Monday 17 August 2015

Brown Hairstreaks

Brown Hairstreak ♀, Thecla betulae
On Sunday I visited Steyning Downland Trust where Mark spotted a Brown Hairstreak land high up in a tree. That night I noticed some moths on the outside lights and found some new species including 2 moths, a lacewing species, a beetle and a spider. Today I returned to Steyning and saw two Brown Hairstreaks, a Painted Lady, Small Tortoiseshells, Red Admirals, Peacocks, Silver-washed Fritillaries, Brown Argus, Common Blues and Walls.
Steyning Saturday:
Brown Hairstreak, Thecla betulae
Dark Bush Cricket ♂, Pholidoptera griseoaptera
Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana
European Wasp, Vespula germanica
Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus
ladybird pupa
Robin's Pincushion Gall, Diplolepis rosae
Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella
Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria
Tachinid fly, Nowickia ferox
Teasel, Dipsacus fullonum
Creatures of the Night:
Common Green Lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea
Dingy Dowd, Blastobasis adustella
Double-striped Pug, Gymnoscelis rufifasciata
Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer, Agriphila geniculea
Flounced Rustic, Luperina testacea
Ground Beetle ♂, Harpalus affinis
Harvestman
Lacewing, Micromus variegatus
Missing Sector Spider, Zygiella x-notata
Steyning Monday:
Bloody-nosed Beetle, Timarcha tenebricosa
Bloody-nosed Beetle
Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni
Brown Argus ♀ rejecting ♂, Aricia agestis
Brown Hairstreak ♀, Thecla betulae
Common Darter ♀, Sympetrum striolatum
Common Grass-veneer, Agriphila tristella
Common Lizard, Zootoca vivipara
Common Purple and Gold, Pyrausta purpuralis
Dingy Footman, Eilema griseola

Dock Bug nymph, Coreus marginatus
Garden Spider, Araneus diadematus
Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus
Montbretia, Crocosmia aurea
Peacock, Inachis io
Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta
Roesel's Bush-cricket ♀, Metrioptera roeselii
Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae
Spider, Metellina species
Yellow-wort, Blackstonia perfoliata

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