Gwynne's Mining Bee (Andrena bicolor)



Plant Bug Sp?

Psallus Sp?









Asparagus Beetle (Crioceris asparagi)



Deraeocoris ruber

From

British Bugs



Campyloneura virgula









Five-banded Weevil Wasp (Cerceris quiquefasciata)





Caterpillar Sp?







Aphids on Field Maple (Acer campestre)

Dark Periphyllus aphid (Periphyllus obscurus)

from

Influential Points



Filed Scabious (Knautia arvensis)



Grasshopper Sp?

Common Green Grasshopper?



Small Hazel Aphid (Myzocallis coryl)





Pachygaster Atra ♀︎



Pachygaster leachii ♂︎











Hollyhock Weevil (Rhopalapion longirostre)







Weevil on Horse Radish

Cabbage Stem Weevil (Ceutorhynchus pallidactylus)



Large-headed Resin Bee (Heriades truncorum)



14 Spot Ladybird (Propylea quattourdecimpunctata)







Leaf Hopper Sp





Tawny Longhorn Beetle (Paracorymbia fulva)





Mistletoee (Viscum album) Caspid Bug (Hypseloecus visci)







Madagascan Spiny Solanum (Solanum pyracanthus)









1st Instar Shieldbug Sp + unopened eggs

Common Green Shieldbug?



Wing Waver Sp?



Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)





Spider Sp













Tiny Spiny Broom Aphids (Ctenocallis setosa)



Aphid Sp ? on Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)













Pink Tansy Aphid (Metopeurum fuscoviride)

from

InfluentialPoints



Five-banded Weevil Wasp (Cerceris quiquefasciata)



Powdery Mildew Golovinmyces asperifolium on Comfrey heavily infected by the hyperparasite Ampelomyces quiscalis








Belladona (Atropa belladona)





Beetle Sp?



Bug Sp?



Quince (Cydonia oblonga)

Tags: Andrenabicolor, BugSp, AsparagusBeetle, LeafHpper, MadagascanSpinySolanum, Deraeocorisruber, Campyloneuravirgula, CaterpillarSp, DarkPeriphyllusAphid, FieldScabious, GrasshopperSp, Small HazelAphid, PachygasterSp, HollyhockWeevil, CabbageStemWeevil, Large-headedResinBee, 14SpotLadybird, TawnyLonghornBeetle, MistletoeCapsidBug, SpeckledBush-cricket, SpiderSp, SpinyBroomAphid, PinkTansyAphid, Five-bandedWeevilWasp

Barkfly Sp (Graphopsocus cruciatus)



Bug Sp



Bug Sp





Cranefly Sp

Tipula cava?



Green Tiger Beetle (Cincindela campestris)



On Hawthorn (Crateagus mongyna)









Least Velvet Ant ♀︎ (Myrmosa atra)



Ant Sp





































Lochen Sp



Nest hole - Ornate -tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis)



Red Spider Mite





Wasp?

Tags: Landscape, LichenSp, BarkflySp, BugSp, CraneFlySp, GreenTigerBeetle, LargeVelvetAnt, LichenSp, WaspSp, RedSPiderMite

Blow Fly Sp

Lucilia Sp?



Hebe Sp























Lasioglossum Sp



Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine)









Pond Skater (Gerris lacustris)















Long Hoverfly (Sphaerophora scripta ♂︎)



Box Bug (Early Instar Nymph) (Gonocerus acuteangulatus)





Ant Damsel Bug (Early Instar Nymph) (Himecerus mirmicoides)













Inula orientalis Grandiflora





Large-headed Resin Bee (Heriades truncorum)

Tags: PondSkater, LongHoverfly, Broad-leavedHoverfly, LasioglossumSp, FlySp

Minettia longipennis

Tags: Minettialongipennis

Willow Mason Wasp (Symmorphus bifasciatus)





Old Man's Beard (Clematis vitalba)



Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Apapanthia villosoviridescens)







Matt-back Melangyna (Melangyna compositarum)



Noon Fly (Mesembrina meridiana)

Tags: WillowMasonWasp, AndrenaSp, OldMan'sBeard, Golden-bloomedLonghornBeetle, Melangynaumbellatarum, NoonFly

An ant's travails





Holly Aphid (Aphis illicis) tended by Lasius niger

Influential points on Holly Aphid



Cliff Mining Bee (Andrena thoracica)



Andrena Sp



Gwynne's Mining Bee (Andrena bicolor)











Common Spiny Digger Wasp (Oxybellus unuglumis)




Fly Sp



Fly Sp



FlySp



Fly Sp







Lesser Marsh Grasshopper (Chorthippus albomarginatus) ♂︎



Swollen-thighed Beetle ♀︎ (Oedemera nobilis)





Harvestmen Sp





Hedge Parsley















Jumping Spider Euophrys Sp

Euophrys frontalis?









