidorea ferruginea?

in fact

Molophilus obscurus

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CraneFly Sp?

Tipula luna

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CraneFly Sp

Limonia nigropunctata with mites Calyptostoma velutinum

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Dagger Fly Sp

Empis trigramma

Dagger Flies - Empididae - Naturespot

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Dasysyrphus Sp

Broad-barred Fleckwing (Dasysyrphus venustus)

Stephen Falk - Dasysyrphus

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Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)

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Downy Mildew Sp

Bremmia centaureae on Common Knapweed

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Striped Woodlouse (Phloscia muscorum)

British Myriapod and Isopod Group

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Unknown eggs

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Eupeodes Luniger

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Pustules on leaf of Creeping Buttercup (Entyloma microsporum)

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Fly Sp?

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FlySp?

Fannia lustrator possibly?

Marty'sMarshFlySp140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshFlySp140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Fly Sp?

Leucophora Sp?

from
NatureSpot


Marty'sMarshFroghopper140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshFroghopper140523-3-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshFroghopper140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Red-and-black Froghopper (Caropsis vulnerata)

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Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata with perianths)

Marty'sMarshFungus140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

An unidentified fungi?

Still unidentified from last year?

Marty'sMarshGlosteningInkcap140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)

Marty'sMarshGoldenBody140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Soldier Beetle Sp?

Cantharis decipiens?

From
Naturspot


Marty'sMarshGoldenSnail140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Amber Snail (Succinea putris)

Marty'sMarshGreenWeevil140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshGreenWeevil140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)?

Marty'sMarshGreyCranefly140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshGreyCranefly140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Crane Fly Sp

Limonia Sp

Tricyphoma immaculata

Marty'sMarshHawthorn140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Marty'sMarshHover2140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshHover2140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshHover2140523-3-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshHover2140523-4-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshHover3140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Cheilosia impressa

Distinct yellow bases to the females wings.

Marty'sMarshHoverSp140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Hoverfly Sp

Marmalade Hoverfly (Epysyrphus balteatus)

Marty'sMarshIchmeumon140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshIchmeumon140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

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?

Marty'sMarshLargeGreenWeevil140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

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Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)

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Fly Sp?

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Sawfly Sp?

Ovipositing on equisetum.

Dolerus vestigialis

from
Sawflies of Britain & Ireland


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Mayfly Sp

Large Spurwing (Procleon pennulatum)

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Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella)

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Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) on Cuckpo Flower (Cardamine pratensis)

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Marty'sMarshMicopterix140523-3-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Micropterix calthella

Marty'sMarshMothHoles140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshMothHoles140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Larval feeding signs of Dark Thistle Case-bearer on Common Knapweed

Marty'sMarshMothHoles2140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Common Case-bearer (Coleophora paripenella) on Down Birch

Marty'sMarshNettleRust140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Nettle Rust (Puccinia urticata)

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Common Nettle Tap (Anthophila fabriciana)

Marty'sMarshNirseryWeb140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)

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CraneFly Sp

Tipula lunata

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Fly Sp

Psilia fimetaria/merida

Marty'sMarshOrSpider140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Spider Sp

Araneus marmoreus

Marty'sMarshParentBug140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshParentBug140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea)

Marty'sMarshPeziza140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Pyrenopeziza inornata on Burdock Stem

Marty'sMarshPeziza2140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Dennisiodiscus prasinus on Reed Sweet-grass

Marty'sMarshPictureWing140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshPictureWing140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Geomyza combinata agg

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Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticormis)

Marty'sMarshRedEyedFly140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshRedEyedFly140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Pegomya Sp?

Possibly Pegomya bicolor?

from
Nature Spot


Marty'sMarshRush140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshRush140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Moth Sp

Rush Marble (Bactra lancealana)

Marty'sMarshSawfly140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Sawfly Sp?

Marty'sMarshSedge140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshSedge140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Sedge Sp?

Common Sedge (Carex nigra)

Marty'sMarshSnailSp140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Snail Sp?

Marty'sMarshSnailSps140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshSnailSps140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Snail Sp

Kentish Snails (Monacha cantiana)

Marty'sMarshSoldierBeetle140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Soldier Beetle Sp?

Probably (Cantharis pellucida)

Cantharis pellucida - Naturespot

Soldier Beetles - Cantharidae - Naturespot

Marty'sMarshSoldierFly140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshSoldierfly140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Soldier Fly Sp?

Possibly Murky-legged Black Legionnaire (Beris chalybata) but difficult to see the colour of the abdomen.


Legionnaiires - Nature Spot

Marty'sMarshSpaerophora2140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshSpaerophora2140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshSpaerophora2140523-3-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

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Marty'sMarshSphaerophoria140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshSphaerophoria140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Globetail Sp

Sphaerophora scripta

Stephen Falk's Globetail Page

Marty'sMarshSphaerophoria140523-3-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Common Twist Tail (Sphaerophora scripta ♀︎)

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Common Orange Lichen or Maritime Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) + Spider Sp + Fungus Sp Didymocyrtis slaptoniensis

Marty'sMarshSpider&Fungus140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Common Orange Lichen or Maritime Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) + Spider Sp

Marty'sMarshSpiderSp140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Spider Sp?

Tetragnatha Sp?

Marty'sMarshSulphur140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Sulphur Tubic (Esperia sulphurella)

Marty'sMarshTowCranes140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Crane Fly Sp?

Limona phragmatidis

Marty'sMarshWhiteLippedShell140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Young Kentish Snail, (Monacha cantiana) which has hairs that wear off.

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Spider Sp?

Marty'sMarshWolf'sBlood140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Wolf's Milk or Groening's Slime (Lycogala epidendrum)

Marty'sMarshWoundwortShied140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshWoundwortShied140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysacoris venustissimus)

Marty'sMarshYellowFieldCap140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Marty'sMarshYellowFieldCap140523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans)

On the Gatepost
to
Blofield Church

Marty'sMarshtowYellowSpot140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Malthinus balteatus

On the underside of an Oak Leaf
in the Churchyard

Marty'sMarshMayfly140523-1-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Mayfly Sp

Large Spurwing (Procleon pennulatum)

Many, many thanks to Stewart for all the corrections and ids

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Whixall Moss - Shropshire

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WhixallMoss070523-2L

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Cranefly Sp?

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Dandellion (Taraxacum Sp?)

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WhixallMossFlySp2070523-2-NEF_DxO_DeepPRIME

Fly Sp?

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Hairy Shield Bug (

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Harvestmen Sp

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Snail Sp

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Spider Sp

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