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| Jersey Tiger, Euplagia quadripunctaria |
I visited the Tide Mills at Newhaven on 20th where I met David Cook who kindly showed me a Long-tailed Blue egg and a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. I saw a kingfisher fly along the creek when I arrived. I then went to the Castle Hill Nature Reserve by the fort and saw my first Jersey Tiger moth nectaring on buddleia with Painted Ladies. Also a mating pair of Common Blues. Other butterflies seen: Speckled Wood, Red Admiral, Small Heath, Small White, Small Tortoiseshell, Meadow Brown. At Beeding Cement works I saw a Conch (Cochylimorpha species), probably C. straminea (awaiting microspopic exam to determine).
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| Conch, Cochylimorpha species |
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| Conch, Cochylimorpha species, 9mm long |
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| Long-tailed Blue egg on Everlasting pea bud |
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| Long-tailed Blue egg, Lampides boeticus |
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| Pea-leaf Weevil, Sitona lineatus |
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| tiny unidentified spider |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
Castle Hill Nature Reserve:
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Common Blues mating, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Dock Bug nymph, Coreus marginatus |
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| Gorse Shieldbug, Piezodorus lituratus |
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| Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, Volucella zonaria |
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| Jersey Tiger underside, Euplagia quadripunctaria |
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| Jersey Tiger |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
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