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| Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera |
On Tuesday morning we took Dorothy to the station for the
next stage of her east European tour – destination Turkmenistan. Later we walked
along the beach where the Sea Kale and other plants of the vegetated shingle are growing. There was no sign of Ringed Plovers this year which should
have been fledging right now if they had been present.
Late afternoon I visited a meadow near Arundel and spotted 7
Bea Orchids in an area where I saw 12 last year. They have just started
flowering. There was plenty of insect life and two juvenile grass snakes under refugia, the corrugated tins put out for counting reptiles.
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| Bird's-foot Trefoil, Lotus corniculatus, on Littlehampton beach |
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| Azure Damselfly, Coenagrion puella |
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| Bee Orchid, Ophrys apifera |
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly, immature male form rufescens, Ischnura elegans |
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly, immature male form rufescens |
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly, immature male form rufescens |
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly, male form rufescens or violacea |
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| Blue-tailed Damselfly, male, Ischnura elegans |
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| male Broad-bodied Chaser, Libellula depressa |
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| male Broad-bodied Chaser |
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| bug nymph - id needed |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus on Comfrey, Symphytum officinale |
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| Common Green Capsid, Lygocoris pabulinus |
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| Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana |
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| Common Sweep larval case, Psyche casta |
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| Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana |
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| Red-legged Shieldbug, early instar nymph case, Pentatoma rufipes |
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| Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
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| Grass Snake, Natrix natrix |
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| Green Alkanet, Pentaglottis sempervirens |
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| Hairy Dragonfly, Brachytron pratense |
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| Harlequin Ladybird, Mid-stage larva, Harmonia axyridis |
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| tiny Leaf beetle |
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| Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella |
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| sap beetle, Epuraea species |
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| female Scorpion fly, feeding on fly, Panorpa species |
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| female Scorpion fly |
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| female Scorpion fly |
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| Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
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| snail, Cepaea species |
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| Soldier beetle, Cantharis fusca |
This beetle was drowned in water in the bowl formed by Comfrey leaves.
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| White-lipped Snail, Cepaea hortensis |
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| White-tailed Bumblebee, Bombus lucorum |
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| Wolf spider with egg sac, Pardosa lugubris |
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