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bees, Devil's-bit scabious, hoverflies, insects on scabious, Painted Lady, scabious, Small white butterfly
At this time of year, the delicate lilac tinge of Devil’s-bit scabious casts its imperial purple shadow across the meadows at Cosmeston and at Lavernock. I love it, and I’m not the only one.
It’s proving extremely popular as a late-summer early-autumn source of nectar for all manner of bees, butterflies and hoverflies. Here are a few I’ve seen in recent days …
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Oh, the creatures – and the colour!
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I seem to write versions of this same blog every year – I think you can see why. 🙂
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Have you seen either of the scabious mining bees?
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I have not, Philip. In fact, I had to google them and then checked the Welsh Lerc database for records – both are very rare in Wales and neither is local to me unfortunately. We certainly have the flowers for them if they were to colonise the local area though. 🙂
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