Wednesday 9 May 2012

Woodland insects

Fire bug, Corizus hyoscyami
On Monday afternoon I left Earnley tropical butterflies and called in at Rewell Wood. There was plenty of insect life around, including a couple of bugs and very sodden queen Brown-banded carder bee.
queen Common Carder Bumblebee, Bombus Pascuorum
queen Common Carder Bumblebee, Bombus Pascuorum
Fire bug, Corizus hyoscyami
Green lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea
Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum
Meadow buttercup, Ranunculus acris
Orchis mascula, Early purple orchid
Small Purple and Gold, Pyrausta aurata
Snail - id needed

The next photos were taken a few days ago. I saw a Nightjar for the first time and a fox trotted onto the path in front of me and never saw me. I caught it as a brown patch in the middle of the photo.
Bugle, Ajuga reptans, a favourite nectar source for the Pearl-bordered Fritillary
Broom, Cytisus scoparius
Red Fox, Vulpes vulpes - a microdot in the distance!
Red campion, Silene dioica
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca

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