Three Norfolk Heaths
Buxton Heath
Bug Sp
Liocoris tripustulatis
Caterpillar Sp?
Common Spotted-orchid (Dactylorhiza fuchsii)
Leaf Hopper Sp
Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus)
The sepals do not splay out as in Lotus corniculatus
Pill Sedge (Carex pilulifera)
Poa infirma
by
Bob Leaney
Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)
Toad Rush (Juncus buffonius)
Zig Zag Clover (Trifolium medium)
Marsham Heath
Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyphus balteatus)
Sweet Chestnuts in the making.
Castanea sativa
Small Yellow Oxalis (Oxalis corniculata)
Borage leaves (Trachistemum orientalis)
Something cut this leaf so accurately and then folded the tip for a cocoon.
Apparently created by the Red Oak Leaf Roller Weevil
Aphid parasatism?
Cawston Heath
Ants dismantling a dead Beewolf
Common Dodder (Cuscata epithymum)
From
Jeremy Bartlett
Beewolf ( Philanthus triangulum) with prey
Common Centaury (Centaurium arythraea)
Fox & Cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca)
A very vibrant red colour, which may prove to be a sub species
Heath Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
Very soft hairy leaves and stalk.
A perennial
Ruby-tailed Wasp Sp
Norfolk Brambles (3)
Three Species
from
Buxton Heath
Bush overview
Primocane structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Primocane leaf - underside close up
Flower panicle
Flower front view
Flower side view
Flower Close up showing hairy stamens
Flower - berry forming
Bramble 1
Rubus crudelis
Primocane structure
Primocane - close up
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Flower panicle
Flower panicle - showing boxed off end
Flower front view
Flower side view
Flower- berry forming
Bramble 2
Rubus subinermoides
Bush over view
Primocane structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Primocane leaf - underside close up
Flower panicle
Flower - front view
Flower - side view
Flower - berry forming
Bramble 3
Rubus gratus
One species
from
Cawston Heath
Bush overview
Primocane structure
Primocane - close up
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Primocane leaf - underside close up
Flower panicle
Flower - front view
Flower - side view
Flower - berry forming
Section Sylvaticii
Rubus flexiousus
Hanworth
Sharp-collared Furrow bee (Lasiglossum malachrum)
Yellow-legged Mining Bee (Andrena flavipes)
Spotted Meliscaeva (Meliscaeva auricollis)
Cheilosia illustrata
Melanostoma mellinum
Frons dusting narrow on mostly shining black frons
Hebe Sp
Hanworth
Andrena Sp
Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee
Orange-vented Mason Bee (Osmia leaiana)
Leaf Hopper Sp
Dipogon variegatus
Rosemary Beetle (Chrysolina americana)
Hanworth
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Field Scabious (Knautia arvensis)
Aphid on Field Scabious (Knautia arvesis)
Field Scabious Mildew (Erisyphpe knautia)
Wood Carving Leafcutter Bee (Megachile liginseca)
Eupeodes latifasciatus ♂︎
Small Scissor Bee (Chelostoma campanularum)
Red-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus lapidarius)
Norwich
A sticky mass of Aphids on a Cherry Sp
Very difficult to get a decent photo.
Black Cherry Aphids (Myzus cersai) ?
Passion Flower (Passiflora caerulea)
Pear Aphids (Melanaphis pyraria) on a Pear tree in the Community Garden at the bottom of Grape's Hill
♀︎
Psyllid on Fig (Homatus ficus)? in the Community Garden at the bottom of Grape's Hill
Snowdrop Tree seed pods (Halesia carolina)
Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris)
Something cut this young leaf so accurately and then folded the tip for a cocoon.
