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

Buzzard (Buteo buteo)



The beginnings of Nettle `Rust on a Nettle (Urtica dioica) stem ? plus ?



Nettle Rust (Puccinia urtica) on Nettle Leaf (Urtica dioica)





Poplar Hawk Moth mating. (Laothoe populi)



Remote Sedge (Carex remora) A riparian forest specialist)



Sedge Sp




Yellow Sedge (Carex demissa)



Snail Sp



Snail Sp







Spider Sp



Hedge Garlic (Alliaria petiolata) with white rust and distorted seed pods.



Four Spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)



Broad-bodied Chaser ♂︎ (Libellula depressa)



Moth in case. Sp ?



Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis)



Harlequin Ladybird (Harmonia axyridis spectabilis)




Common Tubetail (Sphaerraphoria scripta♂︎) & friend





Marsh Stitchwort (Stellaria palustris)



Saporella Sp



Sawfly Sp (Macrophya duodecimpunctata)











Fen Orchid (Liparis loesellii)



Tipula maxima



Tipula Sp



Tipula SP carrying eggs of some kind?



Campion Anther Smut (Microbotryum lychnidis-dioicae)



Water Starwort (Callitriche stagnilis)





Brassica Shieldbug (Euyderma oleracea)



Soldier Beetle (Cantharis pellucida)



Parasola kuehneri

Tags: Buzzard, NettleRust, PoplarHawkMoth, CampionSmut, Parasolakuehneri, SawflySp, MarshStitchwort, SoldierBeetle, BrassicaShieldBug, WaterStarwort, Tipulamaxima, SnailSp, SpiderSp, SaporellaSp, FenOrchid, HedgeGarlic, FourSpottedChaser, HarlequinLadybird, YellowSedge