"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Sunday, 20 October 2019

Four dune-specialist fungi

Dune Stinkhorn Phallus hadriani, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019


Scaly Stalkball, Tulostoma brumale, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019


Dune Waxacap, Hygrocybe coincides, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019


Rabbit Dung Button, Poronia ericii, Holme NWT, 19th October 2019


Friday, 11 October 2019

Three more saltmarsh beasties

Sea Lavender Weevil Pseudaplemonus limonii, Holme NWT, 7th October 2019



Saltmarsh Pill-woodlouse Armadillidium album Holme NWT, 7th October 2019



Saltmarsh Tortoise Beetle Cassida vittata, Holme NWT, 7th October 2019


Monday, 30 September 2019

Five saltmarsh beasties

Wormwood Case-bearer, Coleophora albicans, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019



The Delphacid plant hopper Eurybregna nigrolineata, Holme Lavender Marsh (off Sea Wormwood), Holme 30th September 2019


Dicheirotrichus obsoletus, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019


The Beetbug Parapiesma quadratum, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019


Marram Pseudoscorpion, Dactylochelifer latreillei, Holme Lavender Marsh, 30th September 2019



Thursday, 19 September 2019

A Tachinid fly at Holme

I came across this fly Nowickia ferox in the pines at Holme Dunes today. I believe its larvae develop inside the Dark Arches moth.



Monday, 9 September 2019

Green Nightshade

Green Nightshade, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019


Chocolate Tip

Chocolate-tip Caterpillar on Grey Poplar, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019


Carline Neb

Carline Neb, Metzneria asticella, in flower head of Carline Thistle, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019



Parent Bugs

Parent Bug, late instar nymphs, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019


Twin-spot Centurion

Twin-spot Centurion, Sargus bipunctatus, female, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019


Three Bugs from Holme

The Leafhopper Viridicerus ustulatus, off Grey Poplar, Holme NWT, 9th September 2019


The Stiltbug Gampsocoris punctipes Holme NWT, off Restharrow, 9th September 2019


The Mirid Bug Dicyphus annulatus, Holme NWT, off Restharrow, 9th Septemebre 2019