Lichen Sp







Lindenius albilabris









Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella)



Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus)



Nymph Sp?





Common Centaury (Centaurium erythraea)



Sp?







Sycamore Aphid (Drepanosipim platanoidis)



Scorpion Fly (Panorpa germanica) ?

Bivalves parallel



Shed Skin









Spider Sp





Spider Sp

Enoplognatha ovata/latimana ? A red form possibly redimita

Needs microscopic examination





Spider Sp

Philodromus albidus / Philodromus rufus

Only separated by microscopic examnation



Round-leaved Subdew (Drosera rotudifolia)



Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa)









Tornentil (Potentilla erecta)



White Admiral (Limenitis camilla)



Gall on Sallow











Smooth Hawk'sbeard (Crepis capoillaris)

Tags: HollyAphid, FlySp, SpiderSp, CliffMiningBee, Tormentil, Gwynne'sMiningBee, Round-leavedSundew, CommonSpinyDiggerWasp, LesserMarshGrasshopper, Swollen-thighedbeetle, JumpingSpiderSpderSp, LichenSp, BogPimpernel, MottledGrasshopper, CommonCentaury, SycamoreAphid, ScorpionFly, Lindeniusalbilabris

Dersingham Fen







Beetle bark burrow patterns





Diaperis boleti



Chirosia histricina and Chirosia flavipennis are bith possible causers of these mines.

Problematic dipterous leaf miners in Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum)




Heath Star Moss (Campylopus introflexus)





Fungus Sp

Clavaria coralloides/ cristata

Thanks to YM



From YmM

I think the Waxcap in the fen was probably Hygrocybe coccineocrenata but there are a couple of look-a-likes and
our’s didn’t have the dark squamules so I wouldn’t bet my life on it - the habitat was right though.

Fungus Sp



Fungus Sp



Fungus Sp





Heather Shieldbug (Rhacognathus punctatus)





Heather Ladybird (Chilocorus bipustulatus)



Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)






Mollisia Sp



Galls on Oak







Fringed Bog-moss (Sphagnum fimbriatum)

The prominent bud on the top of the stellate capitulum is indicative of this species.



Sadly Not fungal

From
Tony L



Fay was right! The white tips to the sphagnum shoots were masses of crystals, probably calcium oxalate as they did not dissolve in water. Another candidate for 'Ever been had?' gallery.

with a follow up
from Caroline

Do you happen to know why the crystals are deposited? Just a guess, but is it the sphagnum trying to remove excess salts from the substrate due to eg fertiliser run off, or excess calcium carbonate in water? I’m aware of the cation exchange mechanism to keep its immediate environment at a low pH, is this compromised in some way? Just can’t figure out why, or how it’s depositing the salts at its tips? I’ve not seen this before.

With further expalanation in a respnse to TL's email to GC

Thanks for this and I believe you are spot on. These whitish stphagnum are, in my experience, either crystals or occasionally bleached, dried-up algae.
I have collected them in vain many times. In your case, it is clear that crystals are the culprit. I am not super sure why this happens but I do see it from time to time
in various mosses, but most commonly in Sphagnum. I suspect they secrete the salts under certain conditions - perhaps water stress or suboptimal substrate properties.

However, do keep an eye out for tiny cup fungi and pyrenomycetes on Sphagnum. Some nice things start to come up in late summer into autumn.
Many are very small indeed. Despite being an easily recognisable plant genus, ascomycetes on Sphagnum are in need of attention.

