First time that I have been up to the club for a week or so after travelling to various golf events with Luke. There were a couple of new dragonflies about. The first is a Common Darter, which is fairly common around the course at the moment.
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Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum [12th Blue] |
The second is a Banded Demoiselle, which has a characteristic dark patch in the middle of its wings. There were quite a few in the stream along the 2nd on the Blue.
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Banded Demoiselle Calopteryx splendens [2nd Blue] |
In Boundary Fen I came across this enormous caterpillar. If all goes well it will turn into an Elephant Hawk Moth.
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Elephant Hawk Moth Deilephila elpenor [Boundary Fen] |
The heather on the Red and Green courses is starting to flower. If you look closely you will see two different types. Common Heather is the most abundant, but mixed in with this there is some Bell Heather, with somewhat larger bell shaped flowers.
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