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Saturday 23 February 2019

Hardcastle Craggs Sat 16th February 2019

Hardcastle Craggs Sat 16th February 2019

Weather   Circa 10 o Falling toward evening. Occ Breezes . Overcast

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Other Entomology 

Early doors this year at Craggs given the preceding good weather . Other Entomology included one Ladybird Harlequinn and 1 Birch SB Adult. I have found these over wintering in Moss Clumps on Trees which must provide a fair degree of protection Colonies can often be smelt well before being found. The insect below the SB was about 5-9 mm and looks to me like a Springtail ( Collembola) small insects of leaf litter possibly Tomocerus longicornis 
AKA Pogonognathellus longicornus
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Counts As below By AC , BL CD  present

70.253 BF1932   Spring Usher Agriopis leucophaeari

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70.247 BF1926      Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria

Previous Post  on the blog show the melanic form of the PBB

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73.210 BF2256  The Satellite Eupsilia transversa


Both Orange and White Colour forms were present shown below


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70.255 BF1934  Dotted Border Agriopis marginaria

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32.018 BF688   Agonopterix heracliana

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A Few More To Follow


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