?



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

Tags: Landscape, BrambleSp, Honeysuckle, CarexSmut, HoneyCombCrust, FringedBog-moss, RoughChervil, CommonHogweed, PsllopsisfraxiniiAgg, BumbleBeeSp, VariedCarpetBeetle, Yellow-tailMoth, ChokeFungus, HylaeusSp, HymenoscyphusSp?, Hyenoscyphusviellinus, Vibresseafilisporia, GallonLime, SnowyDIsco, LichenSp, Pandoradipterigena, FlySp?, FruitFlySp?, BroadBucklerFern, BeetleSp, Grey-patchedMiningBee, Orange-tailedMiningBee, MyrmicaSp, AlderGall, Alexander'sRust, AlderBracket, Swollen-thighedFlowerBeetle, MicrandrenaSp, DottedThyme-moss, JuniperHaircap-moss, SphagnumSp, DewdropBonnet, OrangeBonnet, Orange-tailedMiningBee, FrostyBonnet, MosquitoSp, CommonRed-leggedRobberfly, Stripe-leggedRobberfly, CommonAwlRobberfly, VioletRobberfly, Riponnensiasplendens, LichenSp, RedFescue, Theridiosomagemmosum, Thick-leggedHoverfly, SputnikSpider

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)

Tags: GallSp, Alder, AphidSp, AntSp, CommonGreenFurrowBee, ChokeFungus, Eristalispertinax, Eristalisintricaria, SevenSpotLadybird, Harlequin, Lejogastermetallina, CommonLizard, MalachiteBeetle, MarshClickBeetle, Melngynacompositarum, MosquitoSp, MothSp, Yellow-barredLonghornBeetle, Ornage-tailedPlumehorn, Chrysophiluscristatus, Eupeodesluniger, Golden-bloonedGreyLonghorn, Hairy-leggedHorsefly, Chrysogastersolstitialis, CraneflySp