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| Mute Swan cygnets, Cygnus olor |
On Wednesday I
visited Arundel WWT with Sue and added to the micro fauna I saw the previous
day. Highlights inside the centre were Canada and Greylag goslings, Mute Swan cygnets, and
Swallows building a nest in the Scrape Hide. Sue and Terry were sitting on a bench while I was busy with micro fauna when they spotted a Weasel trotting along the main path near the pond by the Scrape hide.
Highlights outside the centre were a mating pair of Comfrey Ermel moths and a Meadow Longhorn moth, Adela rufimitrella and both Black-headed and Red-headed Cardinal Beetles.
Tuesday outside WWT Centre:
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| Alderfly, Sialis lutaria |
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| Alderfly, Sialis lutaria |
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| female Blue-tailed Damselfly, Ischnura elegans |
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| female Blue-tailed Damselfly |
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| male Blue-tailed Damselfly |
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| Brown Willow Beetle eggs, Galerucella lineola |
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| Comfrey Ermels mating, Ethmia quadrillella |
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| Comfrey Ermel |
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| Cucumber Green Spider, Araniella cucurbitina |
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Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina
using flash |
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Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina
without flash |
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| Guelder Rose, Viburnum Opulus |
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| pupa? - several of these seen on nettle leaves |
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Meadow Longhorn, Adela rufimitrella
with flash |
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| Meadow Longhorn without flash |
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| Black-headed Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa coccinea |
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| Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis |
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| spider - id needed |
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| same spider |
inside Centre:
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| Canada Geese |
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| Greylag Geese |
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| Greylag Geese |
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| Honey Bee, Apis mellifera |
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Moth Fly, Pericoma species
with ambient light. this fly is 3mm across, very difficult to photograph |
Wednesday:
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| Braconid wasp, Microplitis species |
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| Bramble sawfly, Arge cyanocrocea |
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Cardoon, Cynara cardunculus
aka Artichoke Thistle |
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| Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna |
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moth larva, id needed
living in web below woven from the end of a nettle leaf |
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| Swallow bringing nest material, Hirundo rustica |
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| They were collecting nest material from the side of the pond at one stage |
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| Canada Geese, Branta canadensis |
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| a younger family |
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| Mute Swans, Cygnus olor |
outside centre:
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly, male, Ischnura elegans |
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| Cosmet moth, Mompha species |
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| fly - id needed |
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| Green Leafhopper, Empoasca vitis |
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| Ground-ivy, Glechoma hederacea |
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| Hemp-agrimony Plume, Adaina microdactyla |
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| spider - id needed |
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Caddis fly? 20mm total length
landed on car |
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