2421 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana ABH 74.007

2421 Scarce Silver-lines Bena bicolorana ABH 74.007  

1653 Buff Arches Habrosyne pyritoides ABH 65.009

Snowdonia - A Few From the Hills & Valleys

View from the Miners Track into the Mist Glaslyn below and Llyn Lldaw behind

Bell Heathe

Stags Horn Clubmoss

Navelwort Umbilicus rupestris

 Map Lichen -  Rhizocarpon geographicum

Quote of the Week 11

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

Confucius

The Hawks

Poplar Hawk Moth , Small Elephant Hawkmoth and the Lime Hawk Moth can be seen at this time of year

69.001 BF1979    Lime Hawk-moth Mimas tiliae

The less colourful Poplar Moth

69.003 BF1981

Poplar Hawk-moth Laothoe populi

69.016 BF1991 Elephant Hawk-moth Deilephila elpenor. 

Cercopis vulnernata

The ubiquitous Cercopis vulnernata found this week on stands of seeding cow parsley

The Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii

A colourful spectacle The Lily Beetle Lily Beetle Lilioceris lilii

Cixidae Lacehopper Tachycixius pilosus

 Cixidae Lacehopper Tachycixius pilosus

Quote Of The Week 10

If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself.

Confucius

 

Frog Life

We get quite a few questions and enquiries from local children and schools close to the reserve particularly about the fascinating life cycle of the Frog . Chloe has recently asked what happens to the baby frogs  - Andrew - What are baby Frogs Called and Bethany - How high can frogs jump   Well there is some good news  this Spring. Below is a picture of Billy The Frog with his new family - Little Billy and they will be jumping around nature reserves this Spring - Phillip Yr 7 - Is that why its called Spring ?

A visit From The Queen

Drying off in the early morning Sunshine The Queen of The Buff Tailed bumblebee one of a number of Bumblebee and Solitary Bee found in the Spring Time

Bugs Bees Flowers & Toads !!

Lots of Bugs Bees Flowers and Toads Today!!!

Honey Bee Apiis melifera

Midge ( Non-Biting) 

Quote of The Week 9

“The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name.”

― Confucius

Quote of The Week 8

Recents Spring Moths

March Moth 8
Pale brindled Beauty 1
Dotted Border 4
Chestnut 1
Clouded Drab 1
Agonoptrix her 1

Weather 

Cool Still Previous days weather wet / damp / rain.  MV Lamp

Other Entomology

Large colonies of Orange Ladybird abundant - these are a fungal eating species which agregate in large numbers

73.242 BF2188 Clouded Drab Orthosia incerta

32.018 BF688 Agonopterix heracliana ( Worn Specimen)

70.247 BF1926 Pale Brindled Beauty Phigalia pilosaria

70.255 BF1934 Dotted Border Agriopis marginaria

70.245 BF1663 March Moth Alsophila aescularia