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Post by NellyDee on Jun 16, 2018 8:19:06 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 16, 2018 11:51:55 GMT
The Golden-ringed Dragonfly looks mature so hasn't emerged that recently.
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 18, 2018 14:59:54 GMT
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Post by rowanberry on Jun 18, 2018 20:18:04 GMT
This bee, who spent ages this morning collecting from the bacopa growing from a hanging basket.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 24, 2018 4:33:34 GMT
Plenty of dragonflies around the ponds on Chobham. We sat by one pond where about a dozen Four-spotted Chasers were busy with ariel skirmishes + a male Broad-bodied Chaser also getting involved while a larger Emperor flew above them.
Around the edges + egg laying were quite a few Azure Damselflies, 3 Emerald Damselflies and a couple of male Red-eyed Damselflies sitting on the Potamogeton. We also had Black-tailed Skimmer.
Elsewhere we had a single Southern Hawker, a pair of Keeled Skimmers, Large Red + a single Common Blue Damselflies.
Also nice to see a couple of Green Tiger Beetles feeding along sandy tracks + a couple of Mottled Grasshoppers.
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Post by NellyDee on Jun 25, 2018 9:45:30 GMT
I cannot believe the number of different insects there are (including midges), don't recall seeing so many before. Had to rescue a Golden-ringed Dragonfly from the pond, nearly fell in while doing so.
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Post by ianr on Jun 25, 2018 12:05:29 GMT
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Post by ianr on Jun 29, 2018 9:12:35 GMT
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Post by treehugger on Jul 6, 2018 9:39:19 GMT
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Post by Tringa on Jul 6, 2018 10:10:48 GMT
Certainly a lot of insects about. In the NW the midges are well down, I think due to the very warm, sunny and very dry weather we have been enjoying for a good few weeks now, but others are doing really well. Lots of dragon flies - mostly golden ringed and lots of clegs.
Dave
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 7, 2018 15:49:42 GMT
Pleased to see both Banded + Beautiful Demoiselles at Bookham. We had a pair of the former at the largest pond, while 2 exquisite males of the latter were perched along a sunny glade.
Generally good numbers of Odonata. Nice to see 4 fully coloured male Ruddy Darters + my first Small Red-eyed Damselfly of the year.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 8, 2018 16:16:08 GMT
Had a great time along a dyke filled with Sea Club-rush on Canvey Island; about ten minute walk from Benfleet Station. Over a hundred Ruddy Darters with some in cop. Also along here a recent colonist- Southern (or Blue-eyed) Migrant Hawker. Saw just under 30 males patrolling the dyke + the only female was mating with a male. In the last few years this species has colonised some of the Thames Estuary marshes, but this must be the very best place for them. Also here another relative rarity- with lots of Scarce Emerald Damselflies.
Was also pleased to see a Water Ladybird climbing up a club-rush stem.
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Post by goosegogs on Jul 9, 2018 20:40:32 GMT
I was coming out of the greenhouse when I felt something fly into my hair then fall down. My first thought was that it was a bee. I quickly dismissed that idea when I took a closer look. Poor creature, with all those mite-things one it. The mite-things looked to get under its skin, or shield. Is this a burying beetle? Apologies for poor picture quality, used my smartphone camera, but when I came back out with my proper camera, it had gone.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jul 10, 2018 4:37:53 GMT
Yes it's one of the Sexton Beetles, Nicrophorus species.
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Post by ianr on Jul 11, 2018 6:55:56 GMT
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