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Fire bug, Corizus hyoscyami |
On Monday afternoon I left Earnley tropical butterflies and called in at Rewell Wood. There was plenty of insect life around, including a couple of bugs and very sodden queen Brown-banded carder bee.
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queen Common Carder Bumblebee, Bombus Pascuorum |
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queen Common Carder Bumblebee, Bombus Pascuorum |
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Fire bug, Corizus hyoscyami |
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Green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea |
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Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum |
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Meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris |
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Orchis mascula, Early purple orchid |
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Small Purple and Gold, Pyrausta aurata |
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Snail - id needed |
The next photos were taken a few days ago. I saw a Nightjar for the first time and a fox trotted onto the path in front of me and never saw me. I caught it as a brown patch in the middle of the photo.
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Bugle, Ajuga reptans, a favourite nectar source for the Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
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Broom, Cytisus scoparius |
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Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes - a microdot in the distance! |
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Red campion, Silene dioica |
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Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca |
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Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca |
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Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca |
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