Saturday 12 October 2013

Terryland Forest Park survey 17th August 2013

Numbers way down on previous visits to the transect. Could be signal to the impending season ahead. 41 bumblebees; Butterflies 2 Green-vein White; 5 Speckled Wood; 2 Meadow Brown; 1 Peacock. 1 Common Darter. I did notice about 5 bumblebees dead on the flowers they were feeding on or else they were in a catatonic state.

Wasp
Ophion scutellaris

Small tortoiseshell Larva
Aglais urticae
Ruán Beag

Wasp
Amblyteles armatorius Ichnneumon

Speckled Wood
Pararge aegeria
Breacfhéileacán Coille

Buff-tailed bumblebee
Bombus terrestris


Buff-tailed bumblebee
Bombus terrestris

Hoverfly

Bombus lucorum


Golden-samphire
Inula crithmoides
Ailleann Pheadair

Common Knapweed
Centaurea nigra
Minscoth

Hoverfly
Rhingia campestris