Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus)











Garden Tiger Moth Caterpillar (Arctia caja)

























































Fen Mason Wasp (Odynerus simillimus





Lunar Hornet Moth (Sesia bembeciformis)

Tags: FenMasonWasp, LunarHornetMoth, BeardedTit

Large Knapweed Aphid (Uroleucon jacae)



Bagworm Moth Case





Fen Bedstraw

Prickles on the stem corners & leaf edges.



Ash Bark beetle channels











Branched Bur Reed (Sparganium erectum)



Slender False Brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum) infected with the 'Choke' disease Epichoe sylvaticum

Infected stems will not flower.





It's just possible this is the larva of a fly from the genus Botanophila.
The fly feeds on the young 'male & female' fungal fruit bodies, ingesting the pollinating substances. It then deposits the mixture
on another fungus when it lays its eggs. This pollinates that fungus enabling it to produce spores and also provide food for the
fly larvae.

You can see detritus at either end of the larva and the area around it where it has been browsing.

Information borrowed from
The Naturalists' Notebook
June 2013

Epichloe sylvaticum.





Common Spotted Orchid (Dacylorhiza fuschii)





Sorrel (Rumex acetosae) inflorescence.



Microbotryium stygium on Sorrel (Rumex acetosae)



Gorse Spider Mites (Tetranychus lintearius) in a communal web on Gorse (Ulex europaeus)

They can be used as an agent of Gorse Control





Hawthorn Dot (Stigmella crataegella)





Swollen Buds on Hazel caused by the gall mite (Phytoptus avellanae).

'Big Buds'

The gall mites completely destroy the young leaves or female flowers.

The galls open in late (image shows open galls) allowing the mites to leave the gall.



A very special hole in a Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) Leaf. Caused by a Feathered Cutter (Incurvaria masculella)

The larvae mine leaves initially and then descend to the ground in a portable case and feeding on dead leaves. The hole is the case.



Many-plumed Moth (Alucita hexadactyla) {Each wing separated into six plumes} Hole in Honeysuckle flower.

The larvae feed in the leaves and buds of of Lonicera Sp and pupate on the ground.



Unknown eggs? on the underside of the leaf.





Erysiphe lonicerae (Powdery mildew) on a Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) leaf





Shining Hawthorn Dot (Stigmella hybnerella)





?



?





Oak Cloud (Acrocerops bronniardella) Mine on Oak (Quercus robur)



Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)





Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica)







Red Fescue (Festuca rubra)





Podospaera aucupariae (Powdery mildew) on Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia)







Common Club-rush (Schoenoplectus lacustris)



?





False Fox Sedge (Carex otrobae)





Smut Fungus (Ustilago avenae) infects the spikelets of Oats and in this case False Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum elatius),
causing blackening of the seeds, which will eventually destroy them.



Snipe Fly Sp

No dark wing stigma. The only UK Rhagio Sp that doesn't have them.

Thus

Rhagio tringarius



Soft Rush (Juncus effusus)



Sooty Bark disease caused by Cryptostroma corticale on Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus)

Once infected trees are unlikely to be saved.



Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)



Spike Rush Sp?





Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)









Anther Smut (Microbotryum stellariae) on Lesser Stitchwort (Stellaria graminea)









Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenanthe fistulosa)







Cat Tail (Typha latifolia)



Cyperus/Hop Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)

Tags: LargeKnapweedAphid, BagwormCase, FenBedstraw, RedFescue, CommonClub-rush, AshBarkBeetle, BranchedBurReed, SlenderFalseBrome, Epichloesylvaticum, CommonSpottedOrchid, Sorrel, Microbotryiumstygium, GorseSpiderMites, HazelBigBuds, FeatheredCutter, HoneysuckleMildew, OakCloudMine, SouthernMarshOrchid, BurnetCompanion, Podospaeraaucupariae, Ustilagoavenae, Rhagiotringarius, SootybarkDisease, SpeckledBush-cricket, SpikeRushSp, LesserStitchwort, TubularWaterDropwort, CatTail, CyperusSedge, AntherSmut, SoftRush

BSBI Summer Meeting
at

Beeston Common & Beeston Bump



Beeston Common





Soft Rush



Ragged Robin







Hard Rush (Juncus inflexus)





Flat Sedge (Blysmus compressus)







Compact Rush (Juncus glomeratum)



Sweet Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum)















Toad Rush (Juncus bufonius agg)

Strictly

Leafy Rush (Juncus foliosus)



Blunt-flowered Rush (Juncus subnodulosus)


Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)



Almond Willow (Salix triandra)





Heath Grass (Danthonia decumbens)












Inland Club-rush (Bolboschoenus laticarpus)





Marsh Arrow Grass (Troglochin palustris)



Quaking Grass (Briza media)



Black Bog Rush (Schoenus nigricans)



Deadly Nightshade (Atropa belladona)
















Bulbous Rush (Juncus bulbosus)






Marsh Valerian seed heads (Valeriana dioica)



Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis)



Sphagnum Sp

Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)?



