Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita)



Batman Hoverfly (Helophilus pendulus)





Conopid Fly Sp

Leopoldius signatus







Fly Sp



Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)









Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

Tags: Chiffchaff, RedAdmiral, Leopodiussignatus, FlySp, BatmanHoverfly

Curlew Sandpiper in flight with three Dunlin (Calidris alpina)















Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea)





Dunlin (Calidris alpina)







Satellite Fly (Miltogramma punctata) attending the Sea Aster Mining Bees















Miniature forests of Sea Sandwort (Honckenya peploides) setting their face to the wind and sand.



One of the green metallic Lasioglossum Sp






































A brilliant treat to see the two juvenile Little Stint (Calidris minuta) so close.

















Frosted Orache (Atriplex laciniata)











Sea Aster Mining Bee ♂︎ (Colletes halophilus)





Sea Rocket (Cakile maritimum)





Female







Juvenile

Ruff (Calidris pugnax)









Sea Aster Mining Bee ♀︎ (Colletes halophilus)







Sand Hopper (Talitrus saltator)









Hairy Sand Wasp (Padolonia hirsuta)



Sea Beet (Beta vulgaris)













Spider Sp ?

Tags: Landscape, LittleStint, LasioglossumSp, SeaSandwort, FlySp, Dunlin, Ruff, SandHopper, HairySandWasp, SeaBeet, SeaAsterMiningBee, PantaloonBee, FrostedOrache, CurlewSandpiper

White-footed Fly (Platycheirus albimanus)



Fly sp





A metallic green Lasioglossum Sp





Large-headed resin Bee (Heriades truncorum)



Orange-belted Leaf Licker (Xylota segnis)

Tags: White-footedHoverfly, FlySp, LasioglossumSp, Large-headedResinBee, Orange-beltedLeafLicker

Sickle Medick (Medicago falcata)



Robberfly Sp? with prey



Pantaloon Bee ♀︎ (Dasypoda hirtirpes)



Lesser Meadow Rue (Thalictrum minus)





Blue Fleabane (Erigon acer)









Bronze Shieldbug (Troilus luridus)









Burr Medick (Medicago polymorpha)







Field Bindweed (Convulvulus arvensis)









Fly Sp?









All affected by fungus





Grass Sp?







Common Field Grasshopper? (Chorthippus brunneus)







Buckthorn Bent-wing mine (Bucculatrix frangutella) on Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)















Weevil on Dark Mullein

Larvae in the upper images

Cionus nigritarsis on Dark Mullein (Verbascum nigrum)



Wild Carrot (Daucus carota)















A very beautiful fly

Ectophasia crassipenis





Smooth Rupturewort (Herniaria glabra)









Small Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena marginata)



Sedge Sp?

Tags: SickleMedick, PantaloonBee, LesserMeadowRue, BlueFleabane, CommonFieldGrasshopper, BurrMedick, FlySp, GrassSp, FieldBindweed, BronzeShieldbug

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



♂︎





♀︎

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

Lasioglossum Sp







Lesser Stage Beetle (Dorcus parallelipipedus)







Fly Sp?

Tags: SweatBeeSp, LesserStagBeetle, FlySp