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.
Sunday, 17 July 2022
My Local Insectageddon?
My locality has masses of nettles (food for lavae of the Peacock, Red admiral and Small tortoiseshell butterflies) and Rosebay willowherb (ditto for the Elephant hawk moth). It also has a profusion of alien Butterfly bush to recharge hungry adults. I have done my 2022 Big Butterfly Count and regularly put moth traps out in my garden. My Count revealed no Peacocks, Red admirals and Small tortoiseshells. Indeed, these butterflies have been rarely glimpsed in the vicinity this year (the Butterfly bushes have been unvisited). There have also been no larvae on the nettles. Not a single Elephant hawk has appeared in a moth trap. It's not looking good or is it just me?
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