A trip to Rewell Wood yesterday afternoon gave me two Crab Spiders with hoverflies. They were the colour of the Wood Spurge, such camouflage. In both cases I saw the hoverfly first and only spotted the crab spider when I checked why the fly was immobile. I inspected the only patch of Cuckoo Flowers and the tallest of the three had an Orange-tip egg attached. I heard my first Cuckoo of the year.
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Early Mining Bee |
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beetle - id needed |
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Plant bug, Stenodema species |
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Crab Spider, Misumena vatia with Hoverfly, Syrphus ribesii |
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Dance fly, Empis tessellata |
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Fly, Meiosimyza species |
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female Green Longhorn moth, Adela reaumurella |
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male Green Longhorn |
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Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum |
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Orange-tip egg, Anthocharis cardamines |
Arundel WWT car park:
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Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata |
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Strawberry Blossom Weevil, Anthonomus rubi on Garlic Mustard |
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