A Year in the Valley
Discovering the flora and fauna in a small square of Portmellon Valley
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Spotted in September
This is a caterpillar that I have seen before. In August last year, I spotted it in Little Venice. This time it was in the fernery, so not very far away. It looked a bit different, larger and slightly paler, but the defining feature is the distinctive ‘eye’ patterning behind the head of the caterpillar.…
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Spotted in August
So, this small tortoiseshell was spotted down at The Shack in Portmellon, while we were having a cheeky ‘wine break’. But it’s one of my favourite butterflies (I know I said that about the speckled wood, and I love the comma as well, and the common blue …). I mean, how can so much pattern…
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Spotted in July
My best photo of July was taken just after we returned from holiday (16 July) – a male beautiful demoiselle. I was hoping it might be a banded demoiselle because of the translucent bit at the base of each wing, but banded demoiselles have a definite ‘thumb print’ of shade on translucent wings. Things that…
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