?
nestled in a bed of Pointed Spear-moss (Calliergonella cuspidatum)







?



Dodder

Greater Dodder Cuscuta europea)?



Carnation Sedge (Cares panicea)



Common Butterwort rosette (Pinguicula vulgaris)








Crested Buckler-fern (Dryopteris cristata)



Bog-groove Moss (Aulocomnium palustre)



Flea Sedge (Carex pulicaris)

A fruiting spike with the utricles fully reflexed





Tawny Sedge (Carex hostiana)





?










Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia) nestled amongst Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens) with capsules





Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)







Greater Sundew (Drosera anglica)





Meadow Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)



Marsh Hellborine (Epipactis palustris)



Slender St John's-wort (Hypericum pulchrum)

Beeston Bump









Blue Fleabane (Erigeron acer)



Kidney Vetch (Anthyllis vulneraria)



Common Broomrape

Orobanche minor var heliophila



Purple Broomrape (Orobanche purpurea)

Now

Phelipanche purpurea







Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)





Rough Clover (Trifolium scabrum)





Sand Catchfly (Silene conica)



Spring Vetch (Vicia lathyroides)





Thyme-leaved Sandwort (Arenaria serpyllifolia)







Wild Radish (Raphanus raphanistrum)







Toothed medick (Medicago polymorpha)


Thanks for a great day

Corrections & additions always welcome.

Tags: SoftRush, RaggedRobin, HardRush, FlatSedge, CompactRush, LeafyRush, GreatSUndew, Round-leavedSundew, ToothedMedick, ToothedMedick, BroadBucklerFern, WildRadish, RoughClover, MeadowThistle, MarshHelleborine, StJohn'sWort, SweetVernalGrass, FleaSedge, LustrousBog-moss, CarnationSedge, MarshValerian, MeadowVetchling, BulbousRush, DeadlyNightshade, Landscape, SpringVetch, PurpleBroomrape, CommonBroomrape, KidneyVetch, BlueFleabane, PyramidalOrchid, BlackBogRush, SandCatchfly, MarshArrowGrass, CommonSpottedOrchid, HeathGrass, InlandRush, WildRadish, Blunt-floweredRush

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?









Swallowtail (Papilio machaon)



Shield Biug Nymph

Sp?

Not sure enough of the colour.

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

Black Horehound (Ballota nigra)



Rough Hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus)







Common Rockrose (Helianthemum nummularium)





Oak (Quercus robur)



Purple Milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus)



Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)









Smooth Rupturewort (Herniaria glabra)

Tags: Landscape, BlackHorehound, RoughHawkbit, CommonRockrose, Oak, PurpleMilk-vetch, PyramidalOrchid, SmoothRupturewort

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

Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Oxybelus uniglumis)



Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata)







Matt-backed Melangyna (Melangyna labiatrum)♂︎





Orang-tailed Mining Bee (Adrena haemorrhoa)

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

Corsican Pine (Pinus nigra) Plantation







Hairy Rock Cress (Arabis hirsuta)









Annual Knawel (Sceleranthus annuus)



Aphid Sp om a Thistle Stem





Aphid Sp on a Cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata) stem





Basil Thyme (Clinopodium acinos)





Burr Medic (Medicago minima)





Cryptocephalus aureolus on Mouse-eared Hawkweed (Hieracium pilosella)







Many-leaved Sedge (Carex divulsa subsp leersii)





Cotton Thistle (Onopordum acanthium)



Cream-spot Tiger Moth (Arctia villica)



A teneral male Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)



Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis) with a severe case of Downy Mildew (Perenospora violacea)



Gall on Bird Cherry (Prunus padus)



Pocket Plum (Taphrina pruni) on Bird Cherry (Prunus padus)









Gooden's Nomad Bee (Nomada goodeniana)





Crested Hair-grass (Koeleria macrantha)







A Knapweed Sp?

Knapweeds by `cronodon'

















Great Lettuce (Lactuca virosa)







Maple Sp?



Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor)









Peacock caterpillars (Aglais io)





Periwinkle Rust (Puccinia vincae) infected by the hyper parasite Tuberculina sbrozzi

From Plant Parasites of Europe

or as

Stewart descibed it

Tuberculina sbrozzi is the fungus that can often be found on Greater Periwinkle.  
It forms violet-grey discs over the pustules of the periwinkle rust preventing the it from sporulating.  
This causes the leaves to become discoloured and deformed, far more so that when the rust is present
without the hyperparasite.








Rough Chervil infloresence (Chaerophyllum temulum)



Small Scabious (Scabiosa columbaria)



Spring Vetch (Vicia lathyroides)







Lesser Trefoil (Trifolium dubium)

No apical point to the leaves but it does have a hair as can be seen in the image above.













Tower Mustard (Turritis glabra)



Rough Clover (Trifolium scabrum)



Knotted Clover (Trifolium striatum)



Knotted Clover with a rust?

Pseudopeziza trifolii
Id Thanks
to
Stewart Wright (NFSG)















Twiggy / Wand Mullein (Verbascum virgatum)

Very hairy filaments, 5 stamens.





Rough Hawkbit (Leontodon hispidus)?



Yellow-rattle (Rhinanthos minor)











Aphid Sp on Rumex Sp

Black Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae)



Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)



Fairy Flax (Linum catharticum)



Filed Pansy (Viola arvensis)

















Obviously very common but wonderfully architectural.

?





Ragwort Sp?









Hound's Tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)





Meliscaeva auricollis perhaps.







Greater Knapweed (Centaurea scabiosa)





Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)







Long-headed Poppy (Papaver dubium)







Common Restharrow (Ononis repens)



Sedge Sp?





?















Bird's-foot (Ornithopus perpusillus)





Andrena Sp









Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)



Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare)

Tags: HairyRockCress, AnnualKnawel, Aphid Sp, BasilThyme, BurrMedic, Bird's-foot, CommonCentaury, AndrenaSp, GreatLettuce, Cryptocephalusaureolus, Carexdivulsasspleersii, CottonThistle, Cream-spotTigerMoth, EmperorDragonfly, FieldScabious, CommonBroomrape, PeriwinkleRust, SmallScabious, RoughChervil, Restharrow, LongheadedPoppy, Lessertrefoil, TowerMustard, SpringVetch, RoughClover, KnottedClover, Gooden'sNomadBee, RoughHawkbit, TwiggyMullein, BurrMedic, Nipplewort

A view across the camp



Soft Brome (Bromus hordeaceus)







Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscami)



















Spanish Catchfly (Silene otites)







Common Broomrape (Oranche minor)



Creeping Cinquefoil (Potentilla reptans)



Eyebright Sp (Euphrasia Sp)







Crested Hair Grass (Koeleria macrantha)





Cryptocephalus aureolus ?





Knotted Clover (Trifolium striatum)



Wild Mignonette (Reseda lutea)



Purple Milk-vetch (Astragalus danicus)



Mouse-ear Hawkweed (Pilosella officinarum)





Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis)





Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus)





Rough Clover (Trifolium scabrum)



Rust on Goat Willow (Salix caprea)



Rye grass Sp?

Perennial Rye Grass (Lolium perenne)?





Biting Stonecrop (Sedum acre)



Timothy (Phleum pratense)





Viper's-bugloss (Echium vulgare)







Ant Sp





Euphordia Sp

Tags: Landscape, SoftBrome, CinnamonBug, SpanishCatchfly, CommonBroomrape, AntSp, WildMignonette, PurpleMilk-vetch, EuphorbiaSp, Mouse-earHawkweed, PyramidalOrchid, RedBartsia, RoughClover, BitingStonecrop, TimothyGrass, Viper's-bugloss, CreepingCinquefoil, EyebrightSp, BeetleSp, Hair's-footClover

Thick-headed Fly Sp (Conopid Sp)

Physocephala rufipes



Long-legged Fly Sp

Poecilobothrus nobilitatus ♂︎



Dolichopus Sp?





Snipe Fly (Chrysophilus cristatus)♂︎



Gall Sp ?



Eupeodes Sp?







Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus)



Common Rush (Juncus effusus)









Saw Sedge (Cladium mariscus)



?



Spider Sp?





Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tropidia scita)

Tags: Landscape, MarshHarrier, ConopidFlySp, Long-leggedFlySp

Varied Carpet Beetle (Anthrenus verbasci) on Edelweiss (Lentopodium alpinum)





Spotted Melascaeva (Melascaeva auricollis)♀︎ on Tanacetum macrophyllum





Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Oxybellus uniglumis)) on Tanacetum macrophyllum







Empis Fly Sp on Edelwiess (Lentopodium alpinum)





Long-legged Fly Sp (Chrysophilus cristatus) ♀︎

Tags: CarpetBeetle, SpottedMelascaeva, CommonSpinyDiggerWasp

Ichneumon Wasp Sp?






Geranium Sp?








Cheilosia albitarsus/ranunculi Agg







Chocolate Mining Bee (Andrena scotica)♀︎?



Orange-tailed Miniing Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)?

Lasioglossum Sp

Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum) ♀︎ ?





Nomada Sp

Flavous Nomad Bee (Nomada flava)?

Tags: NomadaSp, LasioglossumSp

Southern Marsh Orchid (Dactylorhiza praetermissa)













Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)



Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudocorus)



Cypress-leaved Plait-Moss (Hypnum cupressiforme)






Water Forget-me-not (Myosotis scorpioides)



Dog Rose (Rosa canina)





Royal fern (Osmunda regalis)



Ruby-tailed Wasp Sp?

Chrysis Sp within the ignata group.





Willow Gall Sp?

Likely Eupontania pedunculi gall (Sawfly gall) on Goat Willow





Tooth-thighed Hoverfly (Tropidia scita)





Marsh Valerian (Valeriana dioica)



Yellow Water-lily (Nuphar lutea)

Tags: GreatCrestedGrebe, RoyalFern, Ruby-tailedWaspSp, DogRose, Water-forget-me-not, RemoteSedge

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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

Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia villosovoredescens)







A Darkling Beetle (Diaperis boleti)

UK Beetles



Fungus Sp

Willow Bracket (Phellinus igniarus)



Sp?







Garden Chafer (Phyllopertha horticola)

UK Beetles





Choke (Epichloe Sp) ?



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♂︎

Dull-winged Chrysogaster (Chrysogaster solstitialis)



Fungus Sp

Radiating Black Hyphomycete (Bispora antennata) on ends of cut wood.





Coprinopsis Sp

Probably Coprinopsis lagopus



Phantom cranefly Sp

Ptychoptera contaminata



Dark Bush-cricket Nymph (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)





Elderflower (Sambucus nigra) Gall

If orange larva inside - Placochela nigripes A gall midge

from

Plant Miners of Europe

If white lava inside - Arnoldiola sambuci - Iniquiline of Placochela nigripes

from

Plant Miners of Europe



Might this be Coenosia tigrina

Compare to Nature Spot







You can see the very long necks of the mature Melanospora lagenaria fungus on Birch Polypore (Fomitopsis betulina)

There was a thought the small yellow circes with the black spot in the middle might be something else?

but tthe image below suggests they might be the growth point of long necks (bottom right of the image.)

Thoughts welcome please.





Lachnella albovorescens



Cream Spot Ladybird (Calvia quatuordecimgutta)





Longhorn Moth (Nemaphora degeerella)







Wolf's Milk (Lycogala epidendrum)



Nettle Weevil (Phyllobius pomaceus)



Orbilia Sp



Fungus Sp

Twig Parachute (Marasmiellus ramealis)



Orange Mosscap (Rickenella fibula)



Common Red-legged Robberfly (Dioctria rufipes)




Common Red-legged Robberfly (Dioctria rufipes)




?





Drepanopeziza ribes





Vibrissea filisporia



Eye Lash Fungus (Scutellinia Sp)



Final Instar Nymph



Mid Instar Nymph



Mid Instar Nymph

Red-legged Shieldbug (Pentatoma rufipes)





Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)



Mourning Wasp (Pemphredon lugubris)♂︎ caught in a spider's web.

&

confirmed via

UK Bees, Wasps & Ants Facebook page.

Tim Strudwick

At least two others seen around the large fallen Poplar



Pellucid Fly (Volucella pellucens)



Fungus Sp?











Usually very difficult to get a photo of these as they zip about so much.

But this one was having extended gorge on the grass pollen.

Living up to its English name.

Golden-tailed Leaf Licker (Xylota sylvarum)

Still moving quickly but on the same few leaves so possible to obtain a few shots of the same individual.



Aphid Sp on Dock





Pyrenopeziza urticola



Thanks everyone for another great day.

Tags: Landscape, Golden-bloomedGreyLonghornBeetle, Dull-wingedChrysogaster, TreeBumbleBee, Orange-beltedLeafLicker