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
In a Norwich garden
This was a treat - "Madagascan Spiny Solanum"
Is this Solanum pyracanthos - Prickly Orange or Spiny Tomato
Cauchas fibulella
Field Pennycress (Thlaspi arvense)
Sweet Cicely (Myrrhis odorata)
Tree Lupin (Lupinus arboreus)
Weevil Sp?
Woundwort Shieldbug (Eysarcoris venustissimus)
Sawfly Sp?
Eupeodes luniger
Case bearer Sp (Coleophora Sp)
Fox-tailed Flower Bee ♂︎ (Anthophora furcata)
Mirid Bug Sp
Leptoterna dolobrata nymph
Closterotomus trivialis ♂︎
Apple Ermine Moth caterpillars (Yponomeuta malinellus)
Hoverfly Sp (Eumerus Sp)?