Thursday afternoon the cloud cover dispersed so I did my Mill Hill transect with the following result: Common Blue 1, Chalkhill Blue 62, Comma 1, Dark Green Fritillary 1, Gatekeeper 60, Green-veined White 1, Large White 1, Marbled White 16, Meadow Brown 116, Red Admiral, Small Heath 1, Small White 2, inidentified Whites 8.
Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers and Chalkhill Blues continue to increase, but the big news is the Dark Green Fritillary which is the first I have recorded on Mill Hill. It settled a couple of times, then flew off strongly and left the area.
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| female Chalkhill Blue, Lysandra coridon |
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| Cinnabar moth larva, Tyria jacobaeae |
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| Comma, Polygonia c-album |
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| Five-Spot Burnets, Zygaena trifolii |
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| Five-Spot Burnet, Zygaena trifolii |
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| Five-Spot Burnet, Zygaena trifolii |
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| Honey bee, Apis mellifera |
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| Meadow Browns mating, Maniola jurtina |
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| Vervain, Verbena officinalis |
Thanks to Grace for the id for this plant!
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| Vervain, Verbena officinalis |
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| Pyrausta purpuralis |
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| Small Purple-barred, Phytometra viridaria |
I think that the plant is vervain , verbena officinalis.
ReplyDeleteThanks Grace, perfect.
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