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Small Skipper, Migrant Hawker and more at Gunnersbury Triangle

We had a lovely day down the reserve in the warm sunshine with a gentle breeze. We dug out an unwanted post with extreme use of pickaxe, crowbar and shovel, and thus refreshed did the butterfly transect. It found a Red Admiral, some Speckled Woods, wonder of wonders a Small Skipper (the second Skipper species this week), a Meadow Brown (not common here), and a Green-Veined White. Not a bad haul. And a lot of Peacock caterpillars, if those count!

Small Skipper
Small Skipper
Wasp Beetle
Wasp Beetle (Strangalia maculata)
Ladybird Larva
Ladybird Larva
Migrant Hawker
Migrant Hawker
Two-Spot Ladybird
Two-Spot Ladybird
Eat me if you dare - Aposematic caterpillars of Peacock Butterfly
Eat me if you dare – Aposematic caterpillars of Peacock Butterfly
Neuropteran (Lacewing) larva
Neuropteran (Lacewing) larva – note the forceps-like mandibles
'Marmalade' Hoverfly dorsal view
Macrophya sawfly dorsal view