Dark Bush-cricket ♂︎(Pholidoptera griseoaptera)

























Common Gromwell (Lithospremum officinale)







Fen Bedstraw

Apiculate leaves.

Square stems with downward pointing prickles on the angles.



Water Violet whorls (Hottonia palustris) with Callitriche sp showing through.



Floating Crystalwort (Riccia fluitans) with Lemna Sp



Smooth hawk's-beard (Crepis capillaris)













A possible cross between Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre) & Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)



Marsh Speedwell? (Veronica scutellata)



Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)



Gall Midge (Jaapiella veronicae) Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)












Pepper Saxifrage (Silaum silaus)













Hairy Rock-cress (Arabis hirsuta)











Birch Catkin Bugs (Kleidocerys resedae)



Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra)



Cyperus Sedge (Carex pseudocyperus)



A female without the usually associated male flowers



Bulbils in the leaf axils of Round-fruited Rush (Juncus compressus)

Tags: BirchCatkinBug, DarkBush-cricket, Landscape, CommonGromwell, LonghornBeetle, FenBedstraw, FloatingCrystalwort, SmoothHawk's-beard, MarshSpeedwell, WaspSpider, GallMidge, PepperSaxifrage, HairyRock-cress, ThistleSp, WaterViolet

Leafcutter Sp (Megachile Sp)

From the Bee Guide

There are long erect or semi erect hairs over much of the surface of tergite 6

Very clear in the low image
Pollen Brush black-haired apically
Head not conspicuously black-haired
Tergites 3-5 with pale hair bands.

Leads to

Willoughby's Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile willoughbiella)



Oak (Quercus robur) Acorn



Wall Mason Wasp (Ancistrocerus parietinus)



Box Bug (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)





Deraeocoris ruber



Orthops campestris







Rough Chervil (Chaerophyllum temulum)



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholodoptera griseoaptera)



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Phantom Cranefly Sp

Pond Strong-mark Foldwing (Ptychoptera contaminata)



Common Dronefly (Eristalis tenax) ♂︎



Stripe-faced Dronefly (Eristalis nemorum)



Tachina fera







Gall on Upright Hedge Parsley (Torilis japonica)

Keifferia pericarpiicola



Dicranopalpus Agg on an Ivy (Hedera helix) leaf



Helophilus pendulus ♂︎



Hop (Humulus lupulus) flowers





Volucella inanis



?





Whitebeam?





Large-headed Resin Bee (Heriades truncourm)





Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata)



?



Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina) Finla instar



Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)





Mildew on Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) Leaf



Water Dock (Rumex hydrolapatham) Fruit



Willow Emerald (Chalcostes viridis)





Volucella zonaria

Tags: LeafcutterSp, Oak, WallMasonWasp, BoxBug, MiridBugSps, RoughChervil, Large-headedResinBee, Four-bandedLonghornBeetle, CommonGreenShieldbug, SpeckledBush-cricket, MildewSP, WaterDock, WillowEmerald, Volucellazonaria, Volucellainanis, DicranopalpusAgg, Helophiluspendulus, Hop, PhantomCraneflySp, CommonDronefly, Strip-facedDronefly, TachinaFera, HedgeParsleyGall, DarkBush-cricket

Possibly European Alder Sawfly (Fenusa dohmii)?



Artichoke Gall Wasp (Andricus foecundatrix) on Oak (Quercus robur)

The asexual generation of the Artichoke Gall Wasp. In spring the adult wasps emerge to lay eggs in Oak Catkins from which the sexual generation will occur.



Beautiful Plume Moth (Amblyptilia acanthadactyla)



Soldier beetle having encountered an entomophthoragic fungus?





Banded Burdock Fly (Tephritis bardanae)



Mirid Bug Sp?





Orthops basilis?



Stenotus binotatus?





Caddis Fly Sp

Glyphotaelius pellucidus ♂︎

The notch gives this one away.



