May 2025

Please refer to the Introduction Page to understand the context behind the monthly photographs.

Animals

This Roe buck has at some stage crashed through some trees or William Tell is alive and well (see between the antlers).

Roe Deer
Brown Hares
Brown Hare

Bees

Red-tailed Bumble Bee(Bombus lepidarius)

Birds

Grey Heron

Butterflies

Large White butterfly
Speckled Wood Butterfly
Orange Tip Butterfly
Orange Tip Butterfly
Green-veined White Butterfly

Craneflies

Crane Fly (Tipula lunata)

Damselflies

Banded Demoiselle Female
Banded Demoiselle Male
Common Blue Damselfly female
White-Legged Damselfly Female (lactea form)
Beautiful Demoiselle Male Immature

Dragonflies

Broad-bodied Chaser (Female)
Broad-bodied Chaser (Female)
Black-Tailed Skimmer (Male)
Black-Tailed Skimmer (Male

Hoverflies

Look for the bat/batman symbