Another very warm sunny day, albeit very windy with a strong easterly blowing across the island. This morning I had another walk across the road to the Wakeham Wood track and meadows.
Main highlights were 6 Painted Lady's and 5 Marbled White butterflies. Also seen were 2 Red Admirals, a pair of Common Blues, 20+ Meadow Browns and 3 Ringlets. The latter my first this year.
Just the one moth seen today a Garden Grass-veneer.
Also noted was a spider which looked very much like a crab spider and turned out to be a House Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar). A new one for me on Portland.
Just the one moth seen today a Garden Grass-veneer.
Also noted was a spider which looked very much like a crab spider and turned out to be a House Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar). A new one for me on Portland.
Here are a few images from this morning:
The track from Wakeham main road looking west.
A Long Hoverfly - Sphaerophoria scripta
A lucky shot as it takes off.
A Syrphus hoverfly sp.
One of two Red Admirals on the buddleia along the track.
Also a very tatty Painted Lady.
And another tatty one on a Privet.
A Meadow Brown..............
............and a pair mating.
A female Common Blue
And a "faded" male Common Blue.
Apart from 2 Marbled Whites fluttering about it the wind, the rest were hunkered down in the grass.
And another sheltering from the wind.
A Dock Bug
This appears to be a House Crab Spider - Philodromus dispar
Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris
And a close-up of the flower head.
Birds Recorded: Herring Gull, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Dunnock, Blackbird, Great Tit, Magpie, Carrion Crow and House Sparrow.
Butterflies Recorded: 20+ Meadow Brown, 5 Marbled White, 2 Red Admiral, 6 Painted Lady and 2 Common Blue.
Moths Recorded: 1 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella)
Dragonflies and Damselflies Recorded: Emperor Dragonfly (Anax imperator)
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees, Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) and Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), 1 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina), 1 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) and a Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus).
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis) and a Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Spiders Recorded: 1 House Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar)
Today's Sightings Here.
2017
Today's Sightings Here.
Bees Recorded: Honey Bees, Common Carder (Bombus pascuorum), Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius), White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) and Garden Bumblebee (Bombus hortorum)
Hoverflies Recorded: Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus)
Bugs and Beetles Recorded: Swollen-thighed Beetle (Oedemera nobilis), 1 Common Green Shieldbug (Palomena prasina), 1 7-spot Ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata) and a Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus).
Slugs and Snails Recorded: White-lipped Banded Snail (Cepaea hortensis) and a Garden Snail (Cornu aspersa)
Spiders Recorded: 1 House Crab Spider (Philodromus dispar)
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2018Today's Sightings Here.
2017
Today's Sightings Here.