Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.
Animals
Butterflies
Moths
Dragonflies
Most Dragonflies live on average two to three weeks with six at the most.
Damselflies
Damselflies have an average life of one to two weeks with a maximum of eight.
Insects - General
Insects - Flies
The Alder fly is found near to water. The larvae are aquatic carnivores that live in the silt at the bottom of ponds and slow-flowing rivers. Adults can be seen in early summer, emerging and living for just for a few days in order to mate. Mating takes place at night and the females lay their eggs on vegetation overhanging the water. The larvae hatch and drop into the water where they develop over one to two years.
Lichen
Lichen are only recorded at each new OS Grid location (hover for Grid Ref). They are then entered on the British Lichen Society spreadsheet and submitted for their Warwickshire VC38 Lichen database and Lichen mapping.
Non-Churchyard lichens
Churchyard lichens - St Mary & All Saints - Haeslor
Ones that escaped the camera lens this month
a) Red Kite - once again