Dillington
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.