Purple and Gold, pearls and a rainbow

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On Thursday I visited Rewell Wood where I found a Small Purple and Gold micromoth, a Speckled Wood and a Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee. The female bee takes over the nest of a Red-tailed Bumblebee and assumes the role of the queen.

On Saturday at Kithurst Meadow I found a micromoth, Falseuncaria ruficiliana and a few Green-veined whites. At Rewell Wood there were plenty of Pearl-bordered Fritillaries and Early Purple Orchids were flowering and I saw my first Speckled Yellow of the year.

In the evening we spotted a rainbow out to sea with a kite surfer dancing in front of it.

Rewell Wood:

Small Purple and Gold, Pyrausta aurata

female Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee, Bombus rupestris

female Red-tailed Cuckoo Bumblebee, Bombus rupestris

Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria

Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria

Kithurst Meadow:

Cowslip, Primula veris

bowl by Kithurst Meadow with Cowslips

Saturday at Rewell Wood:

Bracket fungus with snail

Bugle, Ajuga reptans

Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula

Early Purple Orchid, Orchis mascula

fungus, id needed

Kithurst Meadow:

Cowslips, Primula veris

micromoth, Falseuncaria ruficiliana

micro grasshopper (1 cm)

Green-veined White, Pieris napi

Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum

hoverfly

micro beetles mating

female St. Mark's Fly, Bibio marci

This fly emerges around St. Mark's Day, 25 May.

Rewell Wood:

Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne

Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne

Pheasant egg, Phasianus colchicus

Primrose, Primula vulgaris