Archive images - September 2019 |
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A Twenty-plume Moth (Alucida hexadactyla) in our kitchen. Its larval food plant is Honeysuckle, which we do have in our garden. Alwins Field, 24 September 2019. |
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A Green Woodpecker searching for ants in our garden, Alwins Field, 23 September 2019. |
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A Woodpigeon flaps itself dry after bathing in our garden pond, Alwins Field, 22 September 2019. |
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An elderly Jackdaw that regularly feeds in our garden, Alwins Field, 17 September 2019. |
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The UK's largest (20mm) hoverfly (Volucella zonaria), in our garden, Alwins Field, 17 September 2019. She is said to be a Hornet mimic and looks pretty scary but is totally harmless. Big eyes and small antennae tell you she's not a Hornet. |
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A Willow Emerald Damselfly by the River Ouzel at Linslade, 15 September 2019. |
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A female Roesel's Bush-cricket in the Ouzel Meadows, Linslade on 15 September 2019. |
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A Lesser Marsh Grasshopper, Ouzel Meadows, Linslade on 15 September 2019. |
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A Common Darter dragonfly by the River Ouzel, Linslade, 15 September 2019. |
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A Field Digger Wasp (Mellinus arvensis, female) has killed a fly then turns it round underneath her abdomen so she can take it back to her nest, Ledburn Pit, 12 September 2019. |
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A pair of Migrant Hawker dragonflies mating at Ledburn Pit, 12 September 2019. |
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A Speckled Wood butterfly at Ledburn Pit, 12 September 2019. |
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A Hoverfly (Eupeodes luniger, female) on a Geranium in a Springfield Road garden, 8 September 2019. Female flies generally have a gap between their eyes at the top, while males' eyes have no gap at the top. |
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A Common Earwig racing across our garden lawn in the middle of the day, Alwins Field, 8 September 2019. This is a female - you can tell by the almost straight forceps; males have curved forceps. |
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A Reeves' Muntjac at All Saints church, Leighton Buzzard, 5 September 2019. |
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An immature Black-headed Gull over the canal at Grove Church, 4 September 2019. |
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These two Red Admirals were in our garden at Alwins Field on 1 September 2019. One seemed to prefer the nectar of flowers and the other squashed, rotten apples. |
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A Common Field Grasshopper, Alwins Field, 1 September 2019. |
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A nest of Common Rough Woodlice under a piece of wood in our garden, Alwins Field, 1 September 2019. |
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A Green Shieldbug in our garden, Alwins Field, 1 September 2019. |
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