DOCSLIB.ORG

Suffolk Argus  Suffolk Butterflies 2013

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Suffolk Argus  Suffolk Butterflies 2013 Spring 2014 SuffolkThe Argus The Newsletter of the Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation The enigmatic Clouded Yellow Colias crocea f. helice ab. nigra Aigner (page 8) Photographed by Paul Rusher at Bawdsey Spring 2014 Volume 59 1 Suffolk Butterflies 2013 The Suffolk Argus Suffolk Butterflies 2013 Suffolk Butterflies 2013 (see page 7) Clouded Yellow Clouded Yellow Silver-washed Fritillary Silver-washed Fritillary Wall Wall Wall Wall 2 Spring 2014 Contents Branch Contacts 4 Editorial 5 Events 2014 5 Suffolk Butterflies 2013 7 An Enigmatic Variation 8 Ipswich Heaths Project 9 WCBS 10 A View from the Bridge 12 Chalkhill Blue Returns 13 The Dinghy Skipper 14 Blaxhall Silver-studded Blue Update 15 The Wall in 2013 17 Garden Buddleja 18 The Clouded Yellow 18 Event Report 19 Greenwings Balkan Holiday 20 New Members We welcome the following new members and look forward to meeting them at our events this year. Ms S Bennetts Saxmundham Mr K Ling Ipswich Mr A Bimpson Ipswich Mrs H Macleod Hollesley Mr M & Mrs G Bladi Ipswich Mrs A Newcombe Woolpit 0UV-%ORÀHOG ,SVZLFK Mrs N & M Nickerson & Family Lowestoft Mrs J Bridger Brandon Mr J & Ms G Owen Dalham Miss D Broom Hornchurch Mrs J Piper Halesworth Mrs S Collinson Woodbridge Mr J Rankin Bury St Edmunds Mr A Craven Nowton Mr A & Mrs C Sadler Brome Ms D Edwards Earl Soham Mr A Smuk & Mrs Y Westley Ipswich Miss R Garnett Hacheston Mr D Sweeting Martlesham Heath Mr J Harper Rendlesham Miss L Summer & Mr N King Brandon Miss Harris Great Cornard Mr B Taylor Bury St Edmunds Ms H Hepburn Thrandestone Miss G Teoli-Kendall Trimley St Mary Mr E Hopkins Saxmundham Dr S Tucker Woodbridge Rev’d P Ind Woodbridge Mrs E Walling Ipswich Miss R Knight Haverhill Mr P & Mrs S Wilmouth Glemsford 3 The Suffolk Argus Suffolk Branch Contacts President &RQVHUYDWLRQ2IÀFHU %XWWHUÁLHV Howard Mendel Rob Parker c/o The Natural History Museum, Cromwell &RUQÀHOG5G Rd, London SW7 5BD Bury St Edmunds IP33 3BN Tel: 0207 938 8782 Tel: 01284 705476 email: [email protected] Chairman Mike Dean &RQVHUYDWLRQ2IÀFHU 0RWKV Coach House, Ixworth, Tony Prichard Bury St Edmunds IP31 2HL 3, Powling Rd., Ipswich IP3 9JR Tel: 01359 230292 Tel: 01473 270047 email: Michael.Dean2@ virginmedia.com email: [email protected] Membership Secretary Programme and Publicity Susan Sidle Matt Berry Five Gables, The Ling, Wortham, Diss, Norfolk Tel: 07599 243026 IP22 1ST email: [email protected] Tel: 01379 643665 email: [email protected] Newsletter Editor Peter Maddison Treasurer Barnmead, Fishpond Rd, Dominic Hill :DOGULQJÀHOG Tel: 01359 269855 Woodbridge IP12 4QX email: [email protected] Tel: 01473 736607 email: [email protected] Secretary Julian Dowding 5HJLRQDO2IÀFHU(DVWHUQ(QJODQG 84, Clapgate Lane, Sharon Hearle Ipswich IP3 0RE 216, The Street, Kirtling, Tel: 01473 436096 Newmarket CB8 9PD email: [email protected] Tel: 01638 731648 HPDLOVKHDUOH#EXWWHUÁ\FRQVHUYDWLRQRUJ &RXQW\%XWWHUÁ\5HFRUGHU Bill Stone Website 27 Draymans Way Richard Perryman Ipswich IP3 0QU email: [email protected] HPDLOEXWWHUÁLHV#VQVRUJXN WCBS Co-ordinator Committee Member Twm Wade Helen Saunders email: twm.wade@ yahoo.com email: [email protected] 7KH6XIIRON$UJXVLVSXEOLVKHGE\WKH6XIIRON%UDQFKRI%XWWHUÁ\&RQVHUYDWLRQ7KHRSLQLRQVH[SUHVVHGLQWKLVQHZVOHWWHUDUHQRWQHFHVVDULO\ WKRVHRI%XWWHUÁ\&RQVHUYDWLRQRUWKH%UDQFK$OOULJKWVUHVHUYHG)RUPRUHLQIRUPDWLRQVHHZZZVXIIRONEXWWHUÁLHVRUJXN %XWWHUÁ\&RQVHUYDWLRQ &RPSDQ\OLPLWHGE\JXDUDQWHHUHJLVWHUHGLQ(QJODQG 5HJLVWHUHG2IÀFH0DQRU<DUG(DVW/XOZRUWK:DUHKDP'RUVHW%+ 5QP Charity registered in England & Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268) 4 Spring 2014 Editorial Peter Maddison In 2013 our Branch membership leapt. 