With a further paper noted by TL

Oxalate production by fungi: its role in pathogenicity and ecology in the soil environment Martin V. Dutton and Christine S. Evans Canadian Journal of Microbiology September 1996
Abstract: Oxalate secretion by fungi provides many advantages for their growth and colonization of substrates. The role of oxalic acid in pathogenesis is through acidification of host tissues and sequestration of calcium from host cell walls. The formation of calcium oxalate crystals weakens the cell walls, thereby allowing polygalacturonase to effect degradation more rapidly in a synergistic response. There is good correlation between pathogenesis, virulence, and oxalic acid secretion. Solubility of soil nutrients is achieved by soil-living species, when cations freed by oxalate diffusing in clay layers increases the effective solubility of Al and Fe. Oxalate retained in hyphal mats of mycorrhizal species increases phosphate and sulphate availability. The formation of calcium oxalate crystals provides a reservoir of calcium in the ecosystem. The ability of oxalate to bind divalent cations permits detoxification of copper, particularly evident in wood preserved with copper salts. Oxalate plays a unique role in lignocellulose degradation by wood-rotting basidiomycetes, acting as a low molecular mass agent initiating decay. In addition, in white-rot fungi oxalate acts as a potential electron donor for lignin-peroxidase catalysed reduction and chelates manganese, allowing the dissolution of Mn3+ from the manganese–enzyme complex and thus stimulating extracellular manganese peroxidase activity. The biosynthesis and degradation of oxalate are discussed.

Compact Bog-moss (Sphagnum compactum)



Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifiolia)











Hairy Sand Wasp (Podalonia hirsuta)




Apologies for the handshake


Dersingham Bog















Bog Asphodel (Narthecium ossifragum)





Bog Cranberry (Vaccinium oxycocos)







Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)



Superb Ant-hill Hoverfly (Xanthogramma pedissequum senso lato)



Scaeva pyrastri

Tags: Diaperisboleti, LeafMines, HeathStarMoss, FungusSp, HeatherShieldbug, HeatherLadybird, LargeSkipper, MolliisiaSp, FringedBog-moss, CompactBog-moss, HairySandWasp, BogAsphodel, BogCranberry, Round-leavedSundew, SuperbAnt-hillHoverfly, Scaevapyrastri

Elder Aphid (Aphis sambuci)

Influential Points







Leaf Hopper Sp - Sage Leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae) on Sage (Alcea rosea)

Tags: ElderAphid, SageLeafhopper

Jumping Spider Sp

Zebra Jumping Spider (Salticus scenicus)













Leaf Hopper Sp - Sage Leafhopper (Eupteryx melissae) on Hollyhock (Alcea rosea)









Weevil Sp?

Tags: WeevilSp, Eupteryxmellisae

Avocet (Recurvirosta avosetta)



Chinese Water Deer (Hydropites inermis)



Crowfoot Sp



Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)





Little Egret (Egretta garzetta)



























Sand Martins(Riparia riparia)





Sea Club-rush (Boloschoenus maritimus)







SPaerophoria Sp on Sea Club-rush (Boloschoenus maritimus)

Tags: LittleEgret, SandMartin, SeaClub-rush, EmperorDragonfly, ChineseWaterDeer, CrowfootSp

Bug Sp









Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius) Nest



Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus)















Silvery Leafcutter Bee (Megachile leachella)









Jumping Spider Sp Attulus saltator

Tags: Red-tailedBumbleBee, GreenGrasshopper, SilveryLeafcutterBee, JumpingSpiderSp, Attulussaltator

Tree Damsel Bug (Himacerus apterus) Early Instar

British Bugs



Deraeocoris flavilinea?

British Bugs



Nymph Sp



Leaf Hopper Sp



Sp?







Limonid Cranefly Sp

Ellipteroides lateralis?



FlySp?





Fly Sp?





Dock Sp



False oat grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)



Ragged-robin (Lychnis flos-culculi)











Plum/Reed Aphid (Hyalapterus pruni)













Waso Sp

Trypoxylon attenuata possibly but there are three very similar species





Tropidia scita













Common Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale)



Devil's Coach Horse Beetle (Ocypus olens)



















Sea Sandwort (Hinckenya peploides)





Marram Grass (Ammophila arenaria)









Frosted Orache (Atriplesx laciniata)







Sea Rocket & Frosted Irache





Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima)





Stiletto fly Sp (Therevidae) in the dunes.

Stephen Falk - Stiletto Flies

The variety that lives in the dunes is

Coastal Silver-stiletto (Acrosathe annulata)



Beetle Sp






Fly Sp on the strandline







Grass Bug

Megalceroea recticornis







Moth Sp?

and a family
of

Great White Egret

Tags: TreeDamselBug, Deraeocorisflavilinea, NymphSp, CommonHound's-tingue, LeafHopperSp, LimonidCraneflySp, DockSp, Ragged-robin, PlumReedAphid, TrypoxylonSp, Devil'sCoachHorseBeetle, SeaSandwort, Marram, FrostedOrache, SeaRocket, CoastalSilver-stilleto, GrassBugSp, Tropidiascita, FlySp

Large-headed Resin Bee (Heriades truncorum)





Grasshopper Sp



Pemphredon lugubris





Silene birgittae















Small Scissor Bee ( Chelostoma campanularum)



