Fruit Fly Sp?



Cheilosia impressa



Purple Hairstreak ♀︎ (Neozephryus quercus)



Orange Balsam (Impatiens capensis)





Bifid Hempnettle (Galeopsis bifida)



Stingless Nettle (Urtica dioica ssp galeopsifolia)



Pink Water Speedwell (Veronica catenata)





Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)



Marsh Fly Sp?





Carabus granulatus?



















Hogweed Fly-fox (Ectemnius lituratus) perhaps on Milk Parsley (Peucedanum palustre)

Stephen Falk - Hogweed Fly-fox



Swallow Tail (Papilio machaeon) caterpillar





















Longhorn Beetle Sp

Musk Beetle (Aromia moschata)







Creeping Jenny (Lysimachia nummularia)





Under the Carr Woodland







Water-pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)



Gasteruption Sp?



Duckweed

Greater Duckweed and Common Duckeed present





Fat Duckweed (Lemna gibba)



Ivy-leaved Duckweed (Lemna triscula)



Common Duckweed (Lemna minor)





Greater Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)













Cowbane (Cicuta virosa)







Bithynia sp? with lid

Possibly B tentaculata but confirmation arriving later.



Great Pond Snail (Lymnaea stagnalis)?





Spire small but sharply pointed.

Radix balthica?



Great Ram's-horn (Panorbarius corneus)?



For comparison

The Ram's-horn on the left with three whorls and the small one on the right with four tightly coiled whorls.

So although a young snail on the right it is not a young of the snail on the left.

Anisus Sp?





Amber Snail Sp

Succinia putris ?


Identifying Freshwater Molluscs

from

Naturespot



Lesser Water-parsnip (Berula erecta)





Lacewing Larvae carrying debris

The upper image seems to have flies as part of the luggage







Because of the yellow face , first thought was Hairy Yellow-face.

But too hairy and the legs were too hairy as well.

Thanks to Anne Crotty's comments this became

a

Yellow Loosestrife Bee ♂︎ (Macropis europea)

Have only seen females with lots of pollen on previously so nice to realise a male.





Some hairs visible on the leaf edges.



Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus)







Small Teasel (Dipasacus pilosus)



Hazel nuts (Corylus avellana)



Dolichopus Sp?



Chrysopilus cristatus ♀︎





Wasp Plumehorn (Volucella inanis)





Pellucid Fly (Volucella pellucens)



















Harvestmen Sp?

Leiobunum rotundum





Golden-tailed Leaf Licker (Xylota sylvarum)





Interesting whirl of leaves on the fern.

Gall?

Very happy to receive correction and comments.

Tags: Landscape, FruitFlySp, Cheilosiaimpressa, PurpleHairstreak, AmberSnailSp, LesserWater-parsnip, LacewingLarva, YellowLoosestrifeBee, GreaterBird's-footTrefoil, SmallTeasel, Hazel, DolichopusSp, SnipeFly, WaspPlumehorn, PellucidFly, Golden-tailedLeafLicker, FernGalls, OrangeBalsam, GreatedDuckweed, Cowbane, BithyniaSp, CommonPondSnail, BifidHempnettle, EarPondsnail, GreatRam's-horn, StinglessNettle, Carabusgranulatus, EctemniusSp, MuskBeetle, CreepingJenny, Water-pepper, GasteruptionSp, FatDuckweed, Ivy-leavedDuckweed, CommonDuckweed, Swallowtail, MarshFlySp, Skullcap

♀︎

Seemed to be having huge difficulty finding a nest hole although she's not carrying pollen.

First time of clearly seeing the dark yellow hairs on her hind legs that are usually covered with pollen.



♂︎

Sheltering in the hawkweed as the cloud came over.





Big Shaggy Bee (Panurgus banksianus)

Two females also using the flowers for shelter when the sun went in.



Spotted Cranefly (Nephroma appendiculata)?







Ornate-tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis & prey (Lasioglossum Sp?)







Dodder (Cuscata epithymum)



Satellite Fly at a Bee nesting aggregation



Possibly the one that got away.









Dwarf Gorse (Ulex minor) flowering in late spring/summer contracts well with the Heather



Pincushion Sp (Ulotta Sp?)





Moth Sp?

Heather Neb (Aristotelia ericinella)

Thanks to Tony Moverley for id.



Oak Knopper Gall





Acorns





Mildew & Mines on the Oak leaves

and

there were some small white faced
flies
dancing about

on the leaves

and

lo

and

behold







a

Purple Hairstreak ♀︎ (Neozephyrus quercus)

appeared

at

eye

level?









Pantaloon Bee ♂︎ (Dasypoda hirtirpes)





Robberfly Sp?

Kite-tailed Robberfly (Machismus atricapillus)?





Heather Shield Bug (Rhacognathus punctatus) Instar





Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)



Green Tiger Beetle (Cicindela campestris)







Wasp Sp?

Ectemnius Sp?

this turned out

to be

Digger Wasp (Lindenius panzeri)

Thanks to Nick Owens for id





Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)

Tags: BigShaggyBee, HeatherNeb, SpottedCranefly, DiggerWasp, Ornate-tailedDiggerWasp, Dodder, SatelliteFly, DwarfGorse, MothSp, OakSp, PantaloonBee, Kite-tailedRobberFly, HeatherShieldBug, SmallSkipper, GreenTigerBeetle, EctemniusSp, LesserStitchwort, PurpleHairstreak, PincushionSp