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| Red Poppies, Papaver rhoeas |
My Mill Hill transect on
Friday showed the emergence of many Marbled Whites:
Adonis Blue 14 (all old),
Brimstone 1, Marbled white 13, Meadow Brown 1, Red Admiral 1, Small Heath 23,
Small Tortoiseshell 5, Speckled Wood 1.
The Marbled Whites were difficult
to photograph as they were fluttering around looking for females in the heat,
but occasionally I caught one when it dropped into the grass to rest.
Afterwards I visited Anchor Bottom and saw many Small
Tortoiseshells on the South Downs Way flying east and some nectaring on thistles at the top of the slope. I studied a dried cow pat for a few minutes
watching a Rove beetle darting out from the side and scuttling across the top.
There were some interesting flies sharing this specialised habitat.
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| worn Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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| Grasshopper |
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| Magpies, Pica pica |
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| Marbled White, Melanargia galathea |
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| Marbled White, Melanargia galathea |
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| Red Poppies, Papaver rhoeas |
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus with dark pattern |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
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| Small Tortoiseshell taking salts, Aglais urticae |
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| Spotted Craneflies mating, Nephrotoma flavescens |
Anchor Bottom:
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| Anchor Bottom |
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| Anchor Bottom |
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| Buzzard, Buteo buteo |
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| Crow Garlic, Allium vineale |
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| Crow Garlic, Allium vineale |
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| Crow Garlic, Allium vineale |
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| Field Scabius, Knautia arvensis |
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| micro-moth - id needed please! |
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| Pyramidal Orchid, Anacamptis pyramidalis |
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| Rove beetle, Ontholestes murinus |
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| Rove beetle, Ontholestes murinus |
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| dung flies, id needed please! |
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| Sheep, Ovis aries |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
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