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Marty's Marsh
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