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male Silver-studded Blue, Plebeius argus |
I conducted a walk for Butterfly Conservation (Sussex Branch) today at Iping and Stedham Commons. I had nine enthusiastic participants and we saw many Silver-studded Blues, male and female, at the expected spots in both areas. Some SSBs were quite old and tatty and some were fresh specimens. In addition we saw a Beautiful Demoiselle by the car park and a female Southern Hawker. We also saw Common Heaths and Oblong-leaved Sundews at the bottom of the slope at Stedham Common. I spotted a female Black-striped Longhorm Beetle on a Bramble flower. In the blink of an eye a male pounced on her and held her in a compromising position.
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Beautiful Demoiselle, female, Calopteryx virgo |
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id needed for this beetle (15mm) |
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female Black-striped Longhorn Beetle, Stenurella melanura |
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Mr Longhorn swoops in... |
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Inlaid Grass-veneer, Crambus pascuella |
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Barred Grass-veneer, Agriphila inquinatella |
This moth landed on my trousers.
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Oblong-leaved Sundew, Drosera intermedia |
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Sharp-angled Peacock, Macaria alternata |
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female Silver-studded Blue, Plebeius argus |
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female Silver-studded Blue |
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female Southern Hawker, Aeshna cyanea |
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Speckled Bush Cricket nymph, Leptophyes punctatissima |
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Wood Sage, Teucrium scorodonia |
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