Friday 30 August 2019

BRENEY COMMON AND CROFT PASCOE

WE FINALLY GOT BLACK DARTER AT BRENEY COMMON, 
IT TOOK THREE VISITS BUT WAS WELL WORTH IT.
MOST OF THE REST WERE TAKEN AT CROFT PASCOE 
PLANTATION WHICH IS USUALLY BRILLIANT FOR HAWKERS
BUT HAD A VERY POOR SHOWING WHEN WE WERE THERE.


BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

BLACK DARTER

COMMON DARTER
COMMON DARTER

ELEPHANT HAWK-MOTH CATERPILLAR

EMERALD DAMSELFLY

EMPEROR eating a Moth

EMPEROR
GRAYLING
GRAYLING
LIZARD sp.
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER
I CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND ABOUT THE NEXT TWO.
ARE THEY COMMON OR MIGRANT?
THE COSTA APPEARS YELLOW, AS IN 
COMMON HAWKER BUT THE ABDOMEN DIPS 
AT THE END SO MAY BE MIGRANT HAWKER.
  








Thursday 22 August 2019

CATCHING UP .

I HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT LOCALLY WITH THE 
SMALL CAMERA THIS WEEK, LOTS OF INSECTS 
AROUND AND OF COURSE BUTTERFLIES.
THIS BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE HAD JUST CAUGHT A MAYFLY.

BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE
BEAUTIFUL DEMOISELLE


BEES
BEES

BRIMSTONE
BRIMSTONE
COMMON BLUE

COMMON BLUE

LIZARD sp.
MOTH sp.
PAINTED LADY

PEACOCK
SILVER Y
SMALL COPPER
SMALL TORTOISESHELL
MIGRANT HAWKER, female
MIGRANT HAWKER, male
SOUTHERN HAWKER
SMALL RED-EYED DAMSELFLY
SMALL RED-EYED DAMSELFLY

 WE WERE IN BRISTOL LAST WEEK-END VISITING FAMILY SO 
WE STOPPED AT HAMWALL NR, INITIALLY FOR BROWN HAWKER
 WHICH WE SAW BUT THEY NEVER SETTLED FOR A PHOTO. 
WE DID GET THESE SMALL RED-EYED AS A CONSOLATION.


Monday 5 August 2019

AROUND TRURO

THIS IS A COLLECTION OF SHOTS TAKEN DURING THE LAST WEEK.
ALL WERE TAKEN IN AND AROUND THE TRURO AREA.

SIX-SPOT BURNET

SIX-SPOT BURNET

BUMBLE BEE

BUMBLE BEE

BUMBLE BEE

COMMON BLUE

COMMON BLUE

COMMON DARTER

GOLDEN-RINGED

PAINTED LADY

SMALL COPPER

SMALL COPPER

SMALL SKIPPER
WASP SPIDER

WASP SPIDER

SOUTHERN HAWKER

SOUTHERN HAWKER
THIS LAST PICTURE OF A SOUTHERN HAWKER WAS
TAKEN AT OUR GARDEN POND. SHE WAS LAYING IN 
THE MOSSY PATCH THAT WE LAID AT ONE END.