{"id":6168,"date":"2018-07-25T14:40:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T14:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=6168"},"modified":"2018-09-27T20:14:20","modified_gmt":"2018-09-27T20:14:20","slug":"gunnersbury-triangle-bug-day-purple-hairstreak-rove-beetle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/25\/gunnersbury-triangle-bug-day-purple-hairstreak-rove-beetle\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunnersbury Triangle Bug Day &#8211; Purple Hairstreak, Rove Beetle"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6169\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6169\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5162-GT-Purple-Hairstreak-found-in-pond.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6169\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5162-GT-Purple-Hairstreak-found-in-pond-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5162-GT-Purple-Hairstreak-found-in-pond-1024x773.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5162-GT-Purple-Hairstreak-found-in-pond-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5162-GT-Purple-Hairstreak-found-in-pond-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5162-GT-Purple-Hairstreak-found-in-pond-768x580.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6169\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Purple Hairstreak found in pond (worth a look at full size, click and see)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6181\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Bug-Day-pond-dipping.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6181\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Bug-Day-pond-dipping-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Bug-Day-pond-dipping-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Bug-Day-pond-dipping-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Bug-Day-pond-dipping-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Bug-Day-pond-dipping-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Bug-Day-pond-dipping.jpg 1336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bug Day pond dipping &#8211; water level alarmingly low<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6178\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6178\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5154-Hawker-Dragonfly-Nymphs-Pond-Snails.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5154-Hawker-Dragonfly-Nymphs-Pond-Snails-1024x552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5154-Hawker-Dragonfly-Nymphs-Pond-Snails-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5154-Hawker-Dragonfly-Nymphs-Pond-Snails-150x81.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5154-Hawker-Dragonfly-Nymphs-Pond-Snails-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5154-Hawker-Dragonfly-Nymphs-Pond-Snails-768x414.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6178\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Prob. Southern) Hawker Dragonfly Nymphs, Pond Snails. We also saw plenty of Ramshorn Snails, a flatworm, a leech, small diving beetles, damselfly nymphs, water fleas, Greater Water Boatmen (Backswimmers), young newts (with 4 legs and gills) and more.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6183\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5170-GT-Bug-Day-identifying-Birch-Catkin-Bugs.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6183 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5170-GT-Bug-Day-identifying-Birch-Catkin-Bugs-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5170-GT-Bug-Day-identifying-Birch-Catkin-Bugs-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5170-GT-Bug-Day-identifying-Birch-Catkin-Bugs-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5170-GT-Bug-Day-identifying-Birch-Catkin-Bugs-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DSCN5170-GT-Bug-Day-identifying-Birch-Catkin-Bugs.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Identifying Birch Catkin Bugs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6176\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6176\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5175-GT-Cream-Spot-Ladybird.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6176\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5175-GT-Cream-Spot-Ladybird-300x281.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5175-GT-Cream-Spot-Ladybird-300x281.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5175-GT-Cream-Spot-Ladybird-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5175-GT-Cream-Spot-Ladybird.jpg 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cream-Spot Ladybird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6171\" style=\"width: 377px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5202-GT-Rove-Beetle.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6171\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5202-GT-Rove-Beetle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"377\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5202-GT-Rove-Beetle.jpg 606w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5202-GT-Rove-Beetle-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RSCN5202-GT-Rove-Beetle-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Devil&#8217;s Coach Horse (<i>Ocypus olens<\/i>) &#8211; a Rove Beetle (Staphylinidae), splendidly fast and wriggly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6187\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6187\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Teasel-flowerhead.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6187 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Teasel-flowerhead-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Teasel-flowerhead-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Teasel-flowerhead-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Teasel-flowerhead-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Teasel-flowerhead.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The magnificent Fibonacci spirals of a Teasel flowerhead<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6190\" style=\"width: 1018px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Urban-Green-Veined-White-on-Buddleia.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Urban-Green-Veined-White-on-Buddleia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1018\" height=\"1014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Urban-Green-Veined-White-on-Buddleia.jpg 1018w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Urban-Green-Veined-White-on-Buddleia-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Urban-Green-Veined-White-on-Buddleia-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Urban-Green-Veined-White-on-Buddleia-768x765.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1018px) 100vw, 1018px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Urban Green-Veined White on Buddleia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6191\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Young-Entomologist-at-Work.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6191\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Young-Entomologist-at-Work-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/GT-Young-Entomologist-at-Work-1024x768.jpg 1024w, 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