Chromatomyia spinaciae mines are staring to appear on thistles
They form long twisting yellow mines and if you turn the leaf over you can find the pale puparium.
These are from the garden today
A couple of soldierflies today locally.
The tiny Microchrysa polita (Black-horned Gem)
Solva marginata (Drab Wood-soldierfly)
Psyche casta,a bagworm moth, which forms a case of eg grass stems. It uses this for protection as it moves around to feed.
This was at Ranworth yesterday
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An Ophiomyia aquilegiana has emerged today from its stem mine on Aquilegia. Lively agromyzid fly!
This looks like Stevenia deceptoria (Grizzled Woodlouse-fly) but it seems rare so I’m happy be corrected.
Locally - West Norfolk today
Pleased to find Aproceros leucopoda (Zig zag sawfly) is back again this year
A marshland hoverfly - Tropidia scita, a tachinid fly - Tachina fera and a Snioefky from Hickling today
From dunes at Caister today. I think these are Dune brittlestem (Psathyrella ammophila) but happy to be corrected
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Psyche casta, Nemophora degeerella and Drinker moth from Hickling today
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