Bessingham






Hairy-backed Boxhead Wasp (Crossocerus megacephalus) ♂︎ ?
Matches the clypeal pattern for this species
in
The Sphecidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark
O Lomholdt
Also
from
Artfakta
Hanworth


















Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)
Arrived in the UK in 2001
Arrived in Norfolk around 2013 and Norwich 2016
Hunstanton
















Barnacle Sp Id
Darwin's Barnacle (Austrominius modestus)
Non-native introduced in the 1940s from Australia
4 plates. Diamond beaked shape operculum.


Lugworm - inny & outy signs
The pattern of the cast and the depression (blow hole) is characteristic of the Blow Lug Arenicola marina.
The other lugworm species on Norfolk shores produces a much more tightly wound cast with the depressionnear the centre of the mound. Arenicola defodiens and has a preference for being near the low tide mark. 
Common Periwinkle (Littorina littorea)

RigidBeard-moss (Didymoduon rigidulus
Bessingham







Leconora campestris ?

Verrucaria macrostoma var macrostoma (Chemically negative ) or Acarospora fuscata? ( K- C+ red KC + red)
But looking at the images
Verrucaria macrostoma ( black picnidia) or Acarospora furcata ( red brown discs)
&
Chemically negative
Verrucaria macrostoma var macrostoma?




Evernia prunastri

Candelariella aurella f aurella?
Arthonia calcarea?




Athallia holocarpa sens lat?
The thallus is not visible (inconspicuous/endolithic). Lots of apothecia with dull orange epithecium and a paler thalline margin.


Tephromela atra? K+ Yellow, KC + Yellow UV + ice blue
LGBI 3 29 Lecanorales Pg 7
Lichen Sp
Myriolecis crenulata?









Lichen Sp





Lichen Sp
Lichen Sp

Lichen Sp UV + Orange
Lepraria incana ?




Lichen Sp ?
Lichen Sp ?
Calndelariella vitelina f vitelina ?




Lichen Sp ?





Lichen Sp
Porpidia tuberculosa with an occasional apothecia.
Chemically negative.

Lichen Sp
Lichen Sp
Lichen Sp
Lichen Sp

Lichen Sp
Lichen Sp




Lichen Sp
Lichen Sp

Lichen Sp

Candelariella medians ?
Irish Lichens
Lacewing (Chrysoperia carnea)




Whiteflies (Trialeurodes vapororariorum)


Barkfly Nymph ?
Sp?



Barkfly Nymps?

Sp?
Middle Harling




Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)

Common Lime Aphid (Eucallipterus tilliae)




Spider hunting Wasp Sp?

Cinnamom Bug (Corizus hyoscyami}




Purging Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica)
Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyse punctissima)
Poppy ( Papaver rhoeas)

Barkfly Sp
Ectosocus briggsi agg


Lady's Bedstraw (Gallium verum)
Amazing Black-faced sheep with curled horns
Valais Blacknose from Switzerland


Ivy Bee (Colletes hederae)

Red Raspberry Slime Mild (Tubifera ferruginosa)
Flowers of Tan (Fuligo septica)
Powderpuff Bracket (Postia ptychogaster)

Greater Fescue (Festuca gigantea)





Nodding Thistle (Carduus nutans)




Aphids on the thistle above.
Plum-thistle Aphid (Brachycaudus cardui)



Leaf Beetle
Chrysolina banksi?

Round-leaved Cranesbill (Geranium rotundififolium)
















An aglommeration of Firebugs (Pyrrhocoris apterus)
Salthouse












Large Willow Aphid (Tuberolachnus salignus)

Sp








Sea Aster mining Bees (Colletes halophilus) excavating nests in the peat.

Red-banded Grasshopper Grabber (Tachysphex pompiliformis)

Bug sp

Xanthoria parietina
Lichen Sp



Jumping Spider
Salticus scenicus





Sae Aster (Tripolium pannonicum)
Thurgarton




Oxalis corniculatus





Bristly Millipede (Polyxenus lagurus) in amongst the Flavoplaca ruderum


Very pruinose including the lobes.

Calogaya saxicola / Caloplaca saxicola 
Very convex lobes with some pruina
Variospora flavescens / Caloplaca flavescens
Convex lobes


Caloplaca aurantia growing in the shade.
Flattened lobes Egg Yolk Yellow No pruina
These three correspond to the images on pg 107 of Dobson focusing on the lobe shape and degree of pruinose
They are all KC + red
LGBI3 43 Teleschistales Pg 4
Drina massiliensis f sorediata 
Oxalis corniculatus








A definite zoning at the outer edges but not as marked as some examples
White porthallus, a grey, buff, greenish area with no apothecia and then the area with apothecia
Ochrolechia parella
Thallus C- K- UV- Centre of Disc C+ orange red, KC + orange/red UV - white ( Very gently playing the UV torch across the apothecia to see the colour change of the thalline margin.)
Buff / grey/ greenish thallus & white prothallus.
LGBI3 5 Pertusariales: Ochroleciaceae Pg 8 












