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Wood White with freshly laid egg on Meadow Vetchling |
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Yesterday Mark Colvin showed me round Hog Wood by Oaken Wood
near Botany Bay. The humidity was 37% and temperature 30°C. We didn’t see large numbers of butterflies but we did find 14 species: 1 Silver-washed Fritillary, 3 White Admirals, 2 Marbles Whites, Large Skippers, Speckled Woods, Ringlets,Small Heaths, Meadow Browns, 6 Woods Whites, a Small
Skipper, a male Brimstone and 2 Red
Admirals, including one imbibing salts from poo! Mark also saw a Comma and Common Blue. A young frog and a brown female adder also showed up. The
highlight for me was witnessing a Wood White laying an egg on vetch by the
Tugley Wood main path.
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Wood White laying the egg on Meadow Vetchling |
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The egg |
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juvenile Common Frog, Rana temporaria |
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Common Frog, Rana temporaria |
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Heath Bedstraw, Galium saxatil |
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Honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium |
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Marbled White, Melanargia galathea |
I tried for a side shot, but he turned round to face me!
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Mark photographing Red Admiral imbibing salts from poo! |
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Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris |
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Spotted Longhorn beetle, Rutpela maculata on Wild Rose |