Yesterday (June 8) I went to Iping and Stedham Commons to see the Silver-studded Blues. I saw 3 at Stedham Common but lots more by the main path on Iping Common. I also met fellow enthusiasts John and Kirsty there. A Clouded Buff moth gave me a good sighting after a chase. Other moths: Common Heaths, a Common Sweep larval case (like caddisfly larva use), a Black-speckled Groundling, a Silver Y, Netted Argents and Gold-ribbon Argents by their foodplant, the silver birches, near the car park.
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| Bell Heather, Erica cinerea |
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| Black-speckled Groundling, Carpatolechia proximella |
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| Cat's-Ear, Hypochaeris radicata |
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| Cat's-Ear, Hypochaeris radicata |
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| Clouded Buff, Diacrisia sannio |
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| Common Heath, Ematurga atomaria |
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| Common Heath, Ematurga atomaria |
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| Common Sweep, Psyche casta |
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| Foxglove, Digitalis purpurea |
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| Gold-ribbon Argent, Argyresthia brockeella |
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| Gold-ribbon Argent, Argyresthia brockeella |
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| leaf beetle |
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| Netted Argent, Argyresthia retinella |
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| Netted Argent, Argyresthia retinella |
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| Ragged Robin Lychnis flos-cuculi |
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| Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
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| Silver-studded Blue female, Plebejus argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue female, Plebejus argus |
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| Silver-studded Blue male, Plebejus argus |
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| Slender St John's Wort, Hypericum pulchrum |
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| Slender St John's Wort, Hypericum pulchrum |
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| Stedham Common |
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