Thursday, 12 April 2012

Seeing the Changes 468

In Bynea, Ash (Fraxinus excelsior) was in flower. Seven spot ladybird (Coccinella 7-punctata) were active on vegetation and a Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) came out of hibernation to bask.

2 comments:

Caroline Gill said...

Have yet to see a Tortoiseshell over in these parts ...

Paul Brain said...

But I see you have the Ladybirds! Sounds like your friend has seen a Tortoise beetle.

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