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Naturally: May 2015
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Thursday, 28 May 2015. Beetles, Byturus ochraceus, in a Bulbous Buttercup flower. Darrick Wood, 11 May 2015. Just two photos this time. I was pleased to get this shot of these tiny beetles. Usually I find them with their heads buried in their food, which you can see that some of these are doing. But one of them has its head clearly visible. Posted by Bill Welch. Links to this post. Sunday, 24 May 2015. These Wood Forget-...
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Three Clouds | Naturally
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Wednesday, 22 July 2015. Clouded Magpie, Calospilos sylvata. Cuckoo Wood, High Elms, 9 July 2015. Here are some related species of moth seen recently. The first is a Clouded Magpie, caught at High Elms just long enough to photograph. It's the first time I have seen one of these, and three of them came to my trap. I think it's a real beauty. The caterpillar eats various types of Elm. Posted by Bill Welch. Clicking on a ph...
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Naturally: September 2014
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Tuesday, 30 September 2014. August Moths in Hayes. Orange Swift, Hepialus sylvina. Hepialidae. Hayes, 4 August 2014. As usual, I'm a bit behind with these posts, but there are some very pretty moths from August that are worth showing. These are all from the light trap in my tiny garden, and this Orange Swift is on one of the pieces of bark I have collected to make some more dramatic shots. Posted by Bill Welch. If I take...
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Naturally: June 2015
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Saturday, 27 June 2015. White Bryony, Bryonia dioica. Female. Hayes, 18 June 2015. White Bryony, Bryonia dioica. Male. Hayes, 20 June 2015. This White Bryony was in the hedgerow at the edge of Hayes churchyard. It's a common hedgerow plant, a climber, related to cucumbers, and each plant is single-sexed. They are not showy, but are beautiful in detail. Light yellow with darker centres. I was looking through a large stand...
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Naturally: February 2015
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Saturday, 28 February 2015. Sphagnum capillifolium subsp. capillifolium. Keston Common, 10 December 2014. Sphagnum mosses like it really wet, and live mostly in boggy places and at the edges of some streams. I am certainly no moss expert, but I have a small field guide so last December I had a look at Keston Bog. I managed to find and identify three of the species that live there; I know there are more. The stems of thes...
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Naturally: January 2015
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Wednesday, 28 January 2015. Forest Bug, Pentatoma rufipes. In my garden light trap in Hayes on 24 July 2014. More insects from my moth trap last summer. These are true bugs, creatures in the order Hempitera with sucking mouthparts. There are lots of these plant suckers around, including aphids, though I don't have any shots of those. Dryophilocoris flavoquadrimaculatus. In my garden light trap in Hayes on 21 May 2014.
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Naturally: July 2015
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Friday, 31 July 2015. Himalayan Balsam, Impatiens glandulifera. Leybourne Lakes, 12 July 2015. I led a walk at Leybourne Lakes in mid-July, and went for a look around a week before to be prepared for whatever might be there. These photos are from that recce. Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris. Leybourne Lakes, 12 July 2015. Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris. Leybourne Lakes, 12 July 2015. Marsh Woundwort, Stac...
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Naturally: November 2014
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Saturday, 22 November 2014. Trichaptum abietinum, Purplepore Bracket, on dead Scots Pine. Keston Common, 10 October 2014. Here are some purple, or purplish, fungi. The first photo is the underside of small brackets that grow on dead conifer wood. That's usually Scots Pine in this area. Like many fungus undersides, this Purplepore Bracket is rather beautiful. This group is a couple of inches across. There are a few pink s...
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Some Coastal Plants | Naturally
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Thursday, 9 July 2015. Sea Holly, Eryngium maritimum. Sandwich Bay, 4 July 2015. This Sea Holly is well known, and is quite showy even though its flowers blend in with the leaves. But the star this time was Viper's Bugloss, first seen off to one side over a dune, then in larger numbers right beside the path. Viper's Bugloss, Echium vulgare. Sandwich Bay, 4 July 2015. In the general coastal area, this occurs quite often:.
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Naturally: August 2015
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Local places, plants and invertebrates, occasional ancient coins, some other stuff . Friday, 28 August 2015. Three Beauties and a Cutie. Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata. In my garden light trap on 23 August 2015. The weather has been very mixed recently, but I had a very good moth night a few days ago. Some of them are quite lovely. These three beauties are not at all rare and anyone could see them quite easily. Light Emerald, Campaea margaritata. In my garden light trap on 23 August 2015. Only just...
