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| Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne |
On Saturday morning I joined Neil Hulme’s tour for the
Pearl-bordered Fritillary. This was part of Neil’s “Fritillaries
for the Future” project for Butterfly Conservation. As usual Neil found roosting Pearls for us to see and photograph and gave us a comprehensive account
of the needs of the butterfly and the conservation work required to enable it to prosper. Afterwards I
visited Arundel WWT and photographed the micro fauna around the car park area. The
following day I returned for more.
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| Greylag Goose gosling at Arundel WWT, Anser anser |
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| Pearl and tour participants |
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| Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne |
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| Pearl-bordered Fritillary |
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| Nomad bee |
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| Bugle, Ajuga reptans |
Bugle is a major nectar source for insects in the Spring
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| Click beetle, id needed |
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| Dance Fly, Empis Opaca |
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| male Green Longhorn, Adela reaumurella |
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| male Green Longhorn |
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| Grey Gorse Piercer, Cydia ulicetana |
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| Lesser Treble-bar, Aplocera efformata |
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| Slime mould? |
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| ant around 'slime mould' above |
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Wild Strawberry, Fragaria vesca
foodplant of the Grizzled Skipper |
Arundel WWT:
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| Greylag Goose gosling, Anser anser |
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| Chironomid midge |
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| Chironomid midge |
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| Common Flower Bug, Anthocoris nemorum |
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| Common Stretch Spider, Tetragnatha extensa |
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| Common Stretch Spider |
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| Common Cosmet, Mompha epilobiella |
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| Craneflies mating - id needed |
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| Cranefly, Nephrotoma species |
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| Cucumber Green Spider, Araniella cucurbitina |
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| Hoverfly, Leucozona lucorum |
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| Pollen Beetle, Meligethes aeneus |
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| Flea beetle, Phyllotreta species |
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| fly, id needed |
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| Furrow Orbweaver, Larinioides cornutus |
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| Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens |
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| Green Alkanet |
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| Green Leafhopper, Empoasca vitis |
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| Hoverfly, Leucozona lucorum |
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| Midge - id needed |
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| Midge - id needed |
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| Midge - id needed |
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| Moth Fly, Pericoma species |
The Moth Fly did a dance around a Salix leaf and then moved to an adjacent leaf and repeated the dance. I assume this was a male attempting to attract a female.
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| Moth Fly |
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| Potato Flea Beetle, Psylliodes affinis |
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| Spider, Dictyna uncinata |
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| St. Mark's Flies mating, Bibio marci |
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| St. Mark's Fly |
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