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| Tormentil, Potentilla tormentilla |
On Sunday I did my Mill Hill transect: Marbled White 25,
Meadow Brown 11, Small Heath 2, Ringlet 2, moths: Pretty Chalk Carpet, Common Purple & Gold, Silver
Y.
I then visited Southwater Woods and saw a few Silver-washed Fritillaries,
many Ringlets, Marbled Whites, Meadow Browns, a Speckled Wood, a Comma and a
Red Admiral. Mark and Ian Cadey kindly showed me an egg laid by the Red Admiral.
Finally I headed to the Knepp Estate where I watched one Purple Emperor chasing
another. Later one perched at the top of an oak. I also saw many Marbled Whites,
Meadow Browns, and a Large Skipper.
Mill Hill:
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| view over the River Adur |
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| Common Purple and Gold, Pyrausta purpuralis |
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| Pretty Chalk Carpet, Melanthia procellata |
Southwater Woods:
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| unidentified click beetle |
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| Common Froghopper, Philaenus spumarius |
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| Gall midge, Harmandiola tremulae on Aspen, Populus tremula |
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| Common Froglet, Rana temporaria |
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| Common Green Capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus |
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| unidentified fly skating on puddle |
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| Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus |
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| Red Admiral egg on edge of nettle leaf, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
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| Tormentil Potentilla tormentilla |
Knepp Estate:
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| view from tree platform |
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| Purple Emperor, Apatura iris perched on top of oak |
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| Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris |
