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Apolygus spinolae - A Capsid Bug

Apolygus spinolae A Capsid Bug Miridae

Length 5- 6 mm

Phenology Adult: June-September

Description

The Genus Apolygus generally oval pronotom may have dark green marks and overall base colour paler than A. lucorum although this one appears darker than normal

Pale Brown Tibial Spines do not arise from dark basal area

Black tip to cunneus Differientiate Apolygus spinolae from A. lucorum

2nd antennal segment is generally shorter than the width of the base of  pronotum

Host Plants

A varied number of hedgrow plants  creeping thistle, meadowsweet, nettle, bog-myrtle and notably  bramble

Similar Species 

Apolygus lucorum , Lyocoris pabulosa.

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2422 Green Silver-lines Caterpillar Pseudoips prasinana

2422 Green Silver-lines Pseudoips prasinana

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Wingspan 30-35 mm.

Description   Common in wooded areas over much of England and Wales, less common in Scotland and Ireland.

Phenology   Flight period  June and July, it is often attracted to artificial light.

The short, stocky caterpillar feeds in August, mostly on oak (Quercus) and birch (Betula),and  other deciduous trees

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Iassus lanio A Leafhopper

Iassus lanio A  Leafhopper TBC

Iassus lanio Leafhopper

Adult:      June to October

Length    6.5-8 mm

ID Points 

The  forewings present  in colour form  from pale brown  to Green   

 vertex, pronotum and scutellum have heavily dark-mottling. 

Vertex is uniformly narrow and rounded 

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Tachina fera - A Tachnid fly

Tachina fera  -  A Tachnid fly

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Aphrodes makarovi A leafhopper

Aphrodes makarovi A leafhopper  TBC

Adult: June to October

Length 5.5-7.5 mm

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2306 Angle Shades Caterpillar Phlogophora meticulosa

2306 Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa

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Wingspan 45-50 mm.

Description Rests with the wings folded longitudinally, resembling a withered autumn leaf.

The adults generally fly between May and October, in at least two generations, but can be found in any month A common migrant occurring in numbers at coastal localities

Caterpillar  The larvae feed on a variety of herbaceous plants.

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Green Shieldbug Nymph Palomena prasina

Green Shieldbug Nymph Palomena prasine

Green Shieldbug Nymph Palomena prasina

A late stage Green SB Nymph

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Long Jawed Orb Weaver Metellina segmentata/mengei

Long Jawed Orb Weaver Metellina segmentata/mengei

Likely segmentata or possibly mengei

Description M. segmentata may be slightly larger.than mengei.Males of M. segmentata have hairs on the underside of the first leg and M. mengei have none.

Habitat

Found woods, gardens and wasteland amongst any vegetation or structure where it can build its web
This spider spins orb-shaped (rounded) webs. During the mating season the male moves onto the web of the female.

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0411 Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella

 0411 Golden Argent Argyresthia goedartella

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A Straw Grass Veneer 1304 Agriphila straminella

Grass Veneer 1304 Agriphila straminella

Wingspan 16-19 mm

Foodplants  Various grasses, especially sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina), where the larvae feed internally on the lower part of the stems.

Flight Period July and August,   a frequent visitor to light

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A Sponge Fly - Sisyra nigra

Sponge Fly - Sisyra nigra

Thanks to Chris Brooks

The Sisyridae, commonly known as spongeflies or spongillaflies, They're active at night or twilight and are tiny, with a wingspan of 1 cm (0.4 in) across at most and sometimes less than half that. Their minute form retains the complicated, lacy wings and giant, sparkling eyes common among Net-winged Insects.Adult spongillaflies are crepuscular (Active at Twilight)  or nocturnal. They are omnivores, sometimes hunting small invertebrates, but mainly scavenging on such animals' carcasses, as well as on pollen and honeydew.

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