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| Common Blues mating, Polyommatus icarus |
I met Mark at Kithurst
meadow on Saturday. It was very hot so the meadow was heaving with butterflies. It was
good to see Clouded Yellows (two males, one female). Also Gatekeepers,
Brimstone, Chalkhill Blue, Brown Argus, Holly Blue, Peacock, Red Admiral,
Silver-washed Fritillary, Small Copper and Common Blue.
On the south-west slope of Cissbury Ring on
Monday I saw many Common Blues mating plus Gatekeeper,
Meadow Brown, Chalkhill Blue and various moths: Common Grass-veneer, Cinnabar larvae,
Syncopacma species micro-moth, looper larva on a Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Pearl Veneer, Rush
Veneer.
Kithurst meadow:
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| Brimstone ♂, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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| Chalkhill Blue, Lysandra coridon |
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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus |
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| Common Darter ♀, Sympetrum striolatum |
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| Holly Blue ♀, Celastrina argiolus |
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| Holly Blue ♀ |
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| Peacock, Inachis io |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Red Poppy, Papaver rhoeas |
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| Silver-washed Fritillary ♂, Argynnis paphia |
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| Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas |
Cissbury Ring:
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| bumblebee - id needed |
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| Planthopper, Issus coleoptratus |
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| Chalkhill Blue, Lysandra coridon |
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| Cinnabar larva, Tyria jacobaeae |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Common Blue |
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| Common Blues mating on Ragwort |
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| Common Blues mating |
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| Common Blues - she's got a headache (on right) |
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| Common Blues |
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| small cuttle bone - how did that get there? |
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| Common Flower Bug, Anthocoris nemorum |
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| Common Grass-veneer, Agriphila tristella |
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| Field Scabius, Knautia arvensis |
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| fly - id needed |
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| Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus with Pearl Veneer moth |
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| Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus |
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| Nettle-leaved Bellflower, Campanula trachelium with larva |
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| Harvestman, Phalangium opilio |
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| Hoverfly, Volucella inanis |
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| Lady's Bedstraw, Galium verum |
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| Meadow Brown ♀, Maniola jurtina |
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| Meadow Brown ♂ |
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| micromoth, Syncopacma species |
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| larva on Nettle-leaved Bellflower, id needed |
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| Pearl Veneer, Agriphila straminella |
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| Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella |
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| Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis |
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| Smooth Hawk's-beard, Crepis capillaris |
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| spider - id needed |
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| Turkey Oak, Quercus cerris |
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| Vervain, Verbena officinalis |
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| Wild Basil, Clinopodium vulgare |
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| Yarrow, Achillea millefolium |
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| Yarrow |
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