5HFRUGLQJ EXWWHUÁLHV LV RI SULPH Now we have members in over 400 importance: if we don’t know what households, that’s a 22% increase on our we’ve got how do we know what we are 2012 membership! New members you losing or, hopefully, gaining. Bill Stone, are most welcome! No doubt you joined our county recorder received over 18,000 because you believe in the conservation of records in 2013, but he wants more in 2014! EXWWHUÁLHVPRWKVDQGRXUHQYLURQPHQW Recording sheets are available on the website and no doubt you want to be involved. ZZZVXIIRONEXWWHUÁLHVRUJXN ZKHUH D regularly updated county ‘Sightings’ We have an extensive Events programme page can be found. DQG LQ WKH ÀUVW DUWLFOH RI WKH QHZVOHWWHU Twm Wade has become the new co- Matt Berry writes to invite you to join ordinator for the Wider Countryside us at any or all of the events and he %XWWHUÁ\ 6XUYH\ DQG KH ZULWHV WR notes particularly the New Members’ encourage you to join in with this none Days in both the east and west of the too onerous survey. county. Julian Dowding updates us on the Ipswich Heaths Project, and you may Read here about the Chalkhill Blue wish to become involved in some of the colony that has recently been discovered conservation work parties that are held in Suffolk, read about the observations of throughout the winter months. EXWWHUÁLHVWKDWPHPEHUVKDYHPDGHDQG in the coming months make your own observations. Enjoy! Events for 2014 Matt Berry You will have found your 2014 event you become more familiar with how the programme card with this issue of the Suffolk Branch works and meet members Argus. I’d just like to point out some of of the committee, turning us from names the highlights of the year and explain the on a page into real people! The format for focus of one or two newer style of event these events is as follows. We start with that you may not be familiar with. an indoor session and presentations along WKH OLQHV RI ¶:K\ 5HFRUG %XWWHUÁLHV"· There are two dates this year for what ‘Habitat & Ecology’ and ‘The Status & are being called ‘New Members’ Days’. ,GHQWLÀFDWLRQ RI 6SHFLHV· 7KLV OHDGV RQ The idea behind them is to help recently to heading outside to do some practical joined members (of which there have been ÀHOGZRUN DQG UHFRUGLQJ ZLWK KHOS RQ many in the past few years!) learn more REVHUYDWLRQVNLOOVLGHQWLÀFDWLRQRIVSHFLHV about Suffolk and its Lepidoptera and and habitat and larval host plants. I to learn practical skills for identifying encourage you to try these events this year DQGUHFRUGLQJEXWWHUÁLHV,WFDQDOVRKHOS as I’m sure you’d get a lot out of them, 5 The Suffolk Argus particularly if all of this is rather new or If your passport allows you to travel even daunting to you. We’re here to help and IXUWKHU DÀHOG WKDQ 1RUIRON WKHQ WKHUH support you in becoming even more DUH EXWWHUÁ\ ZDWFKLQJ ZHHNV DYDLODEOH informed and interested (or