Jason K
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Cheers Mark. I also had Azure, Blue-tailed, Common Blue and Large Red damselflies today...so things are finally happening!
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Worcestershire Butterflies,Moths and Dragonflies (1 Viewer)
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Cheers Mark. I also had Azure, Blue-tailed, Common Blue and Large Red damselflies today...so things are finally happening!
Jason K
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Cracking specimen Mary!
Woodchat
Cogito ergo sum
1 and 4 are Scorpion Flys. 3 looks like a Stone Fly. Not sure about 2 - hoverfly of some sort?
You must be visiting all the right places Jason, dont know if its my powers of observation ( or lack of them ! ) biked along a good section of the local waterway today and besides the usual suspects on the Butterfly front, only had one very brief view of a Damselfly ( that brief that I could not get an I. D. on it. let alone a photo.! ) In desperation have attached a shot of a more accommodating Green-veined White.
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Jason K
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I don't know about that Glenn. it's a struggle this year on the invert front. By now I should have Brown Argus out at Shenstone and a number of damselflies at Captains pool but nowt as yet!
Nice GV White by the way!
Jase
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Woodwolf, are we using the modern Worcestershire county boundary or VC37 which is used for recording purposes by the WBRC with regards to insects. If the latter, Beautiful Demoiselle is making good progress into the suburbs. I saw the attached near the River Cole in Yardley Wood today.
Des.
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Hi Des
I guess I tend to think along the lines of VC 37 really as I like to submit as many wildlife records to WBRC as I can.
Hoping to see some Demoiselle action on my patch soon. Currently enjoying Alpine Swifts and an unidentified by photographed large Orange and Black Butterfly though
Mark
Jason K
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Nice photos kb. Where's Pepper Wood by the way? as I'm not familiar with that one
Jason K
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Spent a productive hour or so at Hillditch Pool this afternoon with 4 Red-eyed Damselflies (3♂, 1♀) being the highlight, the female was 'in cop' with one of the males.
Also seen 'in cop' were Large Red Damselflies and Azure Damselflies.
No 'true dragonflies' were observed.
Also of interest were 2 Common Carpet Moths
Also seen 'in cop' were Large Red Damselflies and Azure Damselflies.
No 'true dragonflies' were observed.
Also of interest were 2 Common Carpet Moths
J_Caswell
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Sorry about that,just outside Bourneheath,down from the Nailers Arms PH map ref SO 937749.
Its a Woodland Trust,but open to all and sunder
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Jason K
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Cheers KB...just looked it up on the map. May pop there for a nose around at some point
Quite a productive day today:
Monkwood- Female Broad-bodied Chaser, female Black-tailed Skimmer and a surprise female Common Club-tail!
Devil's Spittleful- Common Blue, 2 Green Hairstreak and several Small Heaths.
Grimley Camp Lane pits- 2 White-legged Damselflies.
Stack Pool, Kidderminster- many Red-eyed Damselflies.
Nice little haul there!
Jared
Monkwood- Female Broad-bodied Chaser, female Black-tailed Skimmer and a surprise female Common Club-tail!
Devil's Spittleful- Common Blue, 2 Green Hairstreak and several Small Heaths.
Grimley Camp Lane pits- 2 White-legged Damselflies.
Stack Pool, Kidderminster- many Red-eyed Damselflies.
Nice little haul there!
Jared
Ha ! I thought I was imagining it when I saw Black Tailed Skimmer at Monkwood this afternoon..I'm glad someone else did too.
They are common at Grimley, so I reasoned one had strayed over...?
I also thought the Odonata situation at the north end of Grimley was poor, I had 2 Common Blue Butterflies, ...and there was a complete lack of Hirundines..the site looks like it has been over drained to me...?
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Had several Banded Demoiselle's along a Staffs.-Worc's canal walk today but came across this female with Brown-tinged wings - all other females seen had a deff. green tinge to there's ( if seen in the usual areas would have put it down as Beautiful Dem. ) Just did not think the canal was the prefered habitat for this species. Any thoughts would be welcome.
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