The meadow area of the park has become impressively biodiverse since it was planted about 6 or 7 years ago. Today there was a
Speckled Wood butterfly, an
Ichneumon Wasp, a
Scarlet Tiger moth caterpillar, a probable
Phyllobius weevil, several probable
Raspberry Beetles or close relative, a few
Anthomyia flies, a
Speckled Bush-cricket nymph plus
Buff-tailed Bumblebees and
Common Carder Bees. Hoverflies were well represented with a
Marmalade Fly, a
Platycheirus, a
Melanostoma, an
Eupeodes,
Melanogaster (my first for the patch if I remember rightly) and a
Syritta pipiens. It was lovely to see the first
Yellow Rattle flowers of the year.
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| Scarlet Tiger larva |
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| Anthomyia |
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| Marmalade Hoverfly |
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| Ichneumon |
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| Melanogaster |
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| Raspberry Beetle |
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| Yellow Rattle |
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| Speckled Wood |
In the bath this morning I was greeted by a small Centipede which an expert on Facebook thinks is a possible
Lithobius melanopa.
