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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus |
I have noticed some interesting moths outside the flat recently: Brown House Moth, Light Brown Apple Moth, Rusty Dot Pearl, Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer, Rusty Dot Pearl, Marbled Green, Common Plume.
On 21st August I joined 3 other SusSAR members at Arundel to marshal the road closures closing off the town centre for the start of the Arundel Festival. Marshalling events is one way we raise funds to enable Sussex Search & Rescue to operate. We are a self funding charity run 100% by about 50 volunteers who give up their time to turn up 24/7 when Sussex Police call us out to search for missing, vulnerable people in the county.
On Sunday I joined our detecting club on a dig and found a broken James I sixpence which is a very worn hammered silver coin plus a copper finger ring.
My Mill Hill transect on Monday provided some pleasant surprises: Adonis Blue 27, Chalk Hill Blue 5, Clouded Yellow 2, Common Blue 8, Gatekeeper, Holly Blue, Meadow Brown 73, Small Heath 16, Whites 3, moths: Common Carpet, Common Grass-veneer, Silver Y, Common Purple and Gold, Treble-bar, Yellow Shell. The Clouded Yellows had a brief battle at one point. I also found a White which looked unusual - it didn't appear to have a black mark on the corner of the forewing. After looking closely and taking photos I believe this may be a Small White referable to ab. maculata. The problem is that it is very worn - a spot on the forewing has lost many of its black scales.
Littlehampton moths:
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| Brown House Moth, Hofmannophila pseudospretella |
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| Common Rough Woodlouse, Porcellio scaber |
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| unidentified harvestman |
it has only 7 legs and I say hello to my friend as I pass by each day
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| Light Brown Apple Moth, Epiphyas postvittana |
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| Rusty Dot Pearl, Udea ferrugalis |
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| unidentified midge |
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| Elbow-stripe Grass-veneer, Agriphila geniculea |
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| Marbled Green, Cryphia muralis |
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| Missing Sector Spider, Zygiella x-notata |
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| Common Plume, Emmelina monodactyla |
Arundel Festival day
detecting finds:
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| 16-Spot Ladybird, Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata |
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| 16-Spot Ladybird, 2mm long |
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| James I sixpence |
James I (1603-1625), silver, Weight: 1.84g, Diameter: 26mm
Obverse Legend: some letters of this visible: IACOBUS D G ANG SCO FRAN ET HIB REX
(James by the Grace of God King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland)
Reverse Legend: some letters of this visible: EXURGAT DEUS DISSIPENTUR INIMICI
(Let God arise and His enemies be scattered)
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| Adonis Blue ♂, Polyommatus bellargus |
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| Adonis Blue ♂ |
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| Adonis Blue ♂ |
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| Adonis Blue ♂, Polyommatus bellargus and Flesh fly, Sarcophaga species |
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| Black Slug, Arion ater agg. |
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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus |
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| Common Grass-veneer, Agriphila tristella |
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| Common Purple and Gold, Pyrausta purpuralis |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Treble-bar, Aplocera plagiata |
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| Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata |
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| Small White, referable to ab. maculata |
