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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
On Wednesday afternoon I visited Arundel WWT to search for micro fauna. Later I witnessed a pair of Herring Gulls mating on the island in front of the viewing room - interesting balancing act and interactions.
My Mill Hill transect on Thursday morning showed the first Common Blues reported in Sussex this year: Brimstone 3, Common Blue 2, Dingy Skipper 13, Green Hairstreak 3, Green-veined White 2, Grizzled skipper 2, Peacock 1, Small Heath 1. Later I saw plenty more Dingies and Green Hairsteaks nectaring on horseshoe vetch. Moths seen: Pyrausta nigrata, P. purpuralis and Violet Cosmets on daisies.
Later at Kithurst Meadow I saw a Speckled Wood, a Dingy Skipper, Peacocks, G-V Whites, Red-fringed Conches, Common Carpet Moth and a Downland Bell (Rhopobota stagnana), a rare find.
Arundel:
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| 14-spot Ladybirds |
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| Alderfly, Sialis lutaria |
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| Cuckoo Bee, Nomada ruficornis |
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| Green Chironomid midge |
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| Herring Gulls mating, Larus argentatus |
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| "get on with it then" |
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| Hoverfly, Helophilus pendulus |
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| Ichneumon Wasp, id needed |
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| Long-legged fly, Argyra species |
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| Migrant Hoverfly, Meliscaeva auricollis |
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| Mottled Umber larva, Erannis defoliaria |
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| Noon Fly, Mesembrina meridiana |
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| Slender Ground-hopper, Tetrix subulata |
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| Woundwort Shieldbug, Eysarcoris venustissimus |
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| Common Clothes Moth, Tineola bisselliella |
This was an unwelcome visitor inside our front door.
Mill Hill:
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| Click beetle, Agrypnus murinus |
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| Click beetle, Athous haemorrhoidalis |
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| Cocksfoot Moth, Glyphipterix simpliciella |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Common Milkwort, Polygala vulgaris |
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| Common Purple and Gold, Pyrausta purpuralis |
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| Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
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| Green Hairstreak, Callophrys rubi |
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| Green Hairstreak on Horseshoe Vetch |
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| Song Thrush egg, Turdus philomelos |
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| Violet Cosmet, Pancalia leuwenhoekella |
Kithurst meadow:
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| Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata |
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| Copse Snail, Arianta arbustorum |
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| Cowslips, Primula veris |
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| Crab Spider, Xysticus cristatus |
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| Downland Bell, Rhopobota stagnana |
a rare find!
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| Red-fringed Conch, Falseuncaria ruficiliana |
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| Red-fringed Conch |
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