obsessed) in France and Greece, being offered by ZLWKEXWWHUÁLHVDQGPRWKV%XWSOHDVHGR Greenwings Wildlife Holidays. These are register in advance as places are limited. the sole responsibility of Greenwings, but %XWWHUÁ\&RQVHUYDWLRQGRHVUHFHLYHD We also have a focus on our heathland GRQDWLRQ IURP WKH SURÀWV 7KH OHDGHUV sites in the east of the county. The LQFOXGHZHOONQRZQDXWKRUDQGEXWWHUÁ\ Ipswich Heaths Project is a big deal for ÁRZHUH[SHUW7ULVWDQ/DIUDQFKLVDQG5RJHU us as a branch and we want to share *LEERQVDQH[SHUWRQ)UHQFKEXWWHUÁLHV what we’ve been doing to improve sites Not only are these holidays in beautiful for wildlife and to come together and and sunny places but there are often 100 UHFRUG EXWWHUÁLHV DQG PRWKV DV SDUW RI RUPRUHEXWWHUÁ\VSHFLHVWRVHHVRPHLQ our monitoring programme. So starting large numbers. This kind of spectacle can RIIZH·YHJRWWKHÀUVW1HZ0HPEHUV'D\ be quite different and awe inspiring if event at Martlesham Heath in the spring, you’re more used to the modest numbers as outlined above. Then, during National RIEXWWHUÁLHVZHJHQHUDOO\VHHLQWKH8. Insect Week, we’re running a moth night at 3LSHUV9DOHLQ,SVZLFK:HÀQLVKWKHVHDVRQ Finally, if you would like to get more with a summer walk at Purdis Heath SSSI involved in the running of events then in Ipswich, looking for Grayling and other we’d love to hear from you! We depend interesting heathland wildlife. The vast on volunteers to make them happen and majority of work in the heaths project one can never have enough help! You has been on this site so we’re very keen GRQ·W KDYH WR EH DQ H[SHUW RQ EXWWHUÁLHV to monitor how wildlife responds to the or moths, a friendly disposition and habitat management we’re undertaking – an interest in the subject are more than recording during such events is a valuable DGHTXDWHTXDOLÀFDWLRQVRQPRVWRFFDVLRQV way of contributing to this. Quite often we need more people willing to be at a stand to speak to people and give Heading out of the county (as we tend to RXWOHDÁHWVDQGPHPEHUVKLSIRUPVRUWR do occasionally!) we’ve got an interesting help with craft and children’s activities. If day planned looking for Wood Whites that sounds like you, then please do get in LQ -XQH 2XU 5HJLRQDO 2IÀFHU 6KDURQ touch with us! Hearle, will lead the event and she knows the area well so I’m sure that will be well worthwhile attending, especially if you haven’t seen Wood Whites before. We are also venturing north, over the border into Norfolk. Our neighbours have very kindly invited us to visit Kelling Heath with them, to look for Silver-studded Blues and ÀQGRXWPRUHDERXWWKHPDQDJHPHQWDQG history of the site. Comma by Beryl Johnson 6 Spring 2014 Suffolk Butterflies 2013 Bill Stone I had hoped to be able to provide a also been made with several recorders thorough overview of the 2013 Suffolk noting pairing and egg laying taking %XWWHUÁ\ \HDU EXW , DP VWLOO WU\LQJ WR place. A total of 89 records have been ÀQDOLVHWKHEXWWHUÁ\UHFRUGVUHFHLYHG6R received with some being recorded in far over 18,000 records have been added to urban gardens, near railway lines along the record database and I am still receiving with some records of this species being more each week. Unfortunately, working VHHQ Á\LQJ RYHU RSHQ ÀHOGV FORVH WR full time means that I can only number known woodland strongholds (Pakenham crunch the records in the evenings and Woods).
