rokermartin
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Still a few butterflies in the garden today despite the cloudy conditions 3 Small Tort and several Large and Small Whites.
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Durham ,Butterflies, Moths and Dragonflies. (4 Viewers)
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rokermartin
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5 Small Tort,Peacock and several Large and Small Whites in the garden today.Also disturbed a Common Marbled Carpet Moth.
Ray.Scott
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Wingate Quarry yesterday, plenty butterflies about including the marbled whites.
Common Blue, small, large & green veined white, red admiral, small tortoiseshell, meadow brown, loads of small heath, ringlet, small skipper.
grass moths and a couple of burnet moths.
Also common darters, 1 ruddy darter, blue damsels and 2 emporer dragonflies around the pond area.
Common Blue, small, large & green veined white, red admiral, small tortoiseshell, meadow brown, loads of small heath, ringlet, small skipper.
grass moths and a couple of burnet moths.
Also common darters, 1 ruddy darter, blue damsels and 2 emporer dragonflies around the pond area.
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Peter
Kibblesworth
double figures of small heaths, only one small skipper, 4 small tortoiseshells, one peacock, difficult to count whites at least 6 green veined, not sure about the rest. One grayling? see photo (it landed on me). also my second comma this year, this one looks very fresh. saw a couple of faded burnets but most seem to be gone now. lots of meadow browns about and a few ringlets.
double figures of small heaths, only one small skipper, 4 small tortoiseshells, one peacock, difficult to count whites at least 6 green veined, not sure about the rest. One grayling? see photo (it landed on me). also my second comma this year, this one looks very fresh. saw a couple of faded burnets but most seem to be gone now. lots of meadow browns about and a few ringlets.
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rokermartin
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Hi Pete your right with the Grayling they never open there wings when resting.Did you try looking for the Purple Hairsteaks when you were at Kibblesworth.I saw 9+ the other day.
Ray.Scott
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Moths trapped in the garden last night.
Loads of dark arches barred straw, yellow underwings and small moths that I hav'nt ID'd yet.
Some that I've managed to ID attached.
Common rustic, marbled beauty, common wave, common white wave and orange swift.
Loads of dark arches barred straw, yellow underwings and small moths that I hav'nt ID'd yet.
Some that I've managed to ID attached.
Common rustic, marbled beauty, common wave, common white wave and orange swift.
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rokermartin
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Hi Ray i order a moth trap a couple of days ago just a cheap one.I should get it tomorrow.Cannot wait to try it out.
mcepjg
Peter
I did keep my eyes open for them but didn't know where best to look. did you see them at the tops of the trees? Do you know is it too late for white letter hairstreaks?
rokermartin
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Hi Ray the first one may be a Turnip Moth there colour varies a lot,and the second one looks like a Small Ermine.
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rokermartin
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There are still a few WL Hairstreaks around.The Purple Hairstreaks were mainly flying around near the tops of the oak trees but i managed to get reasonable views of 3 lower down on the trees resting on the leaves.
mcepjg
Peter
Kibblesworth
Dragon/Damsel flies seen include common blue (one of which I thought was ovipositing but in closer inspection was dipping in and out of the water whilst being eaten by a spider), m&f common darter, and mating m&f emerald damselflies. ...
Dragon/Damsel flies seen include common blue (one of which I thought was ovipositing but in closer inspection was dipping in and out of the water whilst being eaten by a spider), m&f common darter, and mating m&f emerald damselflies. ...
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Ray.Scott
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Cheers Martin:t:, looks pretty much like you're right on both counts, my book dos'nt have the small ermine in, but when I've checked on the net, It looks to be right.
mcepjg
Peter
kibblesworth continued
... as well as a mature female black tailed skimmer (I stand ready to be corrected here I am not confident with this one but I just thought it wasn't thin enough to be a black darter), what is likely to be a female common darter but had a bi of a tash so was wondering if it could be a vagrant darter (although the markings on the thorax do seem quite prominent) and finally a male southern hawker (I saw two of these fighting, the first one was very inquisitive) and an unknown I am unsure as to whether this is a female common darter (abdomen seems a little thick for this) or a female hawker of some kind (most likely southern, if there are already southern males present, although the small anti-humeral stripes suggest common hawker).
... as well as a mature female black tailed skimmer (I stand ready to be corrected here I am not confident with this one but I just thought it wasn't thin enough to be a black darter), what is likely to be a female common darter but had a bi of a tash so was wondering if it could be a vagrant darter (although the markings on the thorax do seem quite prominent) and finally a male southern hawker (I saw two of these fighting, the first one was very inquisitive) and an unknown I am unsure as to whether this is a female common darter (abdomen seems a little thick for this) or a female hawker of some kind (most likely southern, if there are already southern males present, although the small anti-humeral stripes suggest common hawker).
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Peter
excellent I might try for them next week, if I don't see either of them it's no big loss I'm sure there'll be something about, the grayling was a first for me as was most of the dragonflies!
rokermartin
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Hi Pete the first one is a old female Black-tailed Skimmer, the darters look like Common and the last one looks like another Common Darter..Apparently Common Hawkers are quite scarce in the Gateshead area Southern Hawkers are the commonest.
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Peter
That's great I've not seen a bt skimmer before, glad i got that one right, I'm not sure how to tell vagrant skimmers yet. The hawker was really nice to see, they seem very intelligent insects. I wonder how smart the giant ones were millions of years ago.
rokermartin
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Hi Pete Vagrant Darter is a very rare migrant and most of them have been seen in southern England.
