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10th August

Micro moth

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Female Small China-mark

Cataclysta lemnata

Small China-mark (FILEminimizer).JPG
Male Tree Damsel Bug (FILEminimizer).JPG

A male Tree Damsel Bug

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Himacerus mirmicoides

Female Tree Damsel Bug.JPG

A Female Tree Damsel Bug

A Robber Fly

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Leptogaster cylindrica

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Striped Slender Robberfly

1A1A0211 (FILEminimizer).JPG

2nd August

Box Bug & Nymph 020825 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Box Bug

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(Gonocerus acuteangulatus)

 

and

 

Late Instar Nymph
 

Box Bug Late Instar 020825 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Elephant Hawk-moth Larva (Green Form) 020825 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Elephant Hawk-moth Larva

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-Green Form

(Deilephila elpenor)

Long-winged Cone-head 

 

(Conocephalus fuscus)

Long-winged Cone-head 020825 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Moth Lesser Cream Wave 020825 (3).JPG

Moth

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Lesser Cream Wave 

 

(Scopula immutata)

Fly

 

Tachina fera

Fly Tachina fera 020825 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fly

Lucillia sp.

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Fly Lucillia sp. 020825 (5).JPG
Fungi Macrolepiota procera 020825 (4).JPG

Parasol Fungi

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Macrolepiota procera
 

Gall

 

on Buckthorn

 

caused by Psyllid

 

Trichochermes walkeri

Gall Trichochermes walkeri onBuckthon 020825 (1).JPG
Beetle Anthocomus rufus 020825 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Beetle

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Anthocomus rufus

27th July

Small Copper 270725a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Small Copper 

 

 

(Lycaena phlaeas)

Speckled Wood 270725 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Speckled Wood  

 

 

 

(Pararge aegeria)

Hemp-agrimony


(Eupatorium cannabinum)

Hemp Agrimony 270725a (FILEminimizer).JPG

Bishop's Mitre  Shieldbug


(Aelia acuminata)

Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug 270725 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Figwort Sawfly


(Tenthredo scrophulariae)

Figwort Sawfly 270725 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

20th July

Marsh Fragrant-orchid


(Gymnadenia densiflora)

Marsh Fragrant-orchid 200725 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Wintergreen    

(Pyrola rotundifolia)

Wintergreen 200725 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Tansy    


(Tanacetum vulgare)

Tansy 200725 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Red Longhorn Beetle 200725 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Longhorn Beetle

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Stictoleptura rubra
 

Common Blue


(Polyommatus icarus)

Common Blue 200725 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Gall Rabdophaga rosaria complex 200725 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Gall

Rabdophaga rosaria complex

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on Willow caused by a mite.

13th July

Micro moth - Hoary Tortrix

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Eucosma cana

Silver-washed Fritillary

Silver-washed Fritillary 130725) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Small Skipper

Small Skipper 130725 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Comma

Comma 130725 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Small Tortoiseshell Larva

Small Tortoiseshell Larva 130725 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Dipping Pond 130725 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Perhaps we should call it the Dipping Wallow

28th June

Greater Bladderwort 280625 (FILEminimizer).jpg

Pyramidal Orchid

(Anacamptis pyramidalis)

Pyramidal Orchid 280625 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Ringlet 280625 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Ringlet


(Aphantopus hyperantus)

nded Longhorn Beetle

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(Leptura quadrifasciata)

Four-banded Longhorn Beetle 280625 (2a) (FILEminimizer).JPG

8th June

Common Spotted-orchid    


(Dactylorhiza fuchsii)

Common Spotted-orchid 080625 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Meadow Brown 080625 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Butterfly

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Meadow Brown

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(Maniola jurtina)

 

Elephant Hawk-moth


(Deilephila elpenor)

Elephant Hawk-moth 080625 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

Snout    


(Hypena proboscidalis)

Shaded Broad-bar 080625 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

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Orange-spot Piercer

 

 

 

(Pammene aurana)
 

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Moth Pammena aurana 080625 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Black-tailed Skimmer 080625 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Dragonfly

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Black-tailed Skimmer

(Orthetrum cancellatum)

Common Blue Damselfly 080625 (5) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Common Blue Damselfly    


(Enallagma cyathigerum)

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle    



(Pyrochroa serraticornis)

Red-headeded Cardinal Beetle 080625 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Oedemera nobilis Swollen-thighed Beetle (FILEminimizer).JPG

Male Oederma nobilis

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Swollen-thighed Beetle.

A  Lacewing

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Chrysopa perla

Chrysopa perla Lacewing (FILEminimizer).JPG

1st June

Dragonfly

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Southern Hawker

 

 

(Aeshna cyanea)
 

Southern Hawker 010625 (5) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Moth Nemophora degeerella 010625 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

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Yellow-barred Long-horn


(Nemophora degeerella)
 

Cream Wave 010625 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth

 

 

Cream Wave

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(Scopula floslactata)
 

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Longhorn Beetle

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Rutpela maculata
 

Longhorn Beetle Rutpela maculata 010625 (8) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Wasp Beetle

 

 

 

(Clytus arietis)

Wasp Beetle 010625 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Beetle

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Garden Chafer



(Phyllopertha horticola)
 

Garden Chafer 010625 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Fly - Tropidia scita (Eddie) 010625.jpg

