A ride & glades in Foxley Wood



Mining Bee Sp (Andrena Sp) on Creeping Buttercup





Stenocorus meridianus



Red-breasted Carrion Beetle (Oiceoptoma thoracium)



Common Spotted Orchid (Dactylorhiza fuschii)



Common Vetch (Vicia sativa)



Crested dog's-tail (Cynosurus cristatus)



Blowing Bubbles on a lazy Sunday afternoon

Froghopper nymph spittle bugging

Aphrophora salicina



Hoverfly Sp?









Ferdinandia cuprea









Meliscaeva cinctella ? Perhaps



Xylota segnis



Volucella bombylans









Entomopathegenic Fungus that attacks the Fly's brain such that it climbs high on the plant, it's
proboscis sticks to the plant and the wing are held in such a way as to provide a form of dispersal slide for the spores of the fungus.



Little Nomad Bee (Nomada flavoguttata)

The smallest Nomad

The two yellow spots held with id.





Pignut Inflorescence (Conopodium majus)



Rush Sp



Juncus Sp Hard / Soft Rush? Must feel the stem.

Hard Rush (Juncus influxes) Ridges on the stem





Psathyrella candoleana





Sawfly Sp (Tenthredo mesomela)



Remote Sedge (Carex remota)



False Fox-sedge (Carex otrubae) perhaps?



Forget-me-not Shieldbug (Sehirus luctosus)










Diaea dorsata



Water Avens (Geum rivale)






Gall Sp?

Tags: Landscape, AndrenaSp, LittleNomadBee, Pignut, SawflySp, Gall, Aphophorasalicina, RemoteSedge, Psathyrellacandoleana, FroghopperNymph, Ferdinandiacuprea, Xylotasegnis, Volucellabombylans, Forget-me-notShieldBug, WaterAvens, Red-breastedCarrionBeetle, Cresteddog's-tail, CommonSpottedOrchid, CommonVetch

Violet Black-legged Robber Fly ♂︎(Dioctria atricapilla)



Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)



Common Blue (Polyomattus icarus) mating pair.









Dandelion Sp



Thanks to Joshua for Comments




Fairy Flax (Linum catharticum)







?



Gromwell (Lithospermum officinale)



Merodon equestris ? Wholly black hind leg







Horseshoe Vetch (Hippocrepis comosa)



Green Drake Mayfly

from

NatureSpot



Black Medic (Medicago lupulina)












Microdon devius



Common Milkwort (Polygala vulgaris)







Andrena Sp? Probably A ovulate (Possibly A wilkella)

Reddish tibia

Thanks to Nick Owens for id comments.



Might this be Red-tailed Mason Bee? (Osmia bicolor)







Rhombic Bug (Syromastus rhombeus)



Salad Burnet (Sanguisorba minor)







?



















Angelena labrynthica

Thanks to Pip Collyer for id.





Hoary Rock Cress (Arabis hirsuta)





Common Twayblade (Listera ovatum)

Tags: VioletBlack-leggedRobberFly, PurgingBuckthorn, Microdondevius, HairyRockCress, SaladBurnet, RhombicBug, AndrenaSp, CommonMilkwort, CommonBlueButterfly, BlackMedic, GreenDrakeMayfly, Merodonequestris, HorseshoeVetch, Gromwell, FairyFlax, DandelionSp