Very small moth ... definitely less than 5mm ... gateway guide definitely points to a Nettle-tap ... Anthophila fabriciana ... it must be a micromoth but never sure @norfolknats.bsky.social

Light conditions not good for this photo but sure this is a quaker ... most likely a Red line quaker ... Agrochola lota ... @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Closely followed by a fast moving woodlouse spider ... Dysdera ... not sure which species

At the annual safari in the garden shed ... possibly a Nobel False Widow ... Steatoda nobilis ... @norfolknats.bsky.social @britishspiders.bsky.social

Spectacular garden Spindle ... Euonymus europaeus ... @norfolknats.bsky.social

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Lots of these small moths over cleared drainage at Marston ... gateway guide suggests they could be Small China-mark - Cataclysta lemnata @norfolknats.bsky.social

Saw lots of Speckled Wood butterfly last year but very few this season @norfolknats.bsky.social

Saw lots of Speckled Wood butterfly last year but very few this season @norfolknats.bsky.social

Fantastic pupa ... not sure of the moth @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Expecting this to be an Emerald damselfly but unusual pale pterostigma suggest a Willow Emerald? Chalcolestes viridis ... @norfolknats.bsky.social

A favourite spot on a walk ... always elusive ... scarlet pimpernel

Is it correct that 22 spot ladybirds feed on mildew? @ukladybirds.bsky.social ... I suspect the white patches are mildew on green alkanet

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Very distinctive hoverfly on water mint ... probably Volucella but difficult to assign a species @norfolknats.bsky.social

Very bright 22 spot ladybird @ukladybirds.bsky.social

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Joined by extremely gregarious crow in the garden this morning

Beautiful small ermine disturbed from garden spindle ... could be Yponomeuta cagnagella @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Mint moth Pyrausta aurata with plenty of yellow spots on water mint ready to flower @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

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Although footman are relatively featureless they always look serene ... this is probably a common Eilema lurideola @norfolknats.bsky.social @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

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Very small grey moth ... therefore possibly a small grey ... Eudonia lacustrata ... but reference images are particularly varied so uncertain id @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

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I think this is the damage caused by a rose sawfly lava on a field rose (skeletonization ?)... and a culprit ( v small ... approx 1mm ) Garden safari @norfolknats.bsky.social

Fantastic spider with a web in a box of pebbles ... Not sure about id ... possibly a cavity spider Nesticus cellulanus @britishspiders.bsky.social

Fantastic spider with a web in a box of pebbles ... Not sure about id ... possibly a cavity spider Nesticus cellulanus @britishspiders.bsky.social

Initially confused by this picture but it may be a female wolf spider carrying eggs? @britishspiders.bsky.social

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@britishspiders.bsky.social Are any of the spider identification apps ok to use for an amateur?

Garden chafer ... Phyllopertha horticola ...

Small moth (flower is water forget me not) and poor photo ... but possibly Nettle tap moth Anthophila fabriciana @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Found many featureless lady birds in an area with other pupae ... could be the emergent form of harlequin? @ukladybirds.bsky.social

Lots to see in the undergrowth this afternoon ... Capsid probably Deraeocoris ruber

Markings seem to identify Roesel's bush cricket Metrioptera roeselii ... but distribution maps indicate Norfolk unlikely @norfolknats.bsky.social

I think this is a stilt bug ... plant is enchanters nightshade so bug could be Metatropis rufescens @norfolknats.bsky.social - fantastic joints

Interesting. I noticed a Common Hogweed with an unusual pink/purple hue at Cley last week.

There appear to be several places in Norfolk where the Cow Parsley leaves have become uncharacteristically purple ... possibly anthocyanin production in response to drought? @norfolknats.bsky.social

Beautiful Riband Wave moth Idaea aversata visiting the garden this evening @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

Not yet mastered settings for video capture but managed to catch an early evening barn owl - spectacular @norfolknats.bsky.social

Is there a name for a large group of caterpillars ... swarm or nest? ... these are peacock butterfly caterpillars @norfolknats.bsky.social

Scorpion fly - Panorpidae - with unusual connections between wing spots @norfolknats.bsky.social

Lovely grass moth ... possibly Crambus lathoniellus @norfolkmoths.bsky.social

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Not the best image but likely a dark bush cricket Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Brightly coloured shield bug ... new phone so new camera ... not sure i am in control of all the settings 😕 ... probably Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale - hawthorn shield bug @norfolknats.bsky.social

Always difficult to get close to a Brimstone butterfly for a photo ... @norfolknats.bsky.social