Moor Copse – 3rd July 3020
I braved clouds of Cleg flies at Moor Copse today to take some photos and catch some flies. Saw lots of Dinera grisescens and Phasia obesa/pusilla-group and some Exorista rustica-group, a single Nowickia ferox and a superb Stratiomys potamida. One of the nicest sights though were dozens of Silver-washed Fritillaries flying along the river bank and through the sunny rides – plus a Scarlet Tiger moth flying over 5-acre Field.
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- Comma
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- Dinera grisescens
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- Dinera grisescens
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- Platyrhinus resinosus (a weevil)
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- Silver-washed Fritillaries courting
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- Stratiomys potamida
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- Stratiomys potamida
* weevil ID courtesy of Nigel Jones
Chris
Great pics, as always!
Yout Stratiomys is potamida, isn’t it? Yellow stretching across tergite 3. Commoner species than chamaeleon.
Ian
Hi Ian … yes you are correct – I was chatting about it to a friend the other day and realized my mistake – then promptly forgot to update the blog and change the name – doh!
Thanks for reminding me – I will change it now 