Strumpshaw Fen
Galls on Alder (Alnus gluinosa) Leaves
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
Aphid Sp
Common Green Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)
Beetle Sp?
Grammoptera ruficornis
Beetle Sp?
Choke Fungus (Epichloe typhina)
Cramp - ball Fungus Weevil (Platyrhinus resinosus)
The larva develop inside Cramp-balls.
Cranefly Sp?
Tipula fulvipennis?
Cranefly Sp?
Nephrotoma flavipalpis perhaps?
Cranefly Sp?
Nigrotipula nigra
♂︎
♀︎
Snipe Fly Sp?
Chrysopilus cristatus
♂︎
♀︎
Chrysogaster solstitialis
Note the markedly purple colouration of the thorax
Eupeodes luniger
Not quite
Gill Judd commented
I think it is E. corollae, as the yellow bands reach the margins of the abdomen.
Fly Sp?
Fly Sp?
Parastised by a fungus.
Rust & Galls on a willow (Salix Sp?)
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Aganpathis villosoviridescens)
Horsefly Sp?
Hairy-legged Horsefly (Hybomitra bimaculata)
Eristalis pertinax ♂︎
Orange-belted Plumehorn (Volucella inflata)
Eristalis intricaria
Seven Spot Ladybird Larva (Coccinella semipunctata)
Harlequin (Harmonia axyridis - succinea)
Lejogaster metallina
Common Lizard (Zootoca viviparia) A nice green variety.
Yellow-barred Longhorn (Nemphora degeerella)
Malachite Beetle (Malachius bipustulatus)
Marsh Click Beetle (Actinicerus sjaelandicus)
Melangyna compositarum
Thorax dull
Mosquito Sp?
Moth Sp?
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobeus pomaceus)
?
This is probably a young Cranefly (Limonia Sp) that has yet to colour up.
Thanks to NNNS via Twitter.
Fly Sp? on ?
Puccinia rust on willow.
Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
♂︎
Riponensia splendens
Gall Sp? on Willow
Rust Sp on Willow
Sawfly Sp?
Tenthredo mesomela
Moth Sp?
Snail Sp?
Kentish Snail (Monacha cantiana)
Snipe Fly Sp?
Rhagio tringarius
?
Spider Sp?
Spider Sp?
Aphids on Thistle
Possiby Black spindle-thistle Aphid (Aphis fabae cirsiiacanthoidis)
Mating Pair
Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tropidiua scita)
Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)
Viburnum Leaf Beetle having a jolly good go at the Viburnum.
Thanks to NNNS via Twitter
Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis)
Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysarcoris venustissimus)
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
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♂︎
Marty's Marsh
Alder Fly (Sialis luteria)
Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)
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
St Mark's Fly (Bibio marci)
Not quite
Milky white wings suggest this is Bibio leucopteris
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)
Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)
Conical Brittlestem (Psytherella conopilus)
Reed Beetle Sp?
Plateumaris Sp?
In fact Plateumaris sericea
elyhtra impessions near the sutra, antenomere 4 about 2.5 times as long as wide.
Bug Sp?
Licoris tripustulatus?
from
British Bugs
Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Cheilosia illustrata ♂︎
European Cinch Bug (Ischnodemus sabuleti)
Click Beetle Sp?
Common Brown Click Beetle (Athous haemorrhoidalis)
Click Beetles - Elateridae - Naturespot
Xysticus cristatus
Spider Sp?
Xysticus ulmi
CraneFly Sp?
Philidorea ferruginea?
in fact
Molophilus obscurus
CraneFly Sp?
Tipula luna
CraneFly Sp
Limonia nigropunctata with mites Calyptostoma velutinum
Dagger Fly Sp
Empis trigramma
Dagger Flies - Empididae - Naturespot
Dasysyrphus Sp
Broad-barred Fleckwing (Dasysyrphus venustus)
Stephen Falk - Dasysyrphus
Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus)
Downy Mildew Sp
Bremmia centaureae on Common Knapweed
Striped Woodlouse (Phloscia muscorum)
British Myriapod and Isopod Group
Unknown eggs
Eupeodes Luniger
Pustules on leaf of Creeping Buttercup (Entyloma microsporum)
Fly Sp?
