Forest Bug

Adult Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes, on an oak tree in Hayes Common, 11 July 2011.

These are a type of shield bug and are very common in the local woods. Below are two earlier stages in their life cycle.

Final instar nymph of the Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes, on oak.  Hayes Common, 24 June 2011.

Mid instar nymph of the Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes, on beech leaf.  Hayes Common, 18 May 2011.

Robin's Pincushion Gall

Robin's Pincushion gall, caused by the wasp Diplolepis rosae, on a wild rose in Riddlesdown Quarry, 2 July 2011.

Red Mite

Mite, Balaustium species, on a doorstep at Porthclais, near St David's (Tyddewi), Pembrokeshire.  9 July 2011.
Taken with a Canon Ixus 100.

Orange Fly

Small orange fly, probably a Chyromyid species, on a cultivated Hypericum in Saville Row, Hayes.  20 June 2011.

Goat's-Beard

Seed head of goat's-beard, Tragopogon pratensis.  High Elms Country Park, 31 May 2011.

More Keston Moths

Satin Lutestring, Tetheella fluctuosa.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

These are more of the moths I photographed last Saturday, when moth traps were set up on Keston Common. They were all identified by the experts. I couldn't be so sure about some of them, but I don't have the same experience of the way they look in different conditions.

Garden Grass Veneer moth, Chrysoteuchia culmella.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

Pyrausta purpuralis in a glass tube.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

Scarce Footman, Eilema complana, with an unidentified micromoth.
Despite its name, it is not particularly scarce. Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011

Scoparia ambigualis.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

V-Pug, Chloroclystis v-ata.  The oddest name of the day.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

Riband Wave, Idaea aversata.  Keston Common moth trap, 2 July 2011.

Green Beetle

Leaf beetle, Chrysolina species, on oxeye daisy.  High Elms Country Park, 29 May 2011.