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85/365 A day of firsts

26 Tuesday Mar 2019

Posted by sconzani in 365DaysWildin2019, insects, ladybird, nature, spring

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#365DaysWild, 7-spot ladybirds, bee-flies, Comma butterfly, Common Green Shieldbug, Dark-edged bee-fly, Peacock butterfly, Penarth Rail Trail, Sawfly, south Wales coastal path, Speckled wood

190326 (1) rail trail

I walked further than I intended today but I just couldn’t resist the sunshine, the calls of the birds, the bees and hoverflies buzzing all around, the white blossom and the vibrant green leaf growth … it was magical! Yesterday, I saw my first Peacock butterflies of the year and today I saw four more, plus my first two Speckled woods and my first Comma, my first Common green shieldbug and my first Dark-edged bee-flies, lots of them, and my first 7-spot ladybirds. It gladdens my heart to see so much new life emerging.

 

190326 (2) speckled wood
190326 (3) bee-fly
190326 (4) 7-spot ladybird
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190326 (6) bee-fly
190326 (7) peacock
190326 (8) comma
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190326 (11) bee-fly

190326 (12) coastal path

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What do ladybirds eat?

10 Friday Aug 2018

Posted by sconzani in flowers, insects, ladybird, nature, plants, wildflowers

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7-spot ladybirds, aphids, Cosmeston, Cosmeston Lakes Country Park, harlequin ladybird, ladybirds, Wild parsnip

I googled ‘What do ladybirds eat?’ today because I was trying to work out why there are so many ladybirds – about a 50 / 50 split between 7-spots and Harlequins – on the Wild parsnip plants at Cosmeston Lakes Country Park. It turns out ladybirds are particularly keen on aphids and, as you can see in some of my photos, there are rather a lot of aphids on these plants. Good news for the ladybirds!

180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (1)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (2)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (3)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (4)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (5)
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180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (7)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (8)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (9)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (10)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (11)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (12)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (13)
180810 ladybirds on wild parsnip (14)

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I'm a writer and photographer; researcher and blogger; birder and nature lover; countryside rambler and city strider; volunteer and biodiversity recorder.

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