Load more

Recommended publications
  • An IPM Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Nurseries and Landscapes Produced by Michigan State University Extension
    Back to table of contents Back to index 2020 PDF An IPM Pocket Guide for Weed Identification in Nurseries and Landscapes Produced by Michigan State University Extension Contents Index of weeds (clickable) ........................ 2-8 Weed identification ............................... 9-183 Using this scouting guide..........................184 Weed classification ...................................185 Grass and broadleaf characteristics . 186-189 Glossary ........................................... 190-192 Credits and acknowledgments ......... 193-194 Suggested reading ...................................195 1 Back to table of contents Back to index Index By common name Annual bluegrass ...........................................32-33 Annual sowthistle................................................73 Asiatic (common) dayflower ..........................18-19 Barnyardgrass ....................................................27 Bindweed, field ..........................................101-103 Bindweed, hedge .......................................102-103 Birdseye pearlwort ..............................................98 Birdsfoot trefoil...........................................109-110 Bittercress, hairy ............................................83-85 Bittercress, smallflowered...................................85 Black medic ............................................... 112-113 Blackseed plantain ...........................................150 Bluegrass, annual ..........................................32-33 Brambles ...................................................164-165
    [Show full text]
  • State of New York City's Plants 2018
    STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 Daniel Atha & Brian Boom © 2018 The New York Botanical Garden All rights reserved ISBN 978-0-89327-955-4 Center for Conservation Strategy The New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10458 All photos NYBG staff Citation: Atha, D. and B. Boom. 2018. State of New York City’s Plants 2018. Center for Conservation Strategy. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY. 132 pp. STATE OF NEW YORK CITY’S PLANTS 2018 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 6 INTRODUCTION 10 DOCUMENTING THE CITY’S PLANTS 10 The Flora of New York City 11 Rare Species 14 Focus on Specific Area 16 Botanical Spectacle: Summer Snow 18 CITIZEN SCIENCE 20 THREATS TO THE CITY’S PLANTS 24 NEW YORK STATE PROHIBITED AND REGULATED INVASIVE SPECIES FOUND IN NEW YORK CITY 26 LOOKING AHEAD 27 CONTRIBUTORS AND ACKNOWLEGMENTS 30 LITERATURE CITED 31 APPENDIX Checklist of the Spontaneous Vascular Plants of New York City 32 Ferns and Fern Allies 35 Gymnosperms 36 Nymphaeales and Magnoliids 37 Monocots 67 Dicots 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report, State of New York City’s Plants 2018, is the first rankings of rare, threatened, endangered, and extinct species of what is envisioned by the Center for Conservation Strategy known from New York City, and based on this compilation of The New York Botanical Garden as annual updates thirteen percent of the City’s flora is imperiled or extinct in New summarizing the status of the spontaneous plant species of the York City. five boroughs of New York City. This year’s report deals with the City’s vascular plants (ferns and fern allies, gymnosperms, We have begun the process of assessing conservation status and flowering plants), but in the future it is planned to phase in at the local level for all species.
