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| Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis |
On Tuesday on another hot but windy day I did my Mill Hill
transect with the following result: Adonis Blue 100, Brimstone 1, Dingy Skipper
4, Green-veined White 1, Small heath 24, Wall Brown 1, Whites 3. Adonis and Small Heath are building nicely. There were plenty of Treble-bar moths and some
Burnet Companions, plus a new one for me, a Pretty Chalk Carpet. A lovely
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle appeared, well named for his fabulous colour, and
Common Milkwort is in flower.
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| Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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| Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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| damaged Common Blue - his wings didn't form properly in the chrysalis |
A lot of salts were being taken in. A pile of fresh dog faeces had dozens of Adonis in attendance.
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| female Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus |
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| Burnet Companion, Euclidia glyphica |
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| Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
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| Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris |
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| Carpet of Horseshoe Vetch on Mill Hill - looking south |
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| looking north |
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| Pretty Chalk Carpet moth, Melanthia procellata |
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| Red-headed Cardinal Beetle, Pyrochroa serraticornis |
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| Small Heaths, Coenonympha pamphilus |
Dogfight!
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilu |
Difficult to capture in-focus high speed shots of the upper wings.
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilu |
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| Treble-bar moth, Aplocera plagiata |
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| Treble-bar moth taking off |
Interesting Small Heath pics
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