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| Azure Damselfly |
On June 23rd I found a Silver Y moth in our flat. It posed nicely then flew off to continue its journey north, having been resting after its channel crossing.
On Friday 24th I did my Mill Hill transect: Adonis Blue, Marbles White 4, Meadow Brown 7, Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Small Heath 10, Small Tortoiseshell, moths: Silver Y 4, Yellow Shell.
Afterwards I called in at Woods Mill where I found another Brown China-mark moth. There were plenty of Azure Damselflies flitting around. I also spotted four more Dingy Flat-body larvae. The original one I found on 19th had disappeared as its umbellifer food plant had been flattened by the rain. When I brought Sue here on 28th, these latest larval plants had also been flattened. I think inclement weather at the wrong time is one reason that many of our butterflies are having a third bad year judging from my transect results since 2014.
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| Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
Woods Mill:
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| Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella |
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| Bronze Shieldbug early instar, Troilus luridus with sawfly larva |
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| Brown China-mark, Elophila nymphaeata |
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| Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius |
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| Common Froghopper |
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| Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana |
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| Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana |
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| Dingy Flat-body larva, Depressaria daucella spinning cocoon |
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| Dingy Flat-body larva, full cocoon |
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| unidentified froghopper |
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| Harlequin Ladybird larva, Harmonia axyridis |
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| Lacehopper, Cixius nervosus |
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| unidentified ladybird pupa |
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| Mirid bug, Grypocoris stysi |
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| Rove beetle, Tachyporus solutus |
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| Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella |
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| White-lipped Snail, Cepaea hortensis |
