Seven species of butterfly were headed by Ringlet (10), Painted Lady (1) and Red Admiral (1) and there wasn't much else about besides the Cleggs in the heat of the day.
Sunday 7 July 2019
Lletty Brongu woods
After 4 hrs cutting the rainforest that was my garden, I took a stroll down the sewage works. Sadly the woods are starting to lose their magic with the Hemlock Water Droplet being overrun by Himalayan Balsam to the point of no return. I still managed to record 20 species of hoverfly, thanks mainly to the bramble. Leucozona laternaria (1) was hoverfly 88 for the year. Largest number was Neoascia podagrica (30) and good records include the common 5 Eristalis (arbustorum, horticola, nemorum, pertinax and tenax) together for the first time this year and 2 Volucella pellucens which seems to be having a good year so far. We really need a few days rain for numbers to increase dramatically as the flowers seem to have stopped producing pollen from lack of water.
Seven species of butterfly were headed by Ringlet (10), Painted Lady (1) and Red Admiral (1) and there wasn't much else about besides the Cleggs in the heat of the day.
Leucozona laternaria - 1st of the year
Hawthorn Shieldbug
Seven species of butterfly were headed by Ringlet (10), Painted Lady (1) and Red Admiral (1) and there wasn't much else about besides the Cleggs in the heat of the day.
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It was poor down there in the spring too to be honest I think maybe the heatwave last year is having a big effect on numbers this year
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