A warm, overcast day, +23° C. Been to Cannon Hill Common near Raynes Park.
Nothing interesting, just crazy numbers of Marbled Whites (Melanargia galathea). Well established there now:
Saw a female Green-veined White (Pieris napi) rejecting a male’s courtship attempt:
A warm day, +24° C. Went for an evening sunshine walk at Cannon Hill Common near Raynes Park.
Not much around insect-wise, but saw a Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus), a Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) and several Green-veined Whites (Pieris napi).
Nematopogon swammerdamella longhorn moth:
Shot a Bombylius major in flight:
A dull, cloudy day. +15° C. Took a quick walk with a beating tray through Cannon Hill Common.
Plenty of Hawthorn Leaf Beetles (Lochmaea crataegi) on Hawthorn:
Walked my beating tray through Cannon Hill Common.
Red-headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis):
Had a short walk through Cannon Hill Common.
Saw a Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata) sitting on a tree branch:
A cloudy but warm day. Been to Cannon Hill Common near Raynes Park.
Plenty of Meadow Browns (Maniola jurtina). A female:
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