    [Show full text]
  • Butterfly Monitoring Scheme
    BUTTERFLY MONITORING SCHEME Report to recorders 1999 INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL ECOLOGY (NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL) The Butterfly Monitoring Scheme Report to Recorders 1999 J NICK GREATOREX-DAVIES & DAVID B ROY ITE Monks Wood Abbots Ripton Huntingdon Cambs PE17 2LS March 2000 CONTENTS Page Introduction 1 Summary of the 1999 season 3 Percentage of counts completed 7 The proportion of annual indices calculated 8 Annual indices for the scarcer species 9 The number of weeks recorded for each site 10 Map showing the BMS regions and the distribution of monitored sites 11 The number of sites contributing data to the BMS 12 Comparison of the 24 years of the BMS 13 Numbers of butterflies recorded 14 Summary of changes at site level 1998-99 16 Individual species accounts 18 Publications in 1999/2000 29 Publications due in 2000 29 References 29 Acknowledgements 29 Appendix I: Graphs showing fluctuations in all-sites indices for 34 species 31 LIST OF FIGURES Figure Page 1 The number of sites with completed transects in each recording week in 7 1998 2 The number of sites with completed transects in each recording week in 7 1999 3 The number of annual indices calculated for the scarcer species compared 9 with the number of sites where the species was actually recorded in 1998 4 The number of weeks recorded for each transect in 1998 10 5 The number of weeks recorded for each transect in 1999 10 6 The number of sites contributing data to the scheme. 12 7 Comparison of the years 1979-1999 for butterflies 13 8 a-d Log collated indices 1976-99
    [Show full text]
  • Dragonflies and Damselflies in Your Garden
    Natural England works for people, places and nature to conserve and enhance biodiversity, landscapes and wildlife in rural, urban, coastal and marine areas. Dragonflies and www.naturalengland.org.uk © Natural England 2007 damselflies in your garden ISBN 978-1-84754-015-7 Catalogue code NE21 Written by Caroline Daguet Designed by RR Donnelley Front cover photograph: A male southern hawker dragonfly. This species is the one most commonly seen in gardens. Steve Cham. www.naturalengland.org.uk Dragonflies and damselflies in your garden Dragonflies and damselflies are Modern dragonflies are tiny by amazing insects. They have a long comparison, but are still large and history and modern species are almost spectacular enough to capture the identical to ancestors that flew over attention of anyone walking along a prehistoric forests some 300 million river bank or enjoying a sunny years ago. Some of these ancient afternoon by the garden pond. dragonflies were giants, with This booklet will tell you about the wingspans of up to 70 cm. biology and life-cycles of dragonflies and damselflies, help you to identify some common species, and tell you how you can encourage these insects to visit your garden. Male common blue damselfly. Most damselflies hold their wings against their bodies when at rest. BDS Dragonflies and damselflies belong to Dragonflies the insect order known as Odonata, Dragonflies are usually larger than meaning ‘toothed jaws’. They are often damselflies. They are stronger fliers and referred to collectively as ‘dragonflies’, can often be found well away from but dragonflies and damselflies are two water. When at rest, they hold their distinct groups.
    [Show full text]
  • The European Grassland Butterfly Indicator: 1990–2011
    EEA Technical report No 11/2013 The European Grassland Butterfly Indicator: 1990–2011 ISSN 1725-2237 EEA Technical report No 11/2013 The European Grassland Butterfly Indicator: 1990–2011 Cover design: EEA Cover photo © Chris van Swaay, Orangetip (Anthocharis cardamines) Layout: EEA/Pia Schmidt Copyright notice © European Environment Agency, 2013 Reproduction is authorised, provided the source is acknowledged, save where otherwise stated. Information about the European Union is available on the Internet. It can be accessed through the Europa server (www.europa.eu). