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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 11, 2015 16:50:19 GMT
Coreus marginatus today.
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Post by htcdude on Jun 11, 2015 20:57:38 GMT
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 12, 2015 4:36:32 GMT
Where do they invent these names? Every book I have only gives a scientific name for this which is what I'm familiar with.
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Post by htcdude on Jun 12, 2015 8:09:09 GMT
I have no idea. It would be nice if there was a common name given to everything, or nothing and just stick with the scientific name, in each genus!
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Post by lizb on Jun 12, 2015 17:56:38 GMT
My insect of the day is one (of many) Rosemary Beetle chomping away on my Rosemary Bush. Luckily I have plenty of Rosemary to spare!
 rosemarybeetle-1 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 12, 2015 19:08:58 GMT
Just went outside + saw a Common Green Shieldbug + one of my favourite hoverflies- Myathropa florea- my first this year sitting on an Iberis flower head + also showing interest in the compost bin.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 17, 2015 4:40:15 GMT
My first Black-tailed Skimmer of the year yesterday basking on a sign at the Gunnersbury Triangle.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 20, 2015 12:55:15 GMT
Today a smart orange Ophion sp ichneumon in a moth trap.
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Post by htcdude on Jun 22, 2015 10:23:01 GMT
Saw my first Rosemary Beetle today. Had 3 eating the bush in our garden  Nige |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 23, 2015 19:08:52 GMT
Speckled Bush-cricket for me today.
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Post by lizb on Jun 25, 2015 18:59:23 GMT
14-spot ladybird in my garden - at last one that isn't a Harlequin!
 100-1 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 25, 2015 19:08:08 GMT
My first Emperor of the year. Nowhere near water- in fact it flew past me by some flats!
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 27, 2015 18:49:35 GMT
At Denbies today the most obvious insects were the butterflies. Very few hoverflies noted with singletons of Cheilosia illustrata on Hogweed, Episyrphus illustrata + Myathropa florea. Most numerous bumblebee was Bombus lapidarius.
I spotted a very active wasp nest just up from a path + watched some workers carrying small stones away from the nest, crawling away with them. I've never seen this before.
Beetles were represented by a flying Rose Chafer, my first Rhagonycha fulva of the season + a mating pair of Cryptocephalus hypochaeridis on Rough Hawkbit.
Going under the viaduct to the pond there were 3 patrolling male Emperors + a female ovipositing, 2 newly emerged Common Darter flew out of the vegetation. Also small numbers of Common Blue, Azure, Blue-tailed + a single Large Red Damselfly.
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Post by aeshna5 on Jun 28, 2015 16:10:15 GMT
Large numbers of the attractive fly Poecilobothrus nobilitatus dancing on the water crowfoot Ranunculus fluitans along the brook.
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Post by britnik on Jun 28, 2015 21:20:40 GMT
I thought that a day out visiting family would stop me photographing wildlife. Luckily this little chap was waiting by my front door when I got home.  Speckled Bush Cricket |
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