More from work…

 …and the last from the nettle patch because unfortunately the gardening team have chopped it down.

2-spot Ladybird.

Trying to do what Ladybirds do.

There were a few Harlequin Ladybirds on the nettles.

7-spot Ladybird.

Froghopper and an out of focus 14-spot Ladybird.

Willow Flea Beetle.

Psallus varians.

Flowerbug.

Soldier Beetle.

Pollen Beetles mating.

Possibly a Short-winged Flower Beetle.

Leafhopper.

Sawfly larva.

Peacock Butterfly caterpillars.

I can not find this moth in any of the books I have.

Ant.

Aphid.

Black Snipe Fly.

Minettia Sp. Fly.

Work part 2

More from the nettle patch where I have never seen as many 2-spot Ladybirds together. 

2-spot Ladybird

A mating pair.

Harlequin Ladybird.

Mating pair of Harlequin.

There were a few Harlequin Ladybirds around.

14-spotted Ladybird.

Ladybird larva.

Common Nettle Bug.

Froghopper.

Soldier Beetle.

Heather Beetle.

Willow Flea Beetle.

Flea Beetle.

Nettle Groundbug.

Common Green Shieldbug.

Common Green Shieldbug eggs.

Pollen Beetle.

Work part 1

 I still take my camera to work on the days I’m in (if its not raining) just in case I spot some wildlife especially insects. Some of these images, taken at the beginning of the month, are from a nettle patch.

Micropterix aruncella White-line Pollen Moth.

Longhorn Moth.

Possibly Orthotaenia undulana.

Common Wave.

Ants farming Aphids.

Aphids.

Aphid.

Sawfly.

Female Scorpionfly.

Crane Fly.

Jumping Spider?

Tetragnatha Sp. Spider.

Woodlouse.

Sawfly larva.

An Albino Slug.

I think this is a Tick.

Rust Fungus?