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| Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
On Monday I visited Rewell Wood where I found a new
micromoth, Grapholita jungiella. There were Grizzled Skippers and an Orange-tip
laying on Garlic Mustard. Plenty of Wild Strawberry around. The Goldcrest was
singing again.
I then went to Kithurst Meadow and photographed 5 Duke of
Burgundies, including 2 females. A pair were mating high up on a leaf. I found
my first Brown Argus of the year, plus Dingy Skippers and Small Heath.
Finally I visited Lord’s Piece near Fittleworth where the
heath has been managed for the endangered Field Cricket. I was in the company
of John and Mike, an ecologist who has studied this fascinating creature for 25
years. The crickets were singing loudly and we found one that was obliging
enough to emerge from its burrow and allow me to take photos. I was also shown
some new (for me) heathland species: Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetles, Dwarf Gorse
and Subterranean Clover.
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| Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
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| 14-spot Ladybird, Propylea 14-punctata |
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| micromoth, Grapholita jungiella |
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| micromoth, Grapholita jungiella |
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| Orange-tip, Anthocharis cardamines laying egg on Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata |
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| Orange-tip egg |
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| Orange-tip egg |
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| Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca |
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| bed of Wild Strawberry |
Kithurst Meadow:
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| Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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| Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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| Crab spider, Misumena vatia |
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| Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
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| Duke of Burgundy, Hamearis lucina |
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| female Duke of Burgundy, Hamearis lucina |
the male has only 4 functional legs, whereas this female has 6.
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| mating pair of Dukes high in a tree |
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| Green-veined White, Pieris napi |
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
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| White-lipped snail, Cepaea hortensis |
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| Brown Silver-line, Petrophora chlorosata |
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| Dwarf Gorse, Ulex minor |
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| Field Cricket, Gryllus campestris |
This lovely creature went head-first down his burrow, which was at a slant. It then turned round at the entrance, and came out and fed on plant material:
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| mating pair of Lesser Bloody-nosed Beetles, Timarcha goettingensi |
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| Subterranean Clover, Trifolium subterraneum, whiteflora |
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| Tormentil, Potentilla erecta |
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| White Dead Nettle, Lamium album |
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