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.

WASP SPIDERS.

I have found 3 colonies of Wasp Spiders this year, a bit later than usual I think.

Editing these is not Sues favourite job!!  John

WASP SPIDER















This Wasp Spider sitting on the edge a small envelope gives some indication of their size.

Some are quite large, espescially the females.



Out and About

The Wasp Spiders seem to be thriving, I found another colony some distance from last years.
I assume that the smaller, dead one in the web is the male.

In search of Dragons

We went to Ventongimps NR for the first time on Friday and were not disappointed. It is a great place for Dragonflies etc, with a couple of great ponds and heathland. One of the ponds was created when a WW2 Bomber was discovered and excavated.

The Grayling were taken in the woods at Croft Pascoe, on The Lizard, as was the Wall Brown.

We have never seen them there before and they kept landing on us and the 'scope. In the first picture the wings are open slightly showing the rarely seen splash of colour.