Waisted Duckfly (Anasimyia contracta)



Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifaciata)



Emperor Moth Caterpillar (Saturnia pavonia)



Yellow-tail Moth (Euproctis similis)



Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ishnura elegans) rufescens form



Blue-tailed Damselfly (Ishnura elegans)







Small Spotty-eyed Dronefly (Erastalinus sepulchris)























Fen Mason Wasp (Odynerus simillimus)



Mosquito Sp



Parhelophilus Sp



The dreaded 'Pustule'??



Robber Fly Sp?



Blue Long-horned Snail Killer (Sepedon sphegea)



Red-legged Shield Bug (Final instar nymph) (Pentatoma rufipes)





Spider Sp?





Wasp Sp?

Ectemnius lapidarius?









Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)



Shield Biug Nymph

Sp?

Not sure enough of the colour.

Tags: Swallowtail, WaspSp, SpiderSp, RobberflySp, MosquitoSp, Ectemniuslapidarius, BlueLong-hornedSnailKiller, FenMasonWasp, Blue-tailedDamselfly, Yellow-tailMoth, WaistedDuckfly, Four-bandedLonghornBeetle, SmallSpotty-eyedDronefly

Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)







Lesser Water-parsnip (Berula erecta)



Bog Hoverfly (Sericomyia silentis)



Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)



Spike Rush Sp?









Tawny Sedge (Carex hostiana)



Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris)



Spider Sp

Tags: Four-spottedChaser, FleaSedge, SpiderSp, MarshThistle, BogHoverfly

Sedge Smut (Farysia thuemenii)







Carnation Sedge (carex panacea)



Spider Sp



Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tropidia scita)

























Fen Mason Wasp (Odynerus simillimus) ♂︎s

Tags: FenMasonWasp, SpiderSp, SedgeSP, SedgeSmut, Tooth-thighedHoverfly

Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)



Spike Rush Sp



False Fox Sedge (Carex otrobae)







Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius)















Hairy-legged Horsefly (Hybomitra bimaculata)



Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)





Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tripidia scita)









Peacock caterpillars. (Aglais io)



Yvonne's Comments

They keyed out to

Psathyrella rubiginosa

but

this isn’t on the British list?

I’ve been
through the key a few times and can’t get it to anything else. This group is
notoriously difficult so I can’t really be sure. I have dried the specimens.





Cow Bane (Cicuta virosa)





Eye-lash Fungus

Yvonne's comments

I used the Malcolm Greaves’ on-line key to identify the Scutellinia
and
it was

S. superba

which describes it well I think !





Psathyrella Sp

Psathyrella typhae



Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus_















Sp?



Two-banded Spearhorn (Chrysotoxum bicintum)




Caterpillar Sp?







Oak Curtain Crust (Hymenochaete rubiginosa)





Ascobolus lignatilis



Slime Mold Sp

Stemonitopsis typhina ?







Spider Sp



Young Springtails (Collembola Sp)



A tiny presumed Vibrissea Sp on an Oak Leaf

Vibrissea cesatii



Plasmopara densa on Yellow Rattle (Rhinanthus minor)

Although I should have turned it over as well.















Small Yellow-girdled Tenthredo (Tenthredo temula)



The reverse of a Bog Myrtle leaf showing the tiny yellow oil glands
that give the plant its characteristic sweet aroma



Groundhopper Sp





Cheilosia illustrata



Ferruginous Bee-grabber (Sicus ferrugineus)











Being attacked by an Empis Fly?



Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula)

Tags: MarshOrchid, SpikeRushSp, Hairy-leggedHorsefly, SlimeMoldSp, SpiderSp, SprintailSp, VibrisseaSp, SmallYellow-girdledTenthredo, GroundhopperSp, Cheilosiaillustrata, FerruginousBee-grabber, GreenColonel, FalseFoxSedge, ToadRush, Landscape, CowBane, EyelashFungus, PsathyrellaSp, Two-bandedSpearhorn, Four-spottedChaser, Tooth-thighedHoverfly, Peacock, Landscape

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Banded Demoiselle (Calopteryx splendens)





Spider Sp

Dismembering a Banded Demoiselle



Azure Damsel Fly (Coenagrion puella) Imm ♂︎



Meadowsweet (Filependula ulmaria) just coming into bud.







Sawfly Sp?



Tetragnatha Sp ?



Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)



White Willow (Salix alba)

Willow Red Gall Sawfly (Euura proxima)

Tags: BandedDemoiselle, SpiderSp, MeadowSweet, Sawflysp, NettleWeevil, WillowRedGallSawfly