Orange Balsam - Jewellweed - Orange Jewelweed - Spotted touch-me-not (Impatiens capensis)



Blusher (Amanita rubescens)



Buff Footman (EIlema depressa)



?



Water Chickweed (Stellaria aquatica)





Collared Parachute (Marasmius rotula)



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Immature ♂︎



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Short-winged Conehead (Conocephalus dorsalis) although as Tony has said you need to watch out for long-winged variety (macropterous form) of short-winged conehead.



Tipula Sp One of a number of craneflies that hold their wings in line with the body at rest. The marbled wings suggest one of two smaller craneflies. T confuse or T rufina

but you need a thorax side view to be certain.



Dark Bush Cricket - Adult (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)

Only ever see the little ones early in the year before. A number of these splayed out adults on the vegetation today - stunning



Dead Man's Fingers (Xylaria polymorpha)



Willow Emerald Damselfly (Chalcostes viridis)





Lasiosperma ovina





Ganoderma Sp (G australe)



Grisette (Amanita virginata)





Southern Hawker (Aeshna cyanea)

A male blue form?



Common Hemp-nettle (Galeopsis tetrahit)









Melanostoma Sp ♂︎(mellinum perhaps) on Mugwort (Artemesia vulgaris)



?



Longhorn Beetle (Leptura quadrifasciata)



Marsh Sowthistle (Sonchus palustirs)



Meadowsweet Gall caused by the gall midge Dasineura pustulans



Meadowsweet Rust - Triphragmium ulmariae



Mycena amongst the Moss

Mycena





Oak Maze Gill (Daedalea quercina)



Mycena acicular



Fungus on Reed stems

Marasmius curreyi



Fungus 4?





Skullcap (Scutellaria gallericulata)




Slime Mold Sp (Fuligo septica)











Small Teasle (Dipsacus pilosus)













The Amber Snail with the flashing eye.

The amazing snail with the pulsating eye was caused by a parasitic flatworm Leucochloridium paradoxum (the Green-banded broodsac)










A Toothed Fungus - Zoned Tooth Fungus (Hydnellum concrescens)




Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulis)







Alder Tongue Curl (Taphrina alni)

Thanks to Yvonne & Tony for id help and corrections.

Tags: OrangeBalsam, Blusher, BuffFootman, AlderTongueCurl, GanodermaSp, Grisette, WaterChickweed, GuelderRose, ZonedToothFungus, SmallTeasle, SlimeMoldSp, OakMazeGill, MeadowsweetRust, MarshSowthistle, LonghornBeetleSp, HoverflySp, CommonHemp-nettle, DeadMan'sFingers, CollaredParachute, Short-wingedConehead, DarkBushCricket, CraneflySp, SouthernHawker

White Bryony (Bryonia alba)



Dark Bush Cricket (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)









Ants Sp? shepherding and extracting Honey Dew from Blackfly Sp?

Nick Owen's pointe me towards an article in this copy of the Natterjack








Mating Ferruginous Bee-grabbers (Sicus ferruginous)













Beetle Sp desperate to get away from the Ants





Chrysotoxum bicinctum





























Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus)





Plant Bug Sp?





Cerceris arenaria



Dagger Fly (Empis livida)

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Rose Sp













?



Grasshopper Sp





Hogweed (Heraclium spondylium)



Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum)



Eupeodes corollae?





















Hoverfly Sp

Probably Eristalis arbustorum

Narrow fascial strip set in a dusted (pale) background, thickened hind metatarsus and a diffuse wing stigma

Thanks to Steve & Gill Judd for considered id comments.












Ichneumon Sp





Wasp Sp?



Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)





Moss Carder Bee (Bombus muscorum) ? on Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare)

In fact Bombus pascuorum. Despite colour and size, the black hairs on legs and other parts mean it's a Common Carder Bee

Thanks to Nick Owens for id comments.



Moth Sp?



















Crabro cribrarius

BWARS





Piri Piri Burr (Acaena novae-zelandiae)

Mosture laden this morning.











Chrysotoxum festivum







Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)







































Tenthredo vespa

A year ago today one was seen about 100m away from where I saw this one today.

That was the second record this century. Perhaps this is the third record?

Tags: WhiteBryony, MossCarderBee, MothSp, SmallSkipper, Chrysotoxumfestivum, Tenthredovespa, DarkBushCricket, PiriPiriBurr, FerruginousBee-grabber, IchneumonSp, MarmaladeHoverfly, Honeysuckle, Hogweed, RiseSp, DaggerFlySp, BeetleSp, AntSp, Silver-studdedBlue, Chrysotoxumbicinctum