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Showing posts with label Longhorn. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Longhorn. Show all posts

23 June, 2009

Heath & Reach - 23/06/09

Plenty of insects around today. In a field next to King's Wood, there were c.20 Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet moths - including this pair in-cop on a pupal exuvia poking out of the pupal case !

Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet

Nearby, a pair of Meadow Brown were busy.

Meadow Brown

A slightly worn Small Tortoiseshell, and the longhorn beetle Rutpela maculata.

31 July, 2008

A White-letter Day 30/07/08

A long, leisurly walk around Chicklands Wood this morning taking advantage of some hot sunshine and a chance to photograph the many insects on show.

The Canon 100-400mm zoom lens is not a dedicated macro lens, but reasonable images can still be had. The zoom allows you to stand off and thus not disturb your target. However, extraneous foliage often gets in the way as there is more 'stuff' to look through.


There were three White-letter Hairstreak on and around some bramble.



A new Longhorn beetle for me actually landed on my neck ! Stenocorus meridianus has been known to nip !



There were over thirty Peacock Inachis Io most in pristine condition. One or two were very obliging.



I only saw one Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni today - looking quite immaculate but, as ever, posing with wings closed.



A moth which can be diurnal is the Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa It has two generations in the south and thinly scaled wings which is just noticable on this poorly focused image.