Speckled Woods and Slow-worms

Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria

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On April 27th I visited Rewell Wood near the A27. On 28th I visited the northern part of the same wood where a pair of Speckled Woods fought in a tight circle, flying higher and higher till they entered the tree canopy and separated. I then checked an area of grassland near Arundel where found my first slow-worms of the year.

Rewell Wood, April 27:

7-spot Ladybird, Propylea 7-punctata

14-spot Ladybird, Propylea 14-punctata

Ant, Formica species

Bluebells, Hyacinthoides non-scripta

Caddisfly, Limnephilus auricula

Caddisfly, Limnephilus auricula

Common Shrew, Sorex araneus

Grey Gorse Piercer, Cydia ulicetana

Orchid

Common Sweep moth pupal case, Psyche casta

Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus

Fire Bug, Corizus hyoscyami

unidentified fly

Gooden's Nomad Bee, Nomada goodeniana

Gorse and Broom

Green Longhorn, Adela reaumurella

Hawthorn Shieldbug, Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale

ichneumon wasp

Nettle Aphid, Microlophium carnosum

Nettle Weevil, Phyllobius pomaceus

Planthopper nymph, Issus coleoptratus

Red Currant, Ribes rubrum

Spider, Metellina species

St. Mark's Flies mating, Bibio marci

St. Mark's Flies

St. Mark's Fly

Wood Sorrel, Oxalis acetosella

Wood Sorrel

Yellow Dung Fly, Scatophaga stercoraria

Rewell Wood, April 28:

Crab Spider with prey, Misumena vatia

Crab Spider, Xysticus cristatus

Garlic Mustard, Alliaria petiolata

Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum

Hairy Shieldbug playing dead

Hoverfly, Platycheirus species

bluebells

view to the sea

Spurge bug, Dicranocephalus medius

Arundel grassland:

Cranefly, Tipula vernalis

Cuckoo Flower, Cardamine pratensis

Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens

Kentish Snail, Monacha cantiana

Slow-worm, Anguis fragilis

Wood Forget-me-not, Myosotis sylvatica