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

Tags: Liocoristripustulatis, CommonSpotted-orchid, CaterpillarSp, LeafHopperSp, Borage, GreaterBird's-footTrefoil, PillSedge, Poainfirma, Silver-studdedBlue, ToadRush, SweetChestnut, MarmaladeHoverfly, CommonDodder, HeathSpeedwell, BeeWolf, CommonCentaury, Fox'n'Cubs, Ruby-tailedWaspSp, ZigZagClover

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

Tags: WaspBeetle, Andricusseminationis, Goolden-bloomedGreyLonghorn, Bryone, GardenAnt, Basil-thyme, WoollyBeechAphid, Bruchelarufipes, BeeWolf, DenticulateLeatherBug, GroundBugSp, ClickBeetleSp, DrinkerMoth, LackeyMoth, Fairy-ringLonghorn, HairyRock-cress, RobberflySp, SedgeSp, TigerBeetle, BrackenHopper, BloodBeeSp, SpiderSp, BryonyMiningBee, Bee-fly