Thursday 15 May 2014

Scarlet Pimpernel, hail and Deadly Nightshade

Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus
On Tuesday I completed my Mill Hill transect: Adonis Blue 5, Brimstones (2 males, 2 females), Common Blue 1, Dingy Skipper 1, Grizzled Skipper 1, Speckled Wood 1 plus my first Wall of the year.  As soon as I finished the rains came, very hard and with 3-4mm hailstones which covered the hill. I then called in at Rewell Wood and was pleased to find a new micromoth, Lathronympha strigana.
Mill Hill:
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus
Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris
Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna
Deadly Nightshade, Atropa belladonna
Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages
Yellow-wort, Blackstonia perfoliata
thanks to Maurice for the id
hailstones
hailstones on hill
Hound's Tongue, Cynoglossum officinalis

Scarlet Pimpernel, Anagallis arvensis
Wall, Lasiommata megera
Wall, Lasiommata megera
Mill Hill from the road

green sheep with shepherd
Rewell Wood:
Dog's Mercury, Mercurialis perennis
Early Mining Bee, Andrena haemorrhoa
Early Mining Bee, Andrena haemorrhoa
fly id needed please!
Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum
micromoth, Lathronympha strigana
micromoth, Lathronympha strigana


Pyrausta aurata, Small Purple and Gold
male Scorpion fly, Panorpa species 
evening light

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