Sunday 29 August 2010

Seeing the changes 328

At Bynea, the larvae of the Drinker moth (Philudoria potatoria) were galloping about. There were also lots of black flies, probably a mixture of Fever (Dilophus febrelis) and St mark's (Bibio marci) flies.

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