FlySp?
Fannia lustrator possibly?
Fly Sp?
Leucophora Sp?
from
NatureSpot
Red-and-black Froghopper (Caropsis vulnerata)
Dilated Scalewort (Frullenia dilatata with perianths)
An unidentified fungi?
Still unidentified from last year?
Glistening Inkcap (Coprinellus micaceus)
Soldier Beetle Sp?
Cantharis decipiens?
From
Naturspot
Amber Snail (Succinea putris)
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)?
Crane Fly Sp
Limonia Sp
Tricyphoma immaculata
Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Cheilosia impressa
Distinct yellow bases to the females wings.
Hoverfly Sp
Marmalade Hoverfly (Epysyrphus balteatus)
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?
Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomeraceus)
Fly Sp?
Sawfly Sp?
Ovipositing on equisetum.
Dolerus vestigialis
from
Sawflies of Britain & Ireland
Mayfly Sp
Large Spurwing (Procleon pennulatum)
Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella)
Meadow Longhorn (Cauchas rufimitrella) on Cuckpo Flower (Cardamine pratensis)
Micropterix calthella
Larval feeding signs of Dark Thistle Case-bearer on Common Knapweed
Common Case-bearer (Coleophora paripenella) on Down Birch
Nettle Rust (Puccinia urticata)
Common Nettle Tap (Anthophila fabriciana)
Nursery Web Spider (Pisaura mirabilis)
CraneFly Sp
Tipula lunata
Fly Sp
Psilia fimetaria/merida
Spider Sp
Araneus marmoreus
Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea)
Pyrenopeziza inornata on Burdock Stem
Dennisiodiscus prasinus on Reed Sweet-grass
Geomyza combinata agg
Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticormis)
Pegomya Sp?
Possibly Pegomya bicolor?
from
Nature Spot
Moth Sp
Rush Marble (Bactra lancealana)
Sawfly Sp?
Sedge Sp?
Common Sedge (Carex nigra)
Snail Sp?
Snail Sp
Kentish Snails (Monacha cantiana)
Soldier Beetle Sp?
Probably (Cantharis pellucida)
Cantharis pellucida - Naturespot
Soldier Beetles - Cantharidae - Naturespot
Soldier Fly Sp?
Possibly Murky-legged Black Legionnaire (Beris chalybata) but difficult to see the colour of the abdomen.
Legionnaiires - Nature Spot
♂︎
Globetail Sp
Sphaerophora scripta
Stephen Falk's Globetail Page
Common Twist Tail (Sphaerophora scripta ♀︎)
Common Orange Lichen or Maritime Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) + Spider Sp + Fungus Sp Didymocyrtis slaptoniensis
Common Orange Lichen or Maritime Sunburst Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) + Spider Sp
Spider Sp?
Tetragnatha Sp?
Sulphur Tubic (Esperia sulphurella)
Crane Fly Sp?
Limona phragmatidis
Young Kentish Snail, (Monacha cantiana) which has hairs that wear off.
Spider Sp?
Wolf's Milk or Groening's Slime (Lycogala epidendrum)
Woundwort Shield Bug (Eysacoris venustissimus)
Yellow Fieldcap (Bolbitius titubans)
On the Gatepost
to
Blofield Church
Malthinus balteatus
On the underside of an Oak Leaf
in the Churchyard
Mayfly Sp
Large Spurwing (Procleon pennulatum)
Many, many thanks to Stewart for all the corrections and ids
Alderford Common
Adder's Tongue Fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)
Dark-edged Bee-fly (Bombylius major)
The head view of a (Baccha elongata)
Limonia nigropunctata?
Epistophe elegans ♂︎
Eupeodes luniger ♀︎
Fly Sp
Sawfly Sp?
Fly Sp mating
Early Forget-me-not (Myosotis ramosissima)
Platycheirus Sp?
Cheilosia albitarsis/ Cheilosia ranunculi agg ?
From
Naturespot
Nomada flava ♀︎
Two coloured Mason Bee or Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor)
Common Snout (Rhingia campestris)
Sawfly Sp?
Aglaostigma fulvipes?
Syrphus Sp