From
VB
Apparently created by the Red Oak Leaf Roller Weevil
Cornus kousa Var
Norfolk Brambles (1)
A day out looking at Brambles
with
@BrambleBotanist
Primocane Structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Flower front view
Flower sIde view
Bramble 1
Unknown Sp at time of posting
Primocane Structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
(Forgot to take the full shot of the leaf)
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Flower front view
Sepals
Flower Side view
Bramble B2
Section Histrices
Rubus hylocharis
Primocane Structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane Leaf - adaxial view
Primocane Leaf - abaxial view
Primocane leaf - underside close up
Flower stalk
Flower front view
Flower side view
Bramble B3
Section Vestiti
Rubus boreanus
Primocane Structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Flower front view
Flower side view
Berry Forming
Bramble 4
Section Vestiti
Rubus vestitus
Primocane Structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Flower front view
Flower side view
Close up of flower structure
Bramble B5
Section Sprengeliani
Rosa permundus
Norfolk Brambles (2)
Primocane Structure
Primocane Close Up
Primocane Leaf - abaxial view
Primocane Leaf - adaxial view
Flower front view
Flower side view
Bramble 6
Section Sylvatici
Rubus crudelis
Primocane structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - abxial view
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Flower front view
Flower side view
Bramble 7
Unknown Sp at time of posting
Primocane Structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Flower front view
Flower side view
Bramble 8
Section Histrices
Rubus tardus
Primocane Structure
Primocane - close Up
Primocane leaf - abaxial view
Primocane leaf - adaxial view
Flower stalk - close up
Flower front view
Flower side view
Bramble 9
Section Micantes
Rubus villosior
North Norfolk Woodland
Bug Nymph Sp?
Ground Elder (Aegopodium podagraria)
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
Silver Washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
Pied Hoverfly (Volucella palluscens)
Hanworth
Crossocerus corniger with Aphid prey
Large-headed Resin Bee ♂︎ (Heriades truncorum)
Ruby-tailed Wasp Sp
Norwich
Four-banded Flower Bee (Anthophora quadrimaculata)
Bare-saddled (Colletes)
The females have a bare first tergite and this can be seen in the images above.
The hind tarsus shape of the male matched the images in Stephen Falk's album
These two image show a much Hairier variety of colletes
VB commented this is probably a fresher male Bare-saddled Colletes , which accounts for the hairiness
Out you come. That's my hole!
No way. it's mine
Large-headed Resin Bee ♀︎ (Heriades truncorum)
Hylaeus Sp?
The shape of the facial marking is different from the images below.
This looks almost round.
Chalk Yellow-face ?
Little Yellow-face bee (Hylaeus pictipes)
Orange-vented Mason Bee ♀︎ (Osmia leaiana)
Leaf-curtter Bee Sp (Megachile Sp)
Wood-carving Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile ligniseca)
Black bean Aphis (Aphis fabae)
Alkanet (Pentaglttis sempervirens)
Clover Sp
Trifolium rubens
Field Penny-cress (Thlaspi arvense)
Large Walnut Aphid (Panaphis juglandis) on the mid rib of the upper side of the leaves
Small Walnut Aphid (Chromaphis juglandicola) the underside of the leaf
Sputnik Spider (Paidiscura pallens)
Sycamore Aphid (Drepanosiphum platanoidis)
Tulip-tree Aphid (Illinoia liriodendri)
Aphid parasaitised by a Wasp Sp
Lome Hawk-moth (Mimas tiliae)
Spider Sp
Norwich
Caterpillar Sp?
Eggs?
Goat's Beard (Tragopogon pratensis)
and associated
Aphid
Brachycaudus tragopogonensis
A first for Norfolk
Olive psyllid (Euphyllura olovina)
Tulip Tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) Aphid (Illinoia liriodendri)
Walnut (Jugkans regia) fruits (above) and galls, caused by the mite Acaria erineam, on leaves. (below)
An Alate (A winged adult in this case) of the Large Walnut Aphid (Panaphis juglandis)
Phylloxera glabra on an Oak leaf in Central Norwich.
The fundatrix - a viviparious parthenogenetic winged or wingless female aphid.
Phylloxids are a family closely related to Aphids. The fundatrix lays yellow eggs in circle around it.
Also in the image below.
