This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
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After the torrential rain and strong winds in Swansea, it was nice to see Ash-leaved maple (Acer negundo) in fruit as well as Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris), Pencilled cranesbill (Geranium versicolor), Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) and Sea stock (Matthiola sinuata) in flower. Greater plantain (Plantago major) was in flower in Blackpill along with the nymph of the Common froghopper (Philaenus spumarius) in its spittle and the lurking larva of the 2-spot ladybird (Adalia bipunctata).
The Oil beetle ( Meloe violaceous ) gets its name from its defensive strategy of releasing oily droplets, of bright orange haemolymph, from...
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