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2013 ISBN 978-92-9213-402-0 ISSN 1725-2237 doi:10.2800/89760 REG.NO. DK-000244 European Environment Agency Kongens Nytorv 6 1050 Copenhagen K Denmark Tel.: +45 33 36 71 00 Fax: +45 33 36 71 99 Web: eea.europa.eu Enquiries: eea.europa.eu/enquiries Contents Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................... 6 Summary .................................................................................................................... 7 1 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 9 2 Building the European Grassland Butterfly Indicator ........................................... 12 Fieldwork .............................................................................................................. 12 Grassland butterflies .............................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • Habitats Regulations Assessment
    Recreational Disturbance Avoidance & Mitigation Strategy for Ipswich Borough, Babergh District, Mid Suffolk District and East Suffolk Councils Habitats Regulations Assessment Recreational Disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy for Ipswich Borough, Babergh District, Mid Suffolk District and East Suffolk Councils – Technical Report Rachel Hoskin, Durwyn Liley & Chris Panter Recreational Disturbance Avoidance & Mitigation Strategy for Ipswich Borough, Babergh District, Mid Suffolk District and East Suffolk Councils Footprint Contract Reference: 472 Date: 23rd May 2019 Version: V5 – Final Recommended Citation: Hoskin, R., Liley, D. & Panter, C. (2019). Habitats Regulations Assessment Recreational Disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy for Ipswich Borough, Babergh District, Mid Suffolk District and East Suffolk Councils – Technical Report. Footprint Ecology. Footprint Ecology, Forest Office, Cold Harbour, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 7PA. [email protected] Cover image: walkers on seawall at Woodbridge © Footprint Ecology Recreational Disturbance Avoidance & Mitigation Strategy for Ipswich Borough, Babergh District, Mid Suffolk District and East Suffolk Councils Acknowledgements This Technical Report has been commissioned jointly by Babergh District Council, Ipswich Borough Council, Mid Suffolk District Council and East Suffolk Council. Our thanks to the Steering Group that comprised: Clare Dawson (Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils), Natasha Moreno-Roberts and Anna Roe (Ipswich Borough Council), Sam Hubbard and Laura
    [Show full text]
  • Summer Moths
    The group of members at Holtspur who had just been clearing scrub, refreshing the information boards, clearing the footpath of obstructions, removing seedling shrubs from the ‘wrong place’ and planted them into the central hedge and the windbreak on Lower Field, clearing dogwood from Triangle Bank, making a small scallop into the top hedge, checking wobbly posts and making repairs to the fencing. Nick Bowles Planting disease resistant elms in the Planting disease resistant elms in Lye Valley, Oxon - in the rain! Bottom Wood, Bucks. Peter Cuss Peter Cuss I will be pleased to see the spring (which seems very slow to arrive this year) for a variety of reasons. One, is to relax after the large number of work parties. I haven’t kept a list of the number of the tasks we attended in previous winters but this year we advertised and we had members working at 46 conservation tasks. As a group of people that love butterflies and moths (and therefore cherish the places in which they live) we can take pride and feel relief, that our expertise has positively influenced the management of those places. Our volunteers have acted to halt, and hopefully reverse, the decline in numbers and their efforts have been magnificent. Our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/Butterflies.Berkshire.Buckinghamshire.Oxfordshire/)bears witness to the large numbers of members involved. Furthermore, I haven’t included events such as Elm tree planting (by small groups of members), the nurturing of seedlings by many members, the preparation of display board information for our reserve and a number of other largely individual acts which took place during the same winter season.
    [Show full text]
  • Colias Ponteni 47 Years of Investigation, Thought and Speculations Over a Butterfly
    Insectifera VOLUME 11 • YEAR 2019 2019 YEAR • SPECIAL ISSUE Colias ponteni 47 years of investigation, thought and speculations over a butterfly INSECTIFERA • YEAR 2019 • VOLUME 11 Insectifera December 2019, Volume 11 Special Issue Editor Pavel Bína & Göran Sjöberg Sjöberg, G. 2019. Colias ponteni Wallengren, 1860. 47 years of investigation, thought and speculations over a butterfly. Insectifera, Vol. 11: 3–100. Contents 4 Summary 4 My own reflections 5 The background to the first Swedish scientific sailing round the world, 1851–1853 16 Extreme sex patches – androconia and antennae 20 Colias ponteni in the collection of BMNH. Where do they come from? Who have collected them and where and when? 22 Two new Colias ponténi and a pupa! 24 Hawaii or Port Famine? Which locality is most likely to be an objective assessment? 25 Colias ponteni - a sensitive "primitive species". Is it extinct? 26 Cause of likely extinction 28 IRMS (Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer) isotope investigations 29 What more can suggest that Samuel Pontén's butterflies really were taken in Hawaii? 30 Can Port Famine or the surrounding areas be the right place for Colias ponteni? 34 Collection on Oahu 37 Is there more that suggests that Samuel Pontén found his Colias butterflies during this excursion on Oahu near Honolulu? 38 The background to my studies 39 Is there something that argues against Port Famine as a collection site for Colias ponteni? 39 Is it likely that the butterflies exist or may have been on Mt Tarn just south of Port Famine on the Strait of Magellan? 41
    [Show full text]
  • Pterygota Winged Insects
    pterygota Potamanthus luteus has yellowish unspotted Winged Insects wings, and abdomen barely mar·ked. Local. MA YFLIES (JI/IJ()I)!! dijJ!crlllJl ORDER EPHEMEROPTERA A small species, 1000ISmm long, but dis• tinctive in having only 2 wings and 2 tails. A small and distinctive group, with an un• The female> have yellowish f,'ont mar'gins. usual life-cycle. Unique among insects, they Known to fisher'men as 'pond olives'. have 2 adult phases, moulting again after they Habitat Still and slow-flowing waters. attain the winged state. A sub-adult emerges Status and distribution Common and from the aquatic nymph and takes flight, usu• widespread thl'Oughout. ally hiding among vegetation; this phase is Season 5-10. dull-coloured, with opaque wings, and is known to anglers as the 'dun'. Within hours L/JiJel/lerei/a i,~lli/a the dun moults into the sexually mature A medium-sized species, about 20mm long, adult, which has brighter colours, translu• with a reddish-brown body, reddish-tinged cent wings, and longer tails - the 'spinner'. wings, and 3 tails. The hindwings are small Mayflies are recognizable by the wings, but clearly visible. which are held vertically Habitat Around fast-flowing, well-oxy• above the body, always genated, well-vegetated streams. unfolded; the very shore Status and distribution Widespread antennae; and the 2 or 3 and locally frequent in suitable habitat. long tails. The nymphs Season 4-9. always have 3 tails, even if Similar species the adult has 2. Despite £. notata is yellowish-brown not red, with their name, the short-lived dark stripes and dots under the abdomen.
    [Show full text]
  • Introduction
    BULGARIA Nick Greatorex-Davies. European Butterflies Group Contact ([email protected]) Local Contact Prof. Stoyan Beshkov. ([email protected]) National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Sofia, Butterfly Conservation Europe Partner Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Stanislav Abadjiev compiled and collated butterfly records for the whole of Bulgaria and published a Local Recording Scheme distribution atlas in 2001 (see below). Records are still being gathered and can be sent to Stoyan Beshkov at NMNH, Sofia. Butterfly List See Butterflies of Bulgaria website (Details below) Introduction Bulgaria is situated in eastern Europe with its eastern border running along the Black Sea coast. It is separated from Romania for much of its northern border by the River Danube. It shares its western border with Serbia and Macedonia, and its southern border with Greece and Turkey. Bulgaria has a land area of almost 111,000 sq km (smaller than England but bigger than Scotland) and a declining human population of 7.15 million (as of 2015), 1.5 million of which live in the capital city, Sofia. It is very varied in both climate, topography and habitats. Substantial parts of the country are mountainous, particularly in the west, south-west and central ‘spine’ of the country and has the highest mountain in the Balkan Mountains (Musala peak in the Rila Mountains, 2925m) (Map 1). Almost 70% of the land area is above 200m and over 27% above 600m. About 40% of the country is forested and this is likely to increase through natural regeneration due to the abandonment of agricultural land. Following nearly 500 years under the rule of the Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria was independent for just a few years from 1908 before coming under the domination of the soviet communist regime in 1946.
    [Show full text]
  • Suffolk Argus Broad-Bordered Bee Hawk-Moth
    SuThe ffolk Argus The Newsletter of the Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation y r r e B t t a M y b y r a l l i t i r F d e h s a w - r e v l i S Summer 2012 Volume 54 The Suffolk Argus Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth Photo Neil Sherman Larval leaf damage on honeysuckle Larva Typical habitat Photos Tony Prichard 2 Summer 2012 Contents New Members 3 Editorial 4 Events Programme 5 2011 Butterfly Report 6 Wall Brown Survey: 2011 Results 10 Wider Countryside Butterfly Surveys 12 Broad-bordered Bee Hawk-moth 14 The Butterfly Isles 15 Black hole survey 16 Olympic Stadium wildflower meadows 17 Butterfly Nets Again 18 Butterflies of Europe for iPhone 19 Greek Island Odyssey 20 New Members We welcome the following new members who have joined the Branch and we look forward to meeting them at our events this year. Mr Steve Aylward Woodbridge Mr Hawk & Mrs Joanne Honey Ipswich Mr Richard & Mrs Esme Wanner Kesgrave Mr Andrew & Mrs Sarah Thompson & Family Rushmere St Andrew Mrs Gillian Campbell Weston Miss Susie Mellor Ashfield Cum Thorpe Mr Ron Taylor Bury St Edmunds Ms Louise & Mr Daniel Gallegher Bury St Edmunds Mr Terry & Mrs Glenys Riley Mildenhall Mrs Valerie Sherwen Woodbridge Miss Naomi Rose Ipswich Mr Mark Jackson Ipswich Mrs Juliet Hymphrey Benhall Miss Amelie Cutter Ipswich Mrs Genine & Mr Gary Harrison & Family Bury St Edmunds Miss Zara Pulchan Ipswich Miss Zhang Pulchan Ipswich Miss Naomi Pulchan Ipswich Mr Gary Murphy Reydon Mr J A Bedwell Ilketshall St Andrew Mr D Grieco Ipswich Mr P De’ath Glemsford Mr Gary & Mrs Murriekah Walpole Mrs Val & Mr Ivan Lockwood Ipswich Mr K B Beattie Martlesham Heath Mr Richard J Crosby Ipswich Mr Ashley M & Mrs Susannah Grimson & Family Bury St Edmunds 3 The Suffolk Argus Editorial Peter Maddison The Orange-tip is such a reliable butterfly.
    [Show full text]
  • 245 New Data on Threatened Lepidopterofauna of North-Eastern
    ISSN2039Ͳ2117MediterraneanJournalofSocialSciencesVol.3(6)March2012 New Data on Threatened Lepidopterofauna of North-Eastern Albania Dr. Ariana Striniqi Laçej Department of Bio-Chemistry, “Luigj Gurakuqi” University, Shkodra, Albania Prof. Dr. Kastriot Misja Department of Biology Tirana University, Tirana, Albania Abstract: Butterflies represent an interesting group of insects with a high diversity. Preserving the value of this diversity requires continuous monitoring, especially of endangered and threatened species. In this paper I am going to present some North-Eastern Albania Lepidoptera species that are endangered in their habitats and have their threatened categories at the national level based on the Red List of IUCN (International Union for the Protection of Nature). There are exactly 28 butterfly species with their risked categories, from different regions of North-Eastern Albania, that belong respectively to IUCN categories: DD (4 species), EN (2 species), LR (1 specie), CR (2 species), VU (19 species). For each type are given for the venue, habitat, chorology, and also are given ideas about the causes of risk and protective measures. Key words: endangered species, Red List of Lepidoptera, North-Eastern Albania, threatened categories Introduction Butterflies are distinguished among all other insects, by the features of their construction. During the spring they fly in different plants of which suck nectar, helping absorb their pollination. Thus, the butterflies play an important role as indicators of biodiversity. Their types belong to different zoogeographic groups and ecological groups and populate different height above sea level. Lepidoptera are the group of insects with a high diversity. For this reason it requires more attention and constant monitoring in particular those perilous species in different levels.
    [Show full text]