Short-winged Conehead ♀︎ (Conocephalus dorsalis)



Cranefly affected by entomophthoragic fungus



Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)



Blackberry Leaf mIdge

Dasineura plicatrix





Dock sp

Clustered Dock (Rumex conglomeratus)?

Marshy meadows



Small Spotty-eyed Dronefly (Eristalinus sepulchris)



Fly Sp?



Fungus Sp?





Galingale (Cyperus longus)



Mildew on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata)

Erysiphe alliaricola



Leiobonum rotundum ♀︎?



Opilio canestrinii



Southern Hawker ♀︎ (Aeshna cyanea)





Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

Bracteoles only slightly or do not overlap





Large Bindweed (Calystegia sylvatica)

Bracteoles overlapping at the base of the flower



Chequered Hoverfly ♂︎ (Melanostoma scalare) attacked by entomophthagic fungus





Ichneumon Sp?

A good chance this is Hepiopelmus melanogaster



On Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis) ?



Mosquito Sp?



Musk Mallow (Malva moschata)



Oak Powdery Mildew (Erysiphe alphitoides)



Orange Balsam (Impatiens capensis)



Blood-vein Moth (Timandra comae)





Red Oak (Quercus rubra)

The acorns take two years to mature.



Oxyporus rufus



Ustilago Sp on Carex Sp



Early stage





Later stage

Septoria caricis on Carex Sp



Orange-belted Leaf Licker (Xylota segnis)



Parent Bug (Elasmucha grisea)



Little Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus asiliformis)



Snipe Fly

Chrysopilus cristatus

Mating pair



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Broad Centurion (Chlorormyia formosa)



SpiderSp with Sawfly Sp prey



Sawfly Sp Prey













Lesser Stag Beetle ( Dorcus parallelipipedus)








Water Starwort Sp (Callitriche Sp)

Callitriche stagnalis?





An excellent example of a Stictis Sp on a dead stem



This one came from Cremer's Meadow

Taphrina sadebeckii

From

Plant Parasites from Europe



Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) seeds







Fat-palped Tachina (Nowickia ferox)

Legs and the scutellum are black/dark

The central band is a black zigzag

From

Tachinid Recording Scheme

How to split Tachina Types from photos







Gall on Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)

A fly gall ( Rhopalomyia taneceticola)





Tansy Aphid (Macrosiphoniella tanacetaria)



Teasel (Dipsacus fallonum)



Adult



Final instar

Tortoise Shield Bug (Eurygaster testudinaria)



Single-dotted Wave (Idaea dimidiata)





Heliozella resplendella

Mine formed in the leaf vein and midrib followed by the cut out.

from

British Leafminers



Willow Emerald (chalcolestes viridis)



Aphid Sp on Meadow Vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis) with Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica) in the background

Likely young form of Megoura viciae

From

InfluentialPoints.com

Sadly this wasn't THE Meadow Vetchling Aphid and there are seven other species that use Meadow Vetchling in the UK

Tags: ArtichokeGall, BeautifulPlumeMoth, BandedBurdockFly, MiridBugSps, ParentBug, LittleSnipeFly, SnipeFly, BroadCenturion, LesserStagBeetle, WaterStarwortSp, StictisSp, Taphrinasadebeckii, Sycamoreore, Fat-palpedTachina, TansyGall, TansyAphid, Teasel, TortoiseShieldBug, Single-dottedWave, Heliozellaresplendella, WillowEmerald, Megouraviciae, DarkBush-cricket, BlackBerryLeafMidge, ClusteredDock, SmallSpotty-eyedDronefly, FungusSp, FlySp, Galingale, HarvestmenSps, SouthernHawker, HedgeBindweed, LargeBindweed, ChequeredHoverfly, IchneumonSp, MosquitoSp, MuskMallow, OakPowderyMildew, OrangeBalsam, RedOak, RoveBeetleSp, Septoriacaricis, Orange-beltedLeafLicker, Erysiphealliaricola, CaddisflySp