A cloudy start to the the day, with the occasional glimpse of the sun, with the main highlights this morning being the number of moths on the wing with 6 species noted. I recorded 5 Garden Grass-veneers, a Carnation Tortrix, 1 Hook-streak Grass-veneer, Marbled Bell and a new moth for me on Portland a Barred Marble (Celypha striana). There was one other moth, but unfortunately I can go no further than an Endothenia sp
Not to many butterflies about in the cloudy conditions and the best I could do was 2 Meadow Browns and a single Speckled Wood.
In the hedgerows along the Wakeham Track Here there were at least 5 Amblyteles armatorius Ichneumon Wasps, Common Green Shieldbugs and caterpillars of both The Lackey and Brown-tail moths.
A few firsts for me today with a Crane Fly (Nephrotoma quadrifaria), a Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami) and a possible Ichneumon Wasp (Opheltes glaucopterus).
Here are a few images from this morning:
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, 1 Common Whitethroat, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Butterflies Recorded: 1 Speckled Wood and 2 Meadow Brown
Moths Recorded: 5 Garden Grass-veneers (Chrysoteuchia culmella), Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana), Barred Marble (Celypha striana), 1 Hook-streak Grass-veneer (Crambus lathoniellus), Marbled Bell (Eucosma campoliliana) and an Endothenia sp
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees, Common Carder and Red-tailed Bumblebee
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: 5 Amblyteles armatorius and a possible Opheltes glaucopterus
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea), Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), Common Green Shieldbugs (Palomena prasina) and a Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami)
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Grasshoppers and Crickets Recorded: Dark Bush-cricket nymphs (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Caterpillars Recorded: Brown-tail Moth and The Lackey
Here are a few images from this morning:
The meadow at Wakeham
One of the 5 Garden Grass-veneers I found in the meadow.
This is a Barred Marble, Celypha striana and a new one for me on Portland.
This is a moth which can only be told apart by dissection so...............
..........it will remain as an Endothenia sp.
A Carnation Tortrix, Cacoecimorpha pronubana
Hiding in the meadow a Meadow Brown.
This is an Ichneumon Wasp.............
...........and is a good candidate for an Opheltes glaucopterus
Along the track in the hedgerow ..........
............a Common Green Shieldbug.
Also here a Brown-tail Moth caterpillar and a.........
Lackey moth caterpillar.
Wakeham Wood and in the undergrowth.....
..........Ivy Broomrape, Orobanche hederae
Lurking in the undergrowth a Nephrotoma quadrifaria Crane Fly.............
............which is a new one for me on Portland.
This is a Marbled Bell, Eucosma campoliliana
A Honey Bee on its travels.
A Speckled Wood
This very distinctive red and black bug is a Cinnamon Bug, Corizus hyoscyami and a new one for me on Portland.
An enlargement of the Cinnamon Bug.
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Song Thrush, 1 Common Whitethroat, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Wren, Magpie, Carrion Crow, House Sparrow, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.
Butterflies Recorded: 1 Speckled Wood and 2 Meadow Brown
Moths Recorded: 5 Garden Grass-veneers (Chrysoteuchia culmella), Carnation Tortrix (Cacoecimorpha pronubana), Barred Marble (Celypha striana), 1 Hook-streak Grass-veneer (Crambus lathoniellus), Marbled Bell (Eucosma campoliliana) and an Endothenia sp
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees, Common Carder and Red-tailed Bumblebee
Ichneumon Wasps Recorded: 5 Amblyteles armatorius and a possible Opheltes glaucopterus
Flies Recorded: Crane Fly (Nephrotoma quadrifaria)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Lesser Thick-legged Flower Beetle (Ischnomera cyanea), Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), Common Green Shieldbugs (Palomena prasina) and a Cinnamon Bug (Corizus hyoscyami)
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis)
Grasshoppers and Crickets Recorded: Dark Bush-cricket nymphs (Pholidoptera griseoaptera)
Caterpillars Recorded: Brown-tail Moth and The Lackey