Rainy Last Day of May!
With the persistent rain this morning, decided to just check out The Wardens Office for Moths!
Glad I did check, It turned up another new moth. This is my 1st ever Red-Green Carpet. Just wished it would have been lower down the wall…
There were also 3 Pale Tussock’s. 2 males and 1 female…
My 4th Green Carpet this year…
Bee Moth…
Also on the Wardens wall, is what I believe is a Dolerus nitens….
Part 2…
This is the wildlife I found while searching HC for flowering plants.
I saw this Large Red Damselfly on the bench at the Island Pool. Knowing I could use the bench for support, I tried some real close ups…
Also at the Island Pool I saw 2 Common Blue Damselflies. I knew the other day, that those empty Larval cases were from something smaller than the Large Red Damselflies. These are the first of the year that I’ve seen…
This is a new Click Beetle (Ctenicera cuprea) species on me. I also know that this is the male…
On Goldie Heath I found this Red-necked Footman (moth) freshly emerged. Its wings havn’t even opened properly yet…
Tenthredo, loads of these on the trees near Brants Hill…
Cicadellidae (Nymph)…
Flame Shoulder…
Male and Female Common Blue. My first photos on HC this year I do believe…
This next moth larva, I must admit I have never heard of it. So I need to look it up. Its called a Timothy Tortrix (Aphelia paleana)…
Blue Shieldbug. I seem to be finding a few of these this year…
Ecteminius…
Lovely Saturday Morning!
Going to split Saturday into 2 posts. For the 1st post I decided to photograph as many flowering plants as I could find. 45 Species in Total. The 2nd post will be the rest of the Wildlife I found, while searching HC for flowers.
Part 1…
With flowers and plants, I’m not the best. So please forgive me if I have got any wrong. Not going to say much, other than the name I know, or the name I found using Google/iSpot…
Broom…
Hedgerow Cranesbill…
Buttercup…
Large Daisy/Chrysanthemum…
Wild Poppy…
Yellow Rattle…
Common Vetch…
Russian Comfrey…
Ground Ivy…
Heath Bedstraw…
Dandelion…
White Dead Nettle…
Forget-me-not…
Bellis perennis/Daisy…
White Campion…
Gorse…
Umbellifer…
Aquilegia…
Hawthorn…
Rock Cranesbill…
Red Campion…
Unidentified…
Hedge Mustard…
Bluebell…
Bilberry. I always used to think the flower (below) was the start of the berry itself…
Pine…
Common Sorrel…
Tormentil…
Cross Leaved Heather…
Foxglove…
Yellow Flag Iris…
Rowen…
Honeysuckle…
Holly…
Bramble…
Trailing St. John’s Wort…
Wood Avens…
White Clover…
Red Clover…
Fox and Cubs…
Greater Stitchwort…
Mustard Garlic…
Red Dead Nettle…
Thistle…
Horse Chestnut…
With the rain this morning, I didn’t spend long over HC. So only a small post.
Only one moth at the Wardens office. This beautiful Brimstone Moth…
If I check under this Dock Leaf in the next few days, I bet I will see about 50 Green Dock Leaf Beetle eggs. The females abdomen is swollen with eggs…
Scorpion Fly…
Tachinid Fly (Tachina fera)…
Loads of Cow Parsley is now in flower…
Just found out the identification on this Larva. Its an Oak Sawfly Larva….
Just a quick update on some of the invertebrates identifications…
This spider belongs to the Philodromus genus…
The moth is a Scoparia ambigualis…
These larvae are Willow Sawfly Larvae…
This is a Common Awl Robberfly…
I do wish the weather would settle down. Its hard to know how to dress. Although it started sunny, I had to take shelter a couple of times today from the rain.
4 Moths at the Wardens Office:-
My best photo of a Bee Moth to date…
This is another new moth for my list. Its the very small Least Black Arches (10mm in Length)…
Having trouble finding/getting identification of this moth. Second time I’ve photographed one like this…
Brown Silver-line…
Also on the Wardens Office wall was this unidentified Sawfly…
Checked the Island Pool out today. After seeing plenty of empty Large Red Damselfly larval cases. This one seemed a lot smaller. So I might keep my eyes open the next few days for another species…
Dock Bug in the dappled early morning light…
Lacewing…
14 Spot Ladybird…
This Green Hairstreak was quite helpful, turning round so I could take both its sides. It was also my first I have ever found on Brants Hill. I’ve had a few discussions lately about where is best to find Green Hairstreaks. With Broom and Bilberry being top of the list, by most people I talk to. Which is strange for Brants Hill, neither plant are located there. But there is some flowering Bramble near by…
Large Red Damselfly…
This is new Invertebrate for me. Its called a Fine Streaked Bugkin (Nymph). The adult looks an impressive creature…
Yet another Unidentified Spider on the Heather…
This is the 2nd Attelabus nitens I have found…
I found an early Instar of a Drinker Larva. Not seen one at this stage before…
The 1st Wasp Beetle (Clytus arietis) I’ve seen this year. I do believe this is related to the Longhorn Beetles…
Fox and Cubs, with the bottom photo having a Female Thick-legged Flower Beetle on it…
Small Heath…
I’ve been birding now for years. But I’ve never witnessed a Great Spotted Woodpecker collecting what looks like Rowen flower stamens. These are not great photos, due to the bird rocking/bouncing around so much, with it being so heavy for the end of the branch…
This is more of the normal view of a Great Spotted Woodpecker…
Tree Pipit…
This could be exciting!!! I’ve been told by a couple of people that this next Micro Moth is Nationally Scarce. But I will check this information out. This Micro Moth is called a Dark Roller (Ancylis upupana)…
