Re: Wurzel
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:22 pm
Cheers CJB Glad to know that there are still some Reef heads out there Good luck capturing your target species
22-07-2014 Larkhill
I didn’t get to stop at any other sites today as after work it was the farewell tea party for one of my colleagues who retired after teaching at the same school for 30 years. This would mean that I had to forego the afternoon stop-off at The Devenish and instead guzzle back tea, salmon sandwiches, cakes, Tiffin and scones and jam...it was a hard job but it needed to be done.
Because of this I savoured each second at Larkhill more especially as I realised that I’d been neglecting the humble Meadow Brown. So I set out from the car park up the North path to rectify this. Each Meadow Brown that I saw on the way I scrutinised for unusual markings but it wasn’t until the large patch of flowers that I started seeing anything differently marked. First up though were a lovely pair of Hedge Browns posing nicely together side by side which is not something I’ve seen before. The female looked pretty resplendent and I couldn’t help but check her for the number of eyes and spots – these totalled two per hind wing and an extra spot on the left hand fore wing. I then carried on watching the Meadow Browns. One female had orange markings reminiscent of the blue marks on a Peacock wing under the eyes, little dashes getting smaller and fading as they worked towards the margin of the wing close to the body. Another had two pupils in each eye like a Hedge Brown which is something I have seen before but not quite as well marked as this. The different markings were also visible on the underside of the wings with one showing lighter dashes on the hind wing and another which had a lighter band running across the whole hind wing splitting the wing up into three colour bands almost. Come the afternoon I had a little time before the tea party began and so I took a brief stroll from the car park to the wildlife area and back to the lab. The entire walk took only a couple of minutes but in that time I notched up 1 Smessex, 2 Small Torts, a Peacock, 2 Hedge Browns, a Large White, a Green-veined White, 2 Small Whites and 3 Meadow Browns. A pretty good haul for a short walk and so as a reward I got over to the Tea Party and got to guzzling!
Have a goodun
Wurzel
22-07-2014 Larkhill
I didn’t get to stop at any other sites today as after work it was the farewell tea party for one of my colleagues who retired after teaching at the same school for 30 years. This would mean that I had to forego the afternoon stop-off at The Devenish and instead guzzle back tea, salmon sandwiches, cakes, Tiffin and scones and jam...it was a hard job but it needed to be done.
Because of this I savoured each second at Larkhill more especially as I realised that I’d been neglecting the humble Meadow Brown. So I set out from the car park up the North path to rectify this. Each Meadow Brown that I saw on the way I scrutinised for unusual markings but it wasn’t until the large patch of flowers that I started seeing anything differently marked. First up though were a lovely pair of Hedge Browns posing nicely together side by side which is not something I’ve seen before. The female looked pretty resplendent and I couldn’t help but check her for the number of eyes and spots – these totalled two per hind wing and an extra spot on the left hand fore wing. I then carried on watching the Meadow Browns. One female had orange markings reminiscent of the blue marks on a Peacock wing under the eyes, little dashes getting smaller and fading as they worked towards the margin of the wing close to the body. Another had two pupils in each eye like a Hedge Brown which is something I have seen before but not quite as well marked as this. The different markings were also visible on the underside of the wings with one showing lighter dashes on the hind wing and another which had a lighter band running across the whole hind wing splitting the wing up into three colour bands almost. Come the afternoon I had a little time before the tea party began and so I took a brief stroll from the car park to the wildlife area and back to the lab. The entire walk took only a couple of minutes but in that time I notched up 1 Smessex, 2 Small Torts, a Peacock, 2 Hedge Browns, a Large White, a Green-veined White, 2 Small Whites and 3 Meadow Browns. A pretty good haul for a short walk and so as a reward I got over to the Tea Party and got to guzzling!
Have a goodun
Wurzel