Fly



Tropidia scita

29th May

Sawfly

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Abia fasciata

Sawfly Abia fasciata (Colin Pumfrett) 290525.JPG

New
Record

Tropidia scita (FILEminimizer).jpg

Hoverfly

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Tropidia scita

18th May

Moth
Blood-vein


(Timandra comae)

 

Blood-vein Moth 180525 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larvae

Willow Ermine



(Yponomeuta rorrella)

 

Willow Ermine Larva 180525 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Muslin Moth



(Diaphora mendica)
 

Muslin Moth 180525 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larva

Yellow-tail


(Euproctis similis)

 

Yellow-tail Moth Larva 180525 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Mating Hoverflies - Helophilus pendulus 180525 (6) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Mating Hoverflies



Helophilus pendulus

11th May

Scorpion Fly FM.JPG

Female Scorpion Fly 

14 Spot Ladybird 

Propylea quattordecimpunctata

14 Spot Ladybird - Propylea quattuordecimpunctata FM.jpg
Red-legged Shieldbug Nymph.jpg

Red-legged Shieldbug Nymph

Philodromus cespitum

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A running crab spider

Cranefly Tipula oleracea 110525 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cranefly

Tipula oleracea
 

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Moth

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Cinnabar 

(Tyria jacobaeae)
 

Cinnabar Moth 110525 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

  4th May

Spindle Ermine moth caterpillars breaking out from their cocoon.

Myathropa florea - the Batman Hoverfly

Myathropa florea (FILEminimizer).JPG
Spindle Gall Melampsora epitea 040525 (3).JPG

Melampsora epitea

A rust fungus on Spindle

Hairy Dragonfly

 

 

(Brachytron pratense)

Hairy Dragonfly 040525 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Azure Damselfly

 

 

(Coenagrion puella)

Azure Damselfly 040525 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Moth Notocelia cynosbatella 040525 (5).JPG

Moth

 

Yellow-faced Bell

 

(Notocelia cynosbatella)

Dunbar Moth Larva 040525 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Moth Larva

 

Dun-bar

 

(Cosmia trapezina)

Alderfly

 

 

(Sialis lutaria)

Alderfly 040525 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Red-and-black Froghopper

 

(Cercopis vulnerata)

Red-and-black Froghopper 040525 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

28th April

Beetle

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Megatoma undata
 

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Beetle Megatoma undata (Colin Pumfrett) 280425.JPG

Green Dock Beetle


(Gastrophysa viridula)

Green Dock Beetles (Colin Pumfrett) 280425.JPG
27th April
Cardinal Beetle (FILEminimizer).jpg

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle

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Pyrochroa serraticornis

                                  Handsome Plant Bug

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                                   Harpocera thoracica

Handsome Plant Bug (FILEminimizer).jpg
Cassida rubignosa Tortoise Beetle (FILEminimizer).jpg

Tortoise Beetle

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Cassida rubignosa

Tortoise Beetle

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Cassida vibex

Scots Pine New Cones

Scots Pine New Cones (FILEminimizer).jpg
Large Red Damselfly 270425 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Large Red Damselfly


(Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

Bogbean


(Menyanthes trifoliata)

Bogbean 270425 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Royal Fern 270425 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Royal Fern sprouting

(Osmunda regalis)

Brimstone Butterfly

(Gonepteryx rhamni)

Brimstone 270425 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Birch Shieldbug 270425 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Birch Shieldbug


(Elasmostethus interstinctus)

Snake Fly Xanthostigma xanthostigma (Colin Pumfrett) 270425 (FILEminimizer) (1).JPG

New
Record

Snake Fly

 

 

Xanthostigma xanthostigma

20th April

Green Shieldbug


(Palomena prasina)

P1170762 (FILEminimizer).JPG
P1170767 (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fern

 

Adder's-tongue 

 

 

(Ophioglossum vulgatum)

Avocet

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Nesting

P1170769 (FILEminimizer).JPG
Marsh Violet 200425 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Marsh Violet 

 

(Viola palustris)

Moth Elachista albifrontella 200425 (1).JPG

Moth

 

White-headed Grass-miner 
 

 

(Elachista albifrontella)

New
Record

13th April

Cowslip 

 

 

(Primula veris)

Cowslips 130425 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Long-horned Moth 130425 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Green Long-horn Moth 

 

 

(Adela reaumurella)

Orange Ladybird   

 

(Halyzia sedecimguttata)

Orange Ladybird 130425 (FILEminimizer).JPG

30th March

Speckled Wood

 

 

 

 (Pararge aegeria)

Green-veined White   

 

(Pieris napi)

23rd March

Frogspawn

Frogspawn 230325.JPG

16th March

Avocet   

 

 

(Recurvirostra avosetta)

Avocet 160325 (8) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Oystercatcher   

 

(Haematopus ostralegus)

Oystercatchers 160325 (4) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Cormorant

(Phalacrocorax carbo)

Cormorant 160325 (3) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Shelduck

(Tadorna tadorna)

Shelduck 160325 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG
Primroses 160325 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Primrose    (Primula vulgaris)

9th March

Lesser Celandine

 

(Ficaria verna)

Lesser Celandine 090325 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Mistletoe

(Viscum album)

Mistletoe 090325 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Primrose

(Primula vulgaris)

Primrose 090325 (2) (FILEminimizer).JPG

23rd February

Fungi - Scarlet Elfcup - Sarcoscypha austriaca 220225 (1) (FILEminimizer).JPG

Fungi - Scarlet Elfcup - Sarcoscypha austriaca 

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