Showing posts with label Emerald Damselfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Emerald Damselfly. Show all posts

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.
  








Tuesday, 30 July 2019

A VISIT TO BRENEY COMMON.

WE WENT TO BRENEY COMMON ON SUNDAY HOPING FOR 
BLACK DARTER BUT DIDN'T SEE ANY. THERE HAS BEEN A 
LOT OF WORK DONE THERE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF 
YEARS SO LET'S HOPE WE HAVEN'T LOST THEM FOR GOOD.
WE DID SEE HALF A DOZEN PURPLE HAIRSTREAK.

COMMON BLUE DAMSELFLY

COMMON BLUE

COMMON DARTER

COMMON DARTER

EMERALD DAMSELFLY

EMERALD DAMSELFLY

EMPEROR

GREEN-VEINED WHITE

KEELED SKIMMER

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

PURPLE HAIRSTREAK

SILVER-WASHED FRITILLARY

SMALL COPPER