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We had an amazing bug hunt on Saturday the 13th of August. Thanks to Mariko Whyte for giving us her time and providing expertise in ID. Also to Dick Budden for hosting us in his land. We saw the following species:
Crickets and Grasshoppers Roesel's Bush Cricket Field Grasshopper Butterflies Gatekeeper Speckled Wood Beetles Dock Beetle 16-spot Ladybird Flies Thistle Gall Fly (Urophora cardui) A hoverfly (Sphaerophoria scripta) Dragonflies and Damselflies Banded Demoiselle Spiders and Harvestmen Garden Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus) Common Candy-striped Spider (Enoplognatha ovata s.l.) Nursery Web Spider Furrow Spider (Larinoides cornutus) A Long-jawed Orb Weaver (Tetragnatha sp.) A crab spider (Xysticus sp.) A fork-palped harvestman (Dicranopalpus agg.) A harvestman (Mitopus morio) True Bugs Red-legged Shieldbug Common Spittle-bug (Philaenus spumarius) Dock Bug A plant bug (Malacocoris chlorizans) Other A lacewing larva (Chrysopidae) Oak Apple Gall Wasp (Biorhiza pallida) You can have a look at some of our pictures on our social media: here and here. Comments are closed.
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Young Nature Watch (YNW) is a branch of the Tisbury and District Natural History Society (T&DNHS).
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