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

Cowbane (Cicuta virosa)







Sp? on Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Might be the work of Caloptilla elongella or some other moth but really need to see what's inside.





Alder Tongue (Taphrina aldi)

A fungal plant pathogen that produces chemically induced distortion of female catkins



Sp? on Alder (Alnus glutinosa)

Mines of the Fly (Agromyza alnivora)



Ferruginous Bee-grabber (Sicus ferrugneus)



A darkling beetle Diaperis boleti









Carabus granulatus



Willow Tarspot (Rhytisma salicinum)



Small yellow disco on Bracken and the black dots are something else.

To be confirmed

This was found to be Hyaloscypha flaveola

The black dots are

Mycospaerella pteridis

Thanks to SW





Pale Brittlestem (Candolleomyces candolleanus)



Rust? on ?

Ustilago striiformis on Purple Small-reed (Calamogrostis canescens)



Five-spot Burnet (Zygaena trifolii) with very pale spots





Oak Bush Cricket? (Meconema thalassinum)



Caddisfly Sp?



Common Maze Gill (Datronia mollis)



Cranefly Sp?

Achyrolimonia decemmaculata

Thanks to SW





Deer Fly Sp?

After some discussion this turned out to be

Square-spot Deerfly (Chrysops viduatus)

Mid-tibia is pale. Hind tibia is dark

&

the lower image gives a clear indication

of the yellow side of the abdomen

Chrysops Id Guide from the Dipterists Forum






Fungus attacked Cranefly

Marsh Cranefly (Tipula oleracea) attacked by the fungus Entomophaga tipulae



Neoerysiphe geranii







Golden Crust Fungus (Botryobasidium aureum)







Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula)





Fiscidea lightfootii

Not the best of images but the second image clearly shows the UV reaction of this particular Lichen



Green Leafy Lichen ?

Cladonia conicraea





Leiobunum rotundum



Helophilus hybridus ♂︎ ?





A Hop Mildew (Podosphaera macularis)



Rough-leaved Hydrangea (Hydrangea aspera)





Hyphomyctes Sp?







The Cypress Knee

Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum)

Despite many theories it is still not known why the trees have knees.





Lecanora sulphurea with Lecanora pannonica





Tephromela atra





Birch Catkin Bug (Kleidocerys resedae)?







Lichenicolous fungi on Physcia adscendens

Zyzygomyces physciacearum

from

Irish Lichens



Lichenicolous fungus (unknown)

on

Leconora hybocarpa



Peniophora limitata



Longhorn Beetle Sp

Four-banded Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata)



Mosquito Sp?



Mycena Sp?

Mycena corynephora - much like the commoner M tenerrima but without a basal pad.

Thanks to TL









Norfolk Hawker (Aeshna isoscles)



Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)



Seen growing on the Royal Fern.

An early version of Bracken Map or something different?

Stewart confirmed this was something different.

Leptostroma osmundicola

Under the microscope it looked nothing like Bracken Map, pycnidia erupting through striate black patches.



Bracken Map (Rhopographus filicinus) for comparison.





Pantaloon Bee ♀︎ (Dasypoda hirtirpes) hunkering well down in an Evening Primrose (Oenanthera biennis)







A huddle of Parent Bugs (Elasmucha grisea)



Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea)





Marsh Pennywort (Hydroctyle vulgaris) flowers







Opilio canestrinii



Hemp-agrimony Plume (Adaina microdactyla gall.







Dialonectria diatrypicola growing on Daitrype bullata





Hypoxylon howeianum

Amazing growth patterns



Remote Sedge (Carex remota)



Floating Crystalwort (Riccia fluitans)



Jointed Rush (Juncus articulatus) ?





Common Yellow Sedge (Crex demissa)



Sp?





Slime Mold Sp

Stemonitis axifera







Big Smokey Bracket (Bjerkandera fumosa)





Caucasian Wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)











Southern Hawker♂︎(Aeshna cyanea) with friends??

@Migrantdragons commented these were biting midges (Forcipomyia paludis), which are quite local in Britain.









A gelatinous mass on a twig in a dyke?

Rather wonderful

Turns out to be a Freshwater Bryozoan

which may be Cristatella mucedo

but

@BrianE_Cambs is working on it. (Thank you)

Confirmed by Brian via Twitter



Stictus arundinaceae on dead Reed Stem (Phragmites australis)?



Camarasporum oreades on dead leaf - Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)





Taphrina tosquinetii on living leaf - Alder (Alnus glutinosa)





Tuberous Polypore (Polyporus tuberaster)









Velvet Rollrim (Tapinella atromentosa)









Five-banded Weevil Wasp ♀︎(Cerceris quinquefasciata)



Yellow-tail Moth (Euproctis similis)



Yukka Leafspot (Coniothyrium concentricum)?



Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula)

Tags: CollaredParachute, Dialonectriadiatrypicola, Yellow-tailMoth, SplayedDeer, CommonYellowSedge, Five-bandedWeevilWasp, VelvetRollrim, Diaperisboleti, WillowTarspot, MycenaSp, MosquitoSp, Four-bandedLonghornBeetle, SwampCypress, BrackenMap, RoyalFern, NorfolkHawker, FreshwaterSponge, SouthernHawker, CaucasianWingnut, BigSmokeyBracket, SlimeMoldSp, FloatingCrystalwort, RemoteSedge, MarshPennywort, PassionFlower, ParentBug, PantaloonBee, TuberousPolypore, Taphrinatosquinetii, Camarasporumoreades, Stictusarundinaceae, Hypoxylonhoweianum, CommonYellowSedge