Archive images - August 2024
	Buff-tailed Bumble-bee collecting pollen on the Soulbury Road wildlife bank, 28 August 2024.
	Male Ichneumon sarcitorius looking for prey at Soulbury Road, 28 August 2024.
	Common Plume Moth, Alwins Field, 25 August 2024. Its wings are rolled up but when it flies it's just like an ordinary moth.
	7-Spot Ladybird, Ouzel Valley, 23 August 2024.
	A Capsid bug (Deraeocoris ruber), Ouzel Valley, 23 August 2024.
	Green Shieldbugs, Ouzel Valley, 23 August 2024. The larger one is almost adult, the smaller one is still a baby.
	Southern Hawker dragonfly laying eggs by our pond, Alwins Field, 15 August 2024.
	Common Frog at night in the rain, Alwins Field, 15 August 2024.
	"Batman" hoverfly (Myathropa florea), Linslade Woods, 14 August 2024. The "batman" name has become popular in the past few years since someone noticed the dark mark on the thorax resembled the Batman (TM) logo.
	Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp (Cerceris rybyensis), Lords Hill, Rushmere CP, 13 August 2024.
	Female Emerald Damselfly, Sandhouse Lane NR, 9 August 2024.
	Immature male Red-eyed Damselfly, Sandhouse Lane NR, 9 August 2024.
	White-legged Damselfly, Sandhouse Lane NR, 9 August 2024.
	Ruddy Darter, Sandhouse Lane NR, 9 August 2024.
	Double-striped Pug moth, Alwins Field, 7 August 2024.
	Jersey Tiger moth, Alwins Field, 7 August 2024.
	Garden Snail, Alwins Field, 6 August 2024. It just took a little light rain for them to re-emerge.
	Common Candy-striped Spider (Enoplognatha ovata, form redimita), with her egg sac, Alwins Field, 6 August 2024. There are three forms, one of them having no red stripes and the other with only one stripe. They are very small spiders.
	Female Speckled Bush-cricket, Alwins Field, 5 August 2024. You can see her long curved ovipositor and you may notice that she is missing her right rear leg. Crickets often drop a rear leg to distract an attacking predator while she escapes.
	Pantaloon Bee (Dasypoda hirtipes), Astral Park, 2 August 2024.
	Young Coot, Astral Lake, 2 August 2024.
	Gatekeeper butterfly, Astral Park, 2 August 2024.
	Common Blue butterfly on its larval foodplant, Bird's-foot Trefoil, Astral Park, 2 August 2024.

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