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| Small Purple and Gold, Pyrausta aurata |
On Monday afternoon I visited Rewell Wood then Hougton Forest and found plenty of interesting insects. This included 3 species of tiny (3mm) weevils on nettle leaves. I also spotted 3 species of mating insects: Birch Shieldbugs, Hemp-agrimony Plume moths and Small Nettle Weevils.
Rewell Wood:
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| 14-spot Ladybird, Propylea 14-punctata |
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| Birch Shieldbugs mating, Elasmostethus interstinctus |
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| side view of Birch Shieldbugs mating |
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| Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus |
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| Bright Bell, Eucosma hohenwartiana |
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| Cocksfoot Moth, Glyphipterix simpliciella on spider web |
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| Common Earwig, Forficula auricularia |
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| Crab Spider, Misumena vatia with Honey bee, Apis mellifera |
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| False Oil Beetle, Oedemera nobilis |
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| Green Lacewing, Chrysopa perla |
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| Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum |
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| Hemp-agrimony Plume, Adaina microdactyla |
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| Ichneumon wasp, male, Agrothereutes abbreviatus |
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| Little Thorn, Cepphis advenaria |
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| Meadow Grey, Scoparia pyralella |
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| Meadow Grey |
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| Nettle Weevil, Phyllobius pomaceus |
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| Nettle Weevil |
many insects and spiders scuttle round to the other side of a plant stem or leaf when they spot you.
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| Opomyzid fly, Opomyza germinationis |
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| Hemp-agrimony Plume, Adaina microdactyla |
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| Red Piercer, Lathronympha strigana |
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| rust on leaf tip |
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| Spider, Metellina species |
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| Vetch Piercer, Grapholita jungiella |
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| Weevil, Cionus alauda, 3mm |
When Weevils are disturbed they often drop to the ground as a defensive reaction. Many beetles do this. They stay still for some time, mimicking a seed, then waggle their legs to turn over.
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| leg waggling |
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| Cionus alauda trots off |
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| 2nd tiny Weevil, Cionus hortulanus, 3mm |
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| Cionus hortulanus |
Houghton Forest:
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| Click beetle, Dalopius marginatus |
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| Common Garden Slug, Arion distinctus |
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| micro moth, Epiblema species |
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| Green Tortoise Beetle, Cassida viridis |
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| Green Tortoise Beetle |
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| Green Tortoise Beetle |
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| Hairy Shieldbug, Dolycoris baccarum |
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| Hemp-agrimony Plumes mating, Adaina microdactyla |
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| Nursery Web Spider, Pisaura mirabilis |
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| Rove beetle, Tachyporus hypnorum |
3rd tiny weevil:
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| Small Nettle Weevils mating, Nedyus quadrimaculatus |
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| rear of Small Nettle Weevils mating |
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| Turnip Sawfly, Athalia rosae |
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| Wasp - id needed, plus pollen beetles |
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