Stolsky's Wasp (Stigmus stolskyi)

Tags: Large-headedResinBee, GrasshopperSp, Pemphredonlugubris, Silenebirgittae, SmallScissorBee, Stolsky'sWasp

Large Marsh Grasshopper (Stethophyma grossum)

1st Instars







Large Thistle Aphid (Uroleucon cirsi)





Black-tailed Skimmer (Orthetrum cancellatum)





Beetle Sp



Beetle Sp





Black Bean Aphid - Black fly (Aphis fabae) on Dock (Rumex Sp)



Common Broomrape (Orobanche minor)









Found on Goat Willow (Salix caprea)

Possibly Orthotylus marginalis

Upper surface covered in dense white hairs, membrane veins are green

from

British Bugs







Conehead nymphs are very similar but the dorsal stripe is jet back in Long-winged conehead
but this looks more brown/black so more likely Short-winged Conehead?







Blue-tailed DamselflyDarkBushCricket
(Ischnura elegans) rufescens form







Dark Bush-cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)



Empis Fl Sp

Empis livida







Sp??





Water Figwort (Scrophularia auriculata)



Fly Sp



Fly Sp





Fly Sp





Melieria Sp

Melieria crassipennis?



Golden bloomed - grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthis villosoviridescens)







On Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)







Hopper Sp



Lime (Tilia SP) Keys









Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io)











Mealy Plum/Reed Aphid (Hyalapterus pruni)

from
Influential Points



Violet Black-legged Robber Fly







Scorpion Fly (Panorpus communis)





Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus cristatus) ♂︎










Water Forget me not (Myosotis scorpioides)

Tags: LargeMarshGrasshopper, LargeThistleAphid, Black-tailedSkimmer, BlackbeanAphid, CommonBroomrape, Orthotylosmarginalis, ConeheadNymph, Blue-tailedDamselFly

Monkey Flower (Mimulus guttatus)

Tags: MonkeyFlower

An unusual find by VC Recorder (MG) of fruiting Tetrphid Moss (Tetraphis pellucida) with four peristome teeth.

Tags: Tetraphispellucida

Brown Sedge (Carex disticha)



Caterpillar Sp?





Celery-leaved Buttercup (Ranunculus scelraratus)



False Oat Grass (Arrhenatherum elatius)









Four-spotted Chaser ( Libellula quadrimacilata)











Great Spearwort (Ranunculus lingua)



Lesser Spearwort ( Ranunculus flammula)









Greater Bird' foot trefoil (Lotus pendunculatus)





Yellow Loosestrife (Lysimachia vulgaris_









Marsh Cinquefoil (potentilla palustris)





A cpmparison of male and female plants with the male having flat leaves and the female with inrolled edges.



A cpmparison of male and female plants in the above tow images, with the male having flat leaves and the female with inrolled edges.

Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)







Marsh Stitchwort (Stellaria palustris)





Basal leaf

Marsh Valerian (Valeriana dioica)





Marsh Thistle (Cirsium dissectum)















Parasitized Aphid







Great Water Parsnip (Sium latifolium)



















Saw Sedge (Cladium mariscus)







Tubular Water Dropwort (Oenantha fistulosa)



Common Valerian (Valeriana officinalis)









Fen Mason Wasp (Odynerus simillimus)





Great Water Dock (Rumex hydrolapathum)

Tags: Landscape

Aphid Sp on Oil Seed Rape (Brassica napus subsp napus)

Mealy Cabbage Aphid ( Brevicoryne brassicae)

Influential Points

Tags: Brevicorynebrassicae

European Tube Wasp (Ancistorcerus gazella)





Pollen Beetles (Meligethes aeneus)





Fly Sp



Longhorn Beetle

Rutpela maculata



Leafcutter Bee (M centuncularis or versicolor)?)

Tags: EuropeanTubeWasp, PatchworkLeafcutterBee, PollenBeetle, FlySp, Rutpelamaculata

Sycamore Aphid

Summer adults

Drepanosiphum platanoidis







Black Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae) on Dock (Rumex Sp)



















Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)





Weevil on the Bee Orchid



Beetle Sp



Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria)



Hopper Sp



Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanica)





Perapion Sp found on Dock

Apparently there are two similar species P violaceum & P hydrolapathi, which are difficult to tell apart unless under a microscop

Tags: Landscape, SycamoreAphid, BlackbeanAphid, BeeOrchid, WeevilSp, BeetleSp, GroundElder, RussianVine, PerapionSp