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| Diamond-back Moth, Plutella xylostella |
On Sunday morning I assisted with SusSAR's marshalling of the Bluebell Trail run at Angmering Park.
The past few days I have been visiting Rewell Wood where the insect life has been waking up. I found a Caddisfly (Limnephilus auricula) in two different parts of the wood. It breeds in marshes and temporary pools and ditches which explains its presence in this dry area. Grey Gorse Piercers were flying near their namesake. A Common Nettle-tap larva was found in a nettle leaf and a Fire Bug was in the same area of a nettle bed on consecutive days. Green Longhorn moths are a common sight beside the paths. I found 3 new moths: Twilight Neb, which was last reported in this location in 2008, the tiny (5mm) Red-barred Gold and Diamond-back Moth. Yesterday I spotted a Small Tortoiseshell and today a Peacock nectared on a bluebell, but no other butterflies were seen.
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| Bluebell Trail Run |
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| Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta |
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| Broom, Cytisus scoparius |
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| Caddisfly, Limnephilus auricula |
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| Common Drone Fly, Eristalis tenax |
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| Common Flower Bug, Anthocoris nemorum |
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| Common Lizard, Zootoca vivipara |
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| Common Nettle-tap larva, Anthophila fabriciana |
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| Crab Spider, Misumena vatia |
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| Cranefly, Tipula oleracea |
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| Cricket Bat Orb-weaver, Mangora acalypha |
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| Cuckoo-pint, Arum maculatum |
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| Dock Bugs, Coreus marginatus |
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| Fire bug, Corizus hyoscyami |
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| Flesh fly, Sarcophaga species |
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| Gooden's Nomad Bee, Nomada goodeniana |
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| Green Longhorn ♂, Adela reaumurella |
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| Green Longhorn ♂ |
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| Green Longhorn ♀ |
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| Green Longhorn ♂ |
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| Green Longhorn ♀ |
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| Green Longhorn ♂ |
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| Green Longhorn ♀ |
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| Green Longhorn ♂ |
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| Hairy Bittercress, Cardamine hirsuta |
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| Muscid fly, Phaonia subventa |
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| Nursery Web Spider, Pisaura mirabilis |
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| Orange Ladybird, Halyzia sedecimguttata |
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| Red-barred Gold, Micropterix tunbergella |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
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| St. Mark's Fly, Bibio marci |
These flies appear every year around St Mark's Day - April 25th.
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| St. Mark's Fly |
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| Twilight Neb, Eulamprotes immaculatella |
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| Variegated Yellow Archangel, Lamiastrum galeobdolon argentatum |
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| White Bluebell, Hyacinthoides non-scripta |
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| Wood Spurge, Euphorbia amygdaloides |
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| Yellow Dung Fly, Scatophaga stercoraria |
