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| Brown Hairstreak, Thecla betulae |
On Tuesday I did another Mill Hill transect on a sunny day.
The butterfly season is definitely on the wane at the site. The three blues
are mostly very tatty and numbers were down. The upside is that I saw the
Clouded Yellow nectaring and dashing around the meadow where I saw it on Saturday. Results: 41 Adonis Blue, 3 Chalkhill
Blue, 1 Clouded Yellow, 1 Comma, 31 Common Blue, 2 Gatekeeper, 63 Meadow Brown,
1 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral, 1 Small Heath, 1 Small Tortoiseshell.
Afterwards I visited Steyning Downland and met Neil and a couple of
other Brown Hairstreak enthusiasts. Neil had seen one an hour before, but cloud cover ensured I had no luck.
On Wednesday I revisited Steyning and this time saw six Brown Hairstreaks. Neil saw the same specimens. An excellent day!
Mill Hill:
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| Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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| Carline Thistle, Carlina vulgaris |
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| Chalkhill Blue, Lysandra coridon |
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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Magpie, Pica pica |
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| Mother of Pearl, Pleuroptya ruralis |
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| Straw-barred Pearl, Pyrausta despicata |
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| Treble-bar, Aplocera plagiata |
Steyning Downland:
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| Common Darter, Sympetrum striolatum |
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| micro-moth |
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| Roesel's Bush-cricket, Metrioptera roeselii |
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| Flesh fly, Sarcophaga species |
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| not much left of this Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
Wednesday:
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| female Brown Hairstreak, Thecla betulae |
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| female Brown Hairstreak, Thecla betulae |
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| Common Darter, female, Sympetrum striolatum |
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| Common Grass-veneer, Agriphila tristella |
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| Ladybird, 7-spot, Coccinella 7-punctata |
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| male Scorpion fly, Panorpa species |
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| Small White, Pieris rapae |
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| Traveller's-joy, Clematis vitalba |
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| fly on computer screen |
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| sundown |
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