Spider Potter Wasp Aupoplus carbonarius) dragging prey to nest site. In credibly fast, didn't pause at any time.
About 20 seconds to climb 12 ft up the side of the church, with occasional back tracking.
Fly Sp
Thurgarton


Large Flax Flea Beetle (Apthona euphorbiae)



Nymph - Bug Sp






Ochrolechia parella?
Thallus C- K- Disc C+ orange red KC+ Red UV + white



Variospora / Caloplaca aurantia in the shade.?
Flattned lobes.
Lichen Sp



Lichen Sp

















Spider Potter Wasp (Aupoplus carbonarius) carrying mud balls to create pots.
Thurgarton & Bessingham

Robberfly Sp

Lichen Sp




Calogaya pusilla/ Caloplaca saxicola

Diploicia canescens



Verru


Ochrolechia parella
Yellow Sorrel (Oxalis corniculatus)
Potter Spider Wasp (Aupoplus carbonarius)
Bessingham





















Cromer / Hanworth
Cromer

Ivy (Hedera helix)


Green Mesh Web Spider (Nigma walckenaeri)
Hanworth 

Caryopteris
Cranwich Pits

Myrmus miriformis
British Bugs

Ant-like Flower Beetle
Anthicus antherinus 

Ground Bug Sp
Emblethis denticollis



Final instar nymph Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale_


Sawfly Sp on Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Hemichroa australis
Ladybird eggs
Psyllid Nymph Sp 
Spider Sp
Mite activity



16 Spot Ladybird (Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata)
16 Spot Ladybird larva






Horse Chestnut.(Asculus hippocastanum) canopy
Horse Chestnut Leaf Miner Moth (Cameraria ohridella)





Fencepost Jumping Spider (Marpissa muscosa)
Poplar Leaf Miner Phyllonistis xenia on White Poplar (Populus alba)?
Rust on White Poplar
Melampsora populnea?

Salticus cingulatus



Ant-like Flower Beetle
Notoxus Sp
Notoxus monoceros with distinctive forward facing horn on the front of the pronotum.
Insects Pro
Red Bartsia (Odontites vernus)

Red Bartsia Rust (Coloeosporium tussilaginis)
Square-stalked St John's-wort (Hypericum tetrapterum)
Cheilosia impressa

Mites on Alder (Alnus glutinosa)
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum)
Hop (Lupulus lupulus)





Rove Beetle Sp
Scaphidium quadrimaculatum)

Physcia tenella
Spider Sp?

Leiobunum rotundum

Wasp Spider (Argiope brunnechii) 
Sp?

Gypsywort (Lycopus europaeus)
Fleabane (Pulicaria dysenterica)
Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria)



Lacebug Nymphs on Water forget-me-not. (Myositis scorpoides)
Dictyla convergens
British Bugs

Trifid Bur-marigold (Bidens tripartita)?

Red Goosefoot (Oxybasis rubra)
Redshank (White form) (Persicaria maculosa)



Nodding Bur-marigold (Bidens cernua)






Fungus Sp?

Spider Sp
Pirata Sp (Likely Pirata piraticus)
Tipula Sp?
This has very narrow wings and a very obvious sandy brown central stripe.





Upright Hedge-parsley (Torilis japonica)



Speckled Bush-cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
Many thanks to VB for help with ids
Upton Fen


Angelica (angelica arachnagelica)

Alder Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)




Reed/Plum Aphid (Hyalopterus pruni)

King Alfred's Cakes (Daldinia concentrica)





Parsley Water Dropwort (Oenantha lachenallii)

Fungus Sp Pseudocercospora depazeoides on Elder (Sambucus nigra)



Willow Emerald (Chalcolestes viridis)



Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia palustris)


Hop (Humulus lupulus)
Leafhopper Sp

Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)


Milk Parsley (Peucadanum palustre)
Leaf Mine Sp
Knopper Gall (Andricus quercuscalicis)



Parent Bug (Elasmuch grisea)



Anther smut (Microotryum succisae)?
Sheep's Bit Scabious (Jasione montana)
Silver Y (autogrpha gamma)

Spiderlings Sp?
Spider Sp

Guelder Rose (Viburnum opulus)

Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi)
Bog myrtle (Myrica gale)
Raspberry Thorns (Rubus idaeus)
Winterton






Reindeer or Cream Cup Lichen ( Cladonia portentosa)

Mottled Grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus)





Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
Stiffkey Marshes







White Stamens
Common Sea Lavender (Limonium vulgare)


















Images above show quite a few sterile shoots on the same plant
A later image of the dried version of the above plant.
29 cm high
Leaves 6mm wid
14 cm high
Leaves 4mm wide
29cm high
Leaves 7mm wide
Again a number of sterile shoots on the images of two different plants
Does this make this L saxonicum?
Something from Blakeney Point for comparison
16cm high
8mm wide leaves


In the village on a Magnolia Bush
3 Green Mesh Web Spider (Nigma walckenaeri)
Ichneumon Sp






































































