UptonFen
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
Sutton Fen
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)