Aphids on Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris)
Turkey Oak acorns developing.
Aceria cerrea mites cause galls on the leaves of Turkey Oak
Galls caused by the gall wasp Andricus grossulariae)
Galls of Turkey Oak (Quercus cerris)
Ramshorn Gall Andricus aries f. aganic)
Mugwort Aphid (Macrosiphoniella artemisiae)
Lime Flowers (Tillia Sp)
10 Spot Ladybird (Adelia decempunctata) minus four or?
Thanks to the finder JE for finding and providing such magnificent directions for all aphids, psyllid and phylloxid
Hanworth
Aphids on Fat Hen
Black Bean Aphid (Aphis fabae)
Rough-saddled Bandwing (Dipogon variegatus)
Syrphus Sp
Eupeodes corallae ♀︎
Leucozona lucorum ♀︎
Lasioglossum Sp?
Large-headed resin Bee ♂︎ (Heriades truncorum)
Passoleucus corniger?
Holt Lowes
Bog Pimpernel (Anagallis tenella)
Groundhopper Sp?
Common Groundhopper (Tetrix undulata)
Jumping Spider Sp?
Evarcha arcuata
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
Round-leaved Sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)
Red Bog-moss (Sphagnum rubellum)
Cow-horn Bog-moss (Sphagnum denticulatum)
Flat-topped Bog-moss (Sphagnum fallax)
x100
Stem Leaf
Magallanic Bog-moss (Sphagnum medium)
Blunt-leaved Bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre)
Lustrous Bog-moss (Sphagnum subnitens)
Keeled Skimmer (Orthetrum coerulescens) ♀︎
Spider & Spiderlings Sp?
Star Sedge (Carex echinata)
Common Yellow Sedge (Carex demissa)
x 100
Mueller's Pouchwort (Calypogeia muelleriana)
X40
Ringless Hook-moss (Warnstorfia exannulata)
Middle Harling
Something I was introduced on Sunday popped in to view
when looking at some low hanging Oak branches today
at
Middle Harling Heath
Andricus seminationis gall found on the flowers of Oak (Quercus robur)
A Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) in Norwich at the start of the day
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthia volloviridescens)
Lasius niger? on White Bryony (Bryonia dioica)
Basil-thyme (Acinos arvensis)
Very young Wooly Beech Aphids (Phyllaphis fagi) produce large amounts of wax
from
InfluentialPoints
Bee-fly exuvia complete with spines to help lever it out of the soil.
A delicate little weevil found on Mignonette (Reseda odorata)
Bruchela rufipes
Beewolf (Philanthus triangulum)
White Bryony (Bryonia dioica)
Bryony Mining Bee (Andrean florea)
All males
Denticulate Leather Bug (Coriomerus denticulatus)
Ground Bug Sp?
Trapezonotus Sp
There are three similar species that are difficult to separate.
Although one of them is partial to the Brecks.
Trapezonotus arenarius
Click Beetle Sp?
Dock Bugs (Coreus marginatus)
Drinker Moth (Eithris potatoria) caterpillar
Lackey Moth (Malacosoma neustria) caterpillar
Fairy-ring Longhorn (Pseudovadonia livida)
Hairy Rock-cress (Arabis hirsuta)
Robber Fly Sp
Disymachus trigonus ♀︎
Sedge Sp?
Sedge Sp?
Asagena phalarata
Mating Tiger Beetles (Cicindela campestris)
Ground Spider Sp
Most likely Zelotes latrellei
Bracken Hopper (Ditropis pteridis)
Blood Bee Sp (Sphecodes Sp)?
Many thanks to VB for help with ids
Santon Downham
Bark Bug (Aneurus avenius)
from
British Bugs
Lumpy Bracket (Tramates gibbosa)
Rust (Puccinia coronata) on Buckthorn
Chrysotoxum Sp
From the image the antenna segment 1 is shorter than antenna segment 2.
Thus probably
Chrysotoxum cautum
Jet Ants (Lasius fuliginosus) tending Ginat Maple Aphids (Stromaphis graffii)
from
InfluentialPoints
Pepperwort Sp
Possibly
Field Pepperwort (Lepidium campestre)
Seed capsules shaped like shovels with a small tip
Large Tree-chernes (Dendrochernes cyrneus)
Rove Beetle Sp
Oxyporus rufus
Pluteus Sp?
Scaly Shield (Pluteus patasatus)
Tortoise Shieldbug (Eurygaster Sp)
Turkeytail (Trametes versicolor)
Lumpy Bracket (
Cranwich Camp (2)
Twenty four spot Ladybird (Subcoccinella vigintiquatourspunctata) Larva
Some interesting striations on the same leaf as the ladybird larva?
Golden-bloomed Grey Longhorn Beetle (Agapanthis vilosoviridescens)
Purple Milk Vetch (Astragalus danicus)
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa)
Anther smut (Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae)on Campion
The larvae of Geocrypta galii (Fly Sp) produce spherical galls on Bedstraw.
Aphid Sp (Brachycaudus lychnidis group) on Campion (Silene)
There are three species in this group - two live high on the plant
B Klugkisti & B lychnidis
the other lives at the base of the plant
B lychnicola
See
InfluentialPoints
Yellow Meadow Ants (Lasius flavus)
Aphids Sp (Macrosiphoniella artemisiae) on Mugworth (Artemesia vulgaris)
Mugwort Gall Aphid (Cryptosiphum artemisiae) cause galls globular leaf galls on Mugwort (Artemesai vulgaris)
Poplar Shoot Aphid (Chaitophorus populeti)
Leaf Beetle Sp?
Adult
1st Instar
2nd Instar
3rd Instar
Puss Moth Caterpillars (Cerura vinula)
Cranwich Camp (1)
Gall on the flowers of Oak (Quercus robur)
Thanks to SW
Redfern & Shirley Pg 365
Club shaped body of a gall up to 10mm long , with stalk up to 3mm long, base surrounded by stunted anthers; gall with longitudinal ribs and
scattered downward hairs at first, later smooth except for a ring of hairs around the pronounced tip; initially green, the ribs become reddish and the whole gall
becomes brownish
Andricus seminationis
This gall can itself be parasatised and the gall is then distorted; its stalk is short or absent and it remains attached
The wasp hatched out on 22/06/25
A reply to a post about this on Bluesky informed (Brendan O'Loughlin) me that these were actually a parasitoid of the wasp.
a
Eurytoma Sp
In this case they eat the wasp larva without affecting the growth of the gall.
Eurytoma Sp
Something found by Vanna on a stone??
Wasp Sp
Passoleucus corniger?
Red-banded Birch Aphid (Callipterinella tuberculata)
Beech Mast Candlesnuff (Xylaria capophila)
Mitre Shieldbug (Aelia acuminata)
?
Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
Aphid Sp on Buddleja?
Calyptella Sp?
Coleophora penella on Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)
Chafer Sp?
Chalk Yellow-face Bee♀︎ (Hylaeus dilatatus)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Dung Roundhead (Protostropharia semiglobata)
Eupeodes Sp?
Funnel Web Spider
Labryinth Spider (Agelena labyrinthica)
with prey
of
Mottled grasshopper (Myrmeleottetix maculatus)
&
Field Grasshopper (Chorthippus bruneus)?
Multi coloured Aphids and some which have been parasatised but completlely forgot to note the plant
Hairy Buttercup (Ranunculus sardous)
Jumping Spider Sp
Woodland Jumping Spider (Evarcha falcata)
They have the endearing ability to be able to emit formic acid from the 'slit' below the head when alarmed.
Thanks to VB for this snippet.
Lasioglossum leucozonium
Lasioglossum Sp?
Moth Sp?
Red-tailed Mason Bee (Osmia bicolor)
♂︎s
♀︎
♂︎s
Spined Mason Bee (Osmia spinulosa)
Pyrenopeziza petiolorum
Mignonette (Reseda odorata)
Polypore Sp?
Polyporus ciliatus
from
Yvonne
It was the snakeskin - like stipe that put me onto it.
Rhombic Leatherbug (Syromastus rhombeus)
Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)
Scaeva selenitica?
Woundwort Shieldbug (Eysarcoris venustissimus)
Long-legged Red Spider Mite Sp?
Eupeodes ♀︎ Sp
Weld (Reseda luteola)
Mines of the moth Mompha raschkiella. Feeds on Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium)
A rather delightful little moth judging by the image on the UK Moth Website
Gall on the flowers of Oak (Quercus robur)
Thanks to SW
Redfern & Shirley Pg 365
Club shaped body of a gall up to 10mm long , with stalk up to 3mm long, base surrounded by stunted anthers; gall with longitudinal ribs and
scattered downward hairs at first, later smooth except for a ring of hairs around the pronounced tip; initially green, the ribs become reddish and the whole gall
becomes brownish
Andricus seminationis
This gall can itself be parasatised and the gall is then distorted; its stalk is short or absent and it remains attached
The wasp hatched out on 22/06/25
Aldborough
Tree Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum)
Green Colonel (Oplodontha viridula)
Cuckoo-spit Wasp (Argorgorytes mystaceus)
Dock Aphid? (Aphis rumicis) on Cardoon (Cynara cadunculus)
Gwynne's Mining Bee ♂︎ (Andrena bicolor) 2nd generation
Developing galls on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) caused by the mite Eriophyes similis
Freshly hatched and quite a few flying along the path
Bug SP
Bumble Bee Sp
Burr Chervill (Anthriscus caucalis)
Dagger/Dance Fly Sp?
A very small one on the flower head of Burr Chervill
Could be one of a numver of species and needs microscopic examination
Caterpillar Sp?
Large Emerald (Hemithea aestivaria)
Crane Fly Sp
Tiger Cranefly (Nephrotoma flavescens)
Cut-leaved Alder (Alnus glutinosa "Imperialis"
Batman Hoverfly (Myathopa florea)
Fly Sp?
Cheilosia impressa
Larva Sp?
Hoverfly Larva Sp?
Larva Sp?
Yellow-barred Longhorn Moth (Nemophora degeerella)
Pyralid/Snout Moth SP
The Snout (Hypena proboscidalis)
Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee ♂︎ (Megachile ligniseca)
Common Marble (Celypha lacunana)
Shining Alder Leaf Miner (Phyllonorycter klemannella)
Common Nettle Aphid (Microlophium carnosum)
Aphids on Nettle (Urtica dioica)
Nettle Tap (Anthophile fabriciana)
Common Oak Aphid (Tuberculatus annulatus) on Oak (Quercus ruber)
Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis)
Aceria nervisequa A mite that galls the leaves of Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Common Snout (Rhingia campestris))
Dog Rose (Rosa canina)
Scaeva selentica
Aphid Sp on Spear Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Aphid Sp on Sow Thistle
?
Figwort Weevil Sp?
Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
Orange-belted Leaf Licker (Xylota segnis)
Snipe Fly Sp
Rhagio scolopaceaus
Hanworth
Buffish Mining Bee (Andrena nigroeana)
Tawny Moning Bee (Andrena fulva_
Early Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa ♀︎)
Grey-patched Mining Bee ♀︎(Andrena nitida)?
Field Cuckoo Bumble Bee (Bombus campestris)?
Early Epistrophe (Epistrophe elegans)
Fly Sp?
Fly SP?
Sharp-collared Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum malachrum)
Absinthe Aphid (Macrosiphomiella absinthii)
Spotted Meliscaeva (Meliscaeva auricollis ♂︎)
Sawfly Sp
Tenthredo tremula
Hoverfly Sp
Syritta pipiens
Syrphus Sp
Hind femora is oartially black and there do seem to be some tiny hairs on the lower part of the eyes
Thus
Syrphus torvus?
Striped-back Glimmer (Ripponensia splendens)