Wednesday 14 August 2024

The Weekend - other insects

 17 species of Butterfly were seen headed by Essex Skipper and Painted Lady at Blaencaerau/Mynydd Bach (west), must be some sort of record for the valley. As was 21 individuals of the longhorn beetle Stictoleptura rubra feeding on Angelica. Other insect families were abundant and represented by the following photos as well as many Common Lizards.

Stictoleptura rubra
Painted Lady
Southern Hawker
Phaulernis fulvigutella
Straw Underwing (ID'd by P. Parsons)
Linnaemyia vulpina (tachind fly)
Common Lizard







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