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| Brown Hairstreak female, Thecla betulae |
A trip to Steyning downland late this morning was fruitless until the sun showed for more than a few minutes at 1pm, when 3 female Brown Hairstreaks appeared for an audience of four. One gentleman had driven for 3 hours for the show. Also seen were Blood-vein and Dark Strawberry Tortix moths. Other insects seen: Dock Bugs - adult and late instars, a malformed Hairy Shieldbug, a third instar Green Shieldbug and a Ruddy Darter.
Moth visitors to our balcony last night included The Uncertain, Silver Y, Small Dusty Wave, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer and the tiny Poplar Bent-wing.
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| Blood-vein, Timandra comae |
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| Brown Hairstreak female, Thecla betulae |
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| Brown Hairstreak female |
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| Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana |
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| Dock Bug late instar nymphs, Coreus marginatus |
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| Dock Bug adult |
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| Hairy Shieldbug (malformed), Dolycoris baccarum |
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| Green Shieldbug, 3rd instar nymph, Palomena prasina |
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| Ruddy Darter, Sympetrum sanguineum |
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| Poplar Bent-wing, Phyllocnistis unipunctella |
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| The Uncertain, Hoplodrina octogenaria |
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| Small Dusty Wave, Idaea seriata |
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