Monday 9 June 2014

Tree Damsel Bug and Black Willow Aphids

male Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus
Following the excitement of the Swallowtail discovery at Steyning Rifle Range last Thursday, I saw my first a Large Skipper and a Slow-worm at the site. I then visited Woods Mill and found Leaf beetles, Small Tortoishell larvae, a Tree Damsel Bug, Red-and-black Froghopper, two more caddis-like Common Sweep larvae and a herd of Black Willow Aphids being tended by ants.
Steyning:
Field Bindweed, Convolvulus arvensis
Slow-worm, Anguis fragilis
Woods Mill:
id needed please! it is tiny, about 3mm.
Black Willow Aphids, Pterocomma salicis and ants



Black Willow Aphids, Pterocomma salicis
Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana
Common Sweep larva, Psyche casta
Cootling on nest, Fulica atra
Leaf beetle, Chrysolina brunsvicensis
Leaf beetle, Chrysolina brunsvicensis
Leaf beetle, Chrysolina brunsvicensis
Red-and-black Froghopper, Cercopis vulnerata
Sawfly, Tenthredo livida
Small Tortoiseshell larvae, Aglais urticae
Tree Damsel Bug, Himacerus apterus

No comments:

Post a Comment

Please select 'Name/URL' from 'Comment as' drop down box and add your name, thanks.