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This month's images - March 2024

Dark-edged Bee-fly
  Dark-edged Bee-fly, Alwins Field, 26 March 2024.





Snake's Head Fritillary
  Snake's Head Fritillary, Linslade Woods, 22 March 2024.





Primroses
  Primroses, Linslade Woods, 22 March 2024.





Ant
                  Woodlouse with black ant
  Ant Woodlouse found with black ants in their nest in our garden, Alwins Field, 21 March 2024.
Ant Woodlice are blind: they live underground with the ants and clear up after them. At least the ants don't attack them.





Sawfly -
                  Aglaostigma aucupariae
  Sawfly (Aglaostigma aucupariae), Linslade Woods, 20 March 2024.
This species is one of the first to appear each year.





Hairy-footed Flower-bee
  Hairy-footed Flower-bee, Parsons Close, 16 March 2024.





Coltsfoot
  A patch of Coltsfoot at Astral Park, 16 March 2024.





Pheasant
  Male Pheasant in the Churchyard at All Saints, Leighton Buzzard,
16 March 2024.





Woodlouse
  Tiny Woodlouse (possibly Haplophthalmus danicus), Alwins Field,
13 March 2024.





Springtail
  Springtail (Tomocerus sp.), Alwins Field, 13 March 2024.
Springtails are very helpful tiny creatures - they clear up dead wood and condition the soil.





Black
                  ant
  Black Ant (Lasius niger), Linslade Woods, 5 March 2024.





Box-tree Moth
  Larva of a Box-tree Moth (Cydalima perspectalis), Linslade Woods,
5 March 2024. This is a very young larva, about 6mm long. It was on a Box plant that had been dumped in the woods.





House
                  Sparrow
  House Sparrow, Knaves Hill, 1 March 2024.




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