Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) and Beech Fagus sylvatica) grove









Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa)

Muck larger seed heads than the Lesser Burdock (Arctium minus)

and when you split a lower leaf it is solid rather than hollow



Alder Curl (Taphrina alni)



Powdery mildew on Alkanet ( Pentaglottis sempervirens)

Erysiphe lycopsidis






Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens gladulifera)



Bittersweet flower (Solanum dulcamara)



Cranefly Sp

Tipula olivacea ♀︎



Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus) (Late instar nymph)



Erysiphe Sp?







Powdery mildew on Field Maple (Acer campestris)

Sawadaea bicornis



Fly Sp



Fly Sp



Fly Sp



Powdery mildew on Garlic Mustard (Aliiaria petiolata)

Erysiphe cruciferararum)





Mitopus morio ?





Common Hempnettle (Galeipsis tetrahit)

with

powdery mildew

Erysiphe galeopsidis





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Flowers of the Hop (Humulus lupulus)



Syrphus Sp?



Ichneumon Sp



Ichneumon Sp



Xanthoria parietina growing among Orthotrichum anomalum





Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis)





Orange Balsam (Impatiens capensis)



Parent Bugs (Final instar) (Elas mucha)



Water Pepper (Persicaria hydropiper)



Reed (Phragmites communis)







Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris)





Twin Spot Boxer (Platycheirus rosarum)

The twin spots on tergite 3 were clearly visible before it turned around.



Image kindly supplied by IS





Pseudocercospora depazeoisea on Sambucus nigra

from

Plant Parasites of Europe





Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulata)



Garden SPider (Areneus diadematus)



Spindle (Euronymus europaeus)





Water Chick Weed (Stellaria aquatica)



Swamp Cypress (Taxodium distichum)?



Willow Emerald (Chalcolestes viridis)







Willow Sp having a second flush of flowering







Willow Sp

Tags: WaterChickweed, Landscape, AlderCurl, AlkanetPowderyMildew, HimalayanBalsam, FieldDiggerWasp, OrangeBalsam, ParnetBug, Reed, WaterPepper, TwinSPotBoxer, SkullCap, Spindle, WaterChickweed, WillowSp, Bittersweet, Tipulap;ovacea, FoeldMaplePowderyMildew, GreenEmerald, FlySP, AlkanetPowderyMildew, Mitopusmorio, CommonHempnettle, PowderyMildewonCommonHempnettle, Hop, SyrphusSp, IchneumonSp, Xanthoriaparietina, DockBug

Scabious Longhorn (Nemophora metallica)





Basil Thyme (Acinos arvensis)






Bovine Bolete (Suillus bovinus)

As it turned out the pink in the base and flecked stipe points to the scarcer

Pine Bolete (Suillus collinitus)







One of only two UK treehoppers

Gargara genistae associated with Broom





Large Shield Wasp (Crabro cribrarius ♂︎)



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Twist-winged Parasite Fly (Ectophasia crassipenis)





Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtirpes)



Figwort Sawfly (Tenthredo scrophulae)



Ichneumon Sp



Mirid Bug Sp



Spined Mason Bee (Osmia spinulosa)



Red Bartsia Rust (Coleosporium tussilaginis)





Red-brown Longhorn Beetle (Stictoleptura rubra)



Rosey Footman (Miltochrista miniata)



Small Blue (Cupido minimus)









Small Scabious Mining Bee (Andrena marginata)



Asagena phalerata





Fungus Sp

Tags: ScabiousLonghorn, BasilThyme, PineBolete, Twist-wingedParasiteFly, Red-brownLonghornBeetle, FungusSp, SpinedMasonBee, RedbArtsiaRust, PantaloonBee, FigwortSawfly, IchneumonSp, Gargaragenistae, LargeShieldWasp, RoseyFootman, SmallBlue, SmallScabiousMiningBee

Fly Sp



Ectemnius cephalotes



Extemnius continuus?







Fly Sp













Common Furrow Bee (Lasioglossum morio)













Woodcarving Leafcutter Bee (Megachile ligniseca)








Kite-tailed Robberfly (Machimus atricapillus)



Ichneumon Sp

Tags: IchneumonSp, WoodCarvingLeafcutterBee, Kite-tailedRobberfly, CommonFurrowBee, FlySP

Cheilosia Sp



Cheilosia Sp



Dark-winged Wrinkle Head ♀︎ (Chrysogaster solstitialis)







Golden-moustached Fly Fox (Ectemnius cavifrons?)



Fly Sp





SIgnal Fly Sp

Lesser Dung Fly Sp

Sepsis Fly Sp

According to Nature Spot there are 24 species in this genus and they need microscope work to determine species.






Ectemnius cavifrons?









Shiny-backed Half Band ♀︎(Melangyna umbellatarum)



Banded Meliscaeva ♀︎ (Meliscaeva cinctella)























Wood-vase Hoverfly ♀︎ (Myolepta dubia)



Syrphus Sp



Horsefly Sp

Splayed Deerfly (Chrysops caucutiens)







Ichneumon Sp







Willow Mason Wasp (Symmorphus bifasciatus)

Tags: CheilosiaSp, FlySP, Dark-wingedWrinkleHead, GoldenMoustachedFlyFox, Shiny-backedHalfBand, IchneumonSp, HorseflySp, WillowMasonWasp, BandedMeliscaeva, Wood-vaseHoverfly, SyrphusSp

Ichneumon Sp?

Tags: IchneumonSp