Tuesday 28 April 2015

Green Longhorn and Wood-rush Case-bearer

male Green Longhorn moth, Adela reaumurella
I have made three visits to Rewell Wood recently and have seen my first Green Longhorn of the year, a male waving its wonderfully long antennae on top of a nettle. I also found my first Wood-rush Case-bearer, a tiny moth.
  We visited Angmering Estate woods yesterday with Penny to see the bluebells.

Late addition: the unidentified larva now has a name, thanks to Vince Massimo of ukbutterflies.co.uk. It is a Meadow Brown larva:
Meadow Brown larva, Maniola jurtina
feeding on Bugle, Ajuga reptans
Broom, Cytisus scoparius


Bugle, Ajuga reptans
Bugle
Columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris
Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris
Grey Gorse Piercer, Cydia ulicetana
Grey Gorse Piercer

tiny fly, id needed
St. Mark's Fly, male, Bibio marci
Wild Strawberry patch
hope a female Grizzled Skipper finds it and lays eggs
Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca
Wood-rush Case-bearer, Coleophora otidipennella
Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus minor
Bluebell wood, Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Red Campion, Silene dioica

bee, Andrena species
Broom, Cytisus scoparius
Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris
male Green Longhorn moth, Adela reaumurella 


Hair Moss, Polytrichum commune
7-spot Ladybird, Coccinella 7-punctata
moss, id needed
snail, Oxychilus species
Pendulous Sedge, Carex pendula
Primrose, Primula vulgaris
Weevil, Polydrusus cervinus

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