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| Silver-studded Blue ♂, Plebejus argus |
On Saturday 25th June I lead nine participants on a Butterfly Conservation walk on Iping and Stedham Commons to see the Silver-studded Blues. We first visited Stedham Common and saw male SSBs and two mating
pairs. One of our eagle-eyed ladies spotted a Knot Grass larva below a
Four-spotted Chaser that we were watching. On Iping Common we saw many male and
female SSBs. Moths seen: Common Heaths, Common Grey, Garden Grass-veneer, Brown Silver-line and
several Heather Knot-horns. A Slow-worm, a Green Tiger Beetle, three Wood Larks
and a Yellow Hammer were other highlights.
The following day I returned to Iping Common and saw plenty more SSBs plus several moths: Clouded Buff, Silver Y, Inlaid Grass-veneer and Rosy Tabby.
Iping and Stedham Commons, June 25:
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| Brown Silver-line, Petrophora chlorosata |
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| Common Grey, Scoparia ambigualis |
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| Common Heath, Ematurga atomaria |
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| Four-spotted Chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata |
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| Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
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| Green Tiger Beetle, Cicindela campestris |
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| Heather Knot-horn, Pempelia palumbella |
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| Knot Grass moth larva, Acronicta rumicis |
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| Orange Footman with deformed wing, Eilema sororcula |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♀, Plebejus argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♀ |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♀ |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♂ |
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| Tortoise Bug, Eurygaster testudinaria |
Iping Common June 26:
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| Clouded Buff, Diacrisia sannio |
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| Inlaid Grass-veneer, Crambus pascuella |
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| Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus |
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| Rosy Tabby, Endotricha flammealis |
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| Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♀, Plebejus argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♂ |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♂ |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♂ |
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| Silver-studded Blue ♂ |
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| Silver-studded Blues mating, Plebejus argus |
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