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Potato Aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae) on Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)

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Tipula oleracea

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The silk button spangle gall caused by the asexual generation of the gall wasp Neuroterus numismalis

The galls of the sexual generation are far less obvious, being small, circular and matching the colour of the Oak leaves

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Common Spangle Gall houses the asexual generation of the gall wasp Neuroterus quercusbaccarum

A central pimple and scattered tufts of red hairs

The galls fall from the leaves and spend the winter in the leaf litter.

Gall of the sexual generation develop on the male catkins and young leaves after the adults emerge in the spring.

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The asexual generation of the gall wasp Neuroterus albipes

Galls of the sexual generation are tiny egg-shaped objects nestling between leaf lobes in the spring.

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Upright Hedge Parsley (Torilis japonica))

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Leaf Mine on Hogweed (Heracleum sphodylium)

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Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum calceatum)

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Rust? on Perennial Sow-thistle (Sonchus arvensis)