Yesterday afternoon Mark phoned with the news that Silver-studded Blues were finally showing at Stedham Common. I disappeared out of
the door PDQ and at 4pm was happily walking towards the heathland. There were
plenty of Common Heath, Treble-bar and Grass Wave moths plus large yellow ones later
identified as Clouded Buffs. I tried to avoid breaking the spider webs in the heather. After nearly two hours of searching
under a cloudy sky in diminishing light I finally located a Silver-studded Blue
fluttering near the path.
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| Clouded Buff, Diacrisia sannio |
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| Clouded Buff, Diacrisia sannio |
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| Common Cottongrass, Eriophorum angustifolium |
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| Common Cottongrass, Eriophorum angustifolium |
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| Grass Wave, Perconia strigillaria |
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| Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus |
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| Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus |
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| Silver-studded Blue, Plebeius argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue, Plebeius argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue, Plebeius argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue, Plebeius argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue, Plebeius argus |
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| Slow-worm, Anguis fragilis |
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| Gorse Orbweaver, Agalenatea redii |
Beautiful Pictures and blog, a pleasure to view! I think your Common Heath is in fact a 'Grass Wave' (Perconia strigillaria).
ReplyDeleteQuite right, thanks for your correction!
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