0969 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana ABH 49.024

0969 Chequered Fruit-tree Tortrix Pandemis corylana ABH 49.024 

A Mirid Bug - Neolygus viridis

A Mirid Bug

Conomelus anceps Delphacidae A plant Hopper

Living in Damp Grasses Meadows and Rushes - Juncus A mall Bug at Around  Usually brachypterous, part winged  fully-wingedspecimens can be seen Around 4 mm seen betwenn June - November

Cixius Nervosa - A lacehopper

Delicate and ornate these small plant hoppers are are around 4.5 - 5.5  mm

2050 Common Footman Eilema lurideola ABH 72.045

This moth was recorded near Creeping thistle  and  on Dry stone walling 24th July 2015

There is an excellent Primer on Footman Comparisons here Footman Comparisions

Comma

Comma

Yesterdays Day Flying Lepidoptera

Yesterdays Day Fliers Yorkshire

Small Heath
Common Carpet
Comma
Peacock
Silver Grounds Carpet
Ringlets
Meadow Brown
Large White
Grass Weneer
Cinnabar
5  / Narrow 5 Spot Burnet

Wood Whites

The following shots are of the delicate Wood White Butterfly taken 2nd July 2015

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Anatomy of A treehopper Centrotus cornutus

Treehopper Centrotus cornutus

There are only two members in this family so making ID easy One of two UK treehoppers. The other  Gargara genistae is associated with broom. It is smaller than C. cornutus, lacks the horn-like projections on the pronotum and has a shorter dorsal spine.



"Membracidae-Centrotus-cornutus". Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.


 Length circa 10 mm You can see the dorsal spine on the first image



You can see the pronotal projections absent in Gargara genista



This image shows both key features



Adult: April-August

0937 Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana

0937 Hook-marked Straw Moth Agapeta hamana

waste ground and other places where the foodplant, thistle (Carduus), occurs. 

Black and White Hairstreaks

Black letter Top  White Letter Bottom. Visit to Glapthorn Cow Pastures  on Thurs 25th June 2015 Yielded the elusive Black Hairstreak The Black Hairstreak is one of our rarest butterflies and one of the most recently discovered. It is a sedentary and elusive butterfly of old Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) scrub in woodland or on, or adjacent to, woodland edges.. Interesting to note the angluar presentation to do with aligmnent to the sun on Southern slope aspects so it it can temprature regulate ( AM )

There is a good comparitive article here on the differential characteristics Black versus White Hairstreak

Seen Also on the Visit Blood Vein Moth, Banded Damsel, Cinnabar and Swarming Green Oak Tortrix

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There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

Marshall McLuhan

0150 Green Longhorn Adela reaumurella

The May Bug Melolontha melolontha

May Bug or Cockchafer Melolontha melolontha

1076 Celypha lacunana Dark Starwberry Tortrix