{"id":7067,"date":"2019-08-15T17:07:57","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=7067"},"modified":"2019-08-15T17:31:04","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:31:04","slug":"insects-on-thursley-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/15\/insects-on-thursley-common\/","title":{"rendered":"Insects on Thursley Common"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9409-Thursley-Common-Blue-butterfly.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9409-Thursley-Common-Blue-butterfly.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9409-Thursley-Common-Blue-butterfly-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9409-Thursley-Common-Blue-butterfly-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><figcaption>Common Blue butterfly on Bell Heather<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"573\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9370-Thursley-stripy-black-yellow-caterpillar-1024x573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7084\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9370-Thursley-stripy-black-yellow-caterpillar-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9370-Thursley-stripy-black-yellow-caterpillar-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9370-Thursley-stripy-black-yellow-caterpillar-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9370-Thursley-stripy-black-yellow-caterpillar-768x429.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Don&#8217;t eat me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"655\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9412-Emperor-Moth-caterpillar-being-eaten-by-ants-1024x655.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9412-Emperor-Moth-caterpillar-being-eaten-by-ants-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9412-Emperor-Moth-caterpillar-being-eaten-by-ants-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9412-Emperor-Moth-caterpillar-being-eaten-by-ants-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9412-Emperor-Moth-caterpillar-being-eaten-by-ants-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Emperor moth caterpillar being eaten by ants<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9399-dead-pines-in-bog-lake-forest-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7070\" width=\"393\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9399-dead-pines-in-bog-lake-forest-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9399-dead-pines-in-bog-lake-forest-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9399-dead-pines-in-bog-lake-forest-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9399-dead-pines-in-bog-lake-forest.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><figcaption>Thursley Common scene looking across bog with dead Pines, open lake with Canada geese, encroaching Birch scrub and Pine forest in the distance<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9428-Goldfinch-atop-Pine-tree-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7071\" width=\"332\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9428-Goldfinch-atop-Pine-tree.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9428-Goldfinch-atop-Pine-tree-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9428-Goldfinch-atop-Pine-tree-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><figcaption>Goldfinch atop Pine tree<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9358-Thursley-tailless-lizard-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9358-Thursley-tailless-lizard-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9358-Thursley-tailless-lizard-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9358-Thursley-tailless-lizard-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9358-Thursley-tailless-lizard-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Tailless Lizard on boardwalk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9400-Thursley-footpath-banks-of-Bell-heather-birch-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7075\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9400-Thursley-footpath-banks-of-Bell-heather-birch-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9400-Thursley-footpath-banks-of-Bell-heather-birch-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9400-Thursley-footpath-banks-of-Bell-heather-birch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9400-Thursley-footpath-banks-of-Bell-heather-birch.jpg 1002w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>Honey-scented banks of Bell Heather, Gorse, Birch on Thursley Common<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9375-Thursley-Grasshopper-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7090\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9375-Thursley-Grasshopper-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9375-Thursley-Grasshopper-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9375-Thursley-Grasshopper-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9375-Thursley-Grasshopper-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9375-Thursley-Grasshopper.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9432-Thursley-Bee-Wolf-with-bee-prey-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9432-Thursley-Bee-Wolf-with-bee-prey.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9432-Thursley-Bee-Wolf-with-bee-prey-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9432-Thursley-Bee-Wolf-with-bee-prey-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9432-Thursley-Bee-Wolf-with-bee-prey-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Bee-Wolf with Bee prey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"833\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9389-Thursley-Ammophila-sandwasp-1024x833.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9389-Thursley-Ammophila-sandwasp-1024x833.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9389-Thursley-Ammophila-sandwasp-150x122.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9389-Thursley-Ammophila-sandwasp-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9389-Thursley-Ammophila-sandwasp-768x625.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9389-Thursley-Ammophila-sandwasp.jpg 1605w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Small Ammophila Sand-wasp, scurrying about in the heather searching for prey<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9405-Thursley-Managing-the-Heath-mown-strips-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9405-Thursley-Managing-the-Heath-mown-strips-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9405-Thursley-Managing-the-Heath-mown-strips-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9405-Thursley-Managing-the-Heath-mown-strips-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9405-Thursley-Managing-the-Heath-mown-strips-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9405-Thursley-Managing-the-Heath-mown-strips.jpg 1843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Thursley Common: managing the heather by mowing irregular strips<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9378-Thursley-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7079\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9378-Thursley-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9378-Thursley-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9378-Thursley-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9378-Thursley-Black-Tailed-Skimmer-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Black-Tailed Skimmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"604\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9396-Thursley-Keeled-Skimmer-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9396-Thursley-Keeled-Skimmer-1024x604.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9396-Thursley-Keeled-Skimmer-150x88.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9396-Thursley-Keeled-Skimmer-300x177.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9396-Thursley-Keeled-Skimmer-768x453.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Keeled Skimmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9386-Black-Darter-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7082\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9386-Black-Darter-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9386-Black-Darter-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9386-Black-Darter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9386-Black-Darter-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9386-Black-Darter.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Black Darter, a tiny dragonfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"809\" height=\"693\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9363-Common-Darter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9363-Common-Darter.jpg 809w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9363-Common-Darter-150x128.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9363-Common-Darter-300x257.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/RSCN9363-Common-Darter-768x658.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><figcaption>Common Darter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9410-Purple-Heather-path-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9410-Purple-Heather-path-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/DSCN9410-Purple-Heather-path-150x112.jpg 150w, 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