The fine weather is still continuing and today, I was at Mousehold Heath to join a moth themed group walk as well as a talk about these insects. Peter, our naturalist, showed off some of the moths that he caught last night at his home while we were having some lunch. This included a few I'm familiar with and a few others that were new to me. Here's some of the highlights...
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| Nut-tree Tussock |
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| Brindle Beauty |
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| Light Brown Apple Moth |
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| Common Plume |
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| Clothes Moth (of some kind) |
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| Side view |
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| Water Carpet |
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| Many-plumed Moth |
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| Early Grey |
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| Another Plume Moth |
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| Bee Moth |
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| Hebrew Character |
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| Double-striped Pug |
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| Speckled Wood |
After our moth talk and lunch, we went for a walk around the heath. We were meant to be looking for day-flying moths, but we ended up being distracted by the other wildlife instead. Solitary bees and wasps were buzzing around their nesting holes dotted along the exposed ground that made up the paths of the site. These holes were closely watched by bee-flies, which I watched hover above them and with a flick of it's abdomen, I saw one fire a few eggs into an unguarded nest hole entrance in a blink of an eye and with incredible accuracy. Fascinating stuff indeed! However, the others in my group were more in awe with the newts popping up for air at the Mustard Pond (the first time we've seen them in this pond before). In the end, we didn't see many moths during this moth walk, but we did see plenty of butterflies. Close enough, I guess.
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| Green-veined White |
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| Peacock |
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| Pantaloon Bee? |
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| Tawny Mining Bee |
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| Some kind of Nomad Bee? |
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| Dark-edged Bee-fly |
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| Smooth Newt at the Mustard Pond |
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| Tadpoles at the Vinegar Pond |
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| Jay |
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