form violacea?







Blue-tailed Damsel Fly ♀︎ (Typica Form )


Eristalis Sp















Riponnenesia splendens





Goosegrass (Gallium apenine)











Helophilus pendulus













Volucella inflata







Myothropa florea





Parhelophilus Sp



Common Carder Bee (Bombus pascorum)





Pied Hoverfly (Volucella pellucens)















Wasp?

This turned out to be

Symmorphus gracilis

Thanks to @NorfolkNats & @StevenFalk1 for id











Xylota sylvarum



Xylota segnis



Volucella zonaria

Thanks to Steve & Gill Judd for id corrections and additions.

Tags: Blue-tailedDamselfly, Riponnensiasplendens, Goosegrass, Volucellazonaria, Xylotasegnis, PiedHoverfly, Xylotasilvarum, CommonCarderBee, ParhelophilusSp, Myothropa florea, Volucellainflata, Helophiluspendulus

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