Saturday 8 August 2020

Seeing the Changes 1484





 







On the way to Tor Bay on the Gower. Flowers included Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum); French cranesbill (Geranium endressi); Sea rocket (Cakile maritima); Rest harrow (Ononis repens); Common rock-rose (Helianthemum nummularium), Lesser burdock (Arctium minor) and a Gentian. White bryony (Bryonia cretica) was in berry. Critters included a Robber fly (Dasypogon diadema); a hoverfly (Xanthogamma pedissequum); a Sloe bug (Dolcoris baccarum), a bumble-bee (Bombus hypnorum);  Sting winkle (Ocinebra erinacea); a Common seastar (Asterias rubens) and a Viviparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara).

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What's In a Critter's Name? 11. Comma butterfly

The Comma butterfly ( Polygonia c-album) gets its name from the punctuation-like mark, on the underside of its wings.