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male False Oil Beetle, Oedemera nobilis, on Wild rose |
I visited Rewell Wood on Wednesday but found nothing new. On
Monday I checked out the Chichester wasteland again where Neil had photographed
a Continental Swallowtail last Thursday. His find was significant as it was probably
the first confirmed emergence from a wild site in Sussex. Neil’s story with
photos is worth reading, a brilliant piece of detective work by our Inspector Papillon:
http://bit.ly/1iOacT7 Another BC member, Susie,
saw a Swallowtail flying north through her Horsham garden.
While I didn’t find anything as exciting as a Swallowtail, I
was pleased to see another species of Stonefly, a Brown Argus, Red Admiral,
Speckled Woods, Common Blues, Orange-tips and the very attractive Lackey moth caterpillar
crawling along the path. There are many interesting flowering plants in this
area, including Dark Mullein, Black Medick and Blue Water-speedwell.
Rewell Wood
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Dance Fly, Bicellaria vana |
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fly - id needed please |
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Garden Snail, Helix aspersa |
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Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum |
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Leaf hopper nymph, Edwardsiana rosae |
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Leaf hopper, Edwardsiana rosae |
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id needed for this moth |
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Small Purple and Gold, Pyrausta aurata |
Chichester site:
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Black Medick, Medicago lupulina |
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Blue Water-speedwell, Veronica anagallis-aquatica |
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Blue Water-speedwell, Veronica anagallis-aquatica |
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Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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Dark Mullein, Verbascum nigrum |
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Dark Mullein, Verbascum nigrum |
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False Oil Beetle, Oedemera nobilis, female on Ox-eye Daisy, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum |
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Lackey larva, Malacosoma neustria |
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Nettle Groundbug, Heterogaster urticae |
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Ox-eye Daisies, Chrysanthemum leucanthemum |
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Red Ant workers collecting honeydew from Black aphids |
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Swallowtail territory |
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Swallowtail foodplant |
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White Campion, Silene latifolia |
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White-lipped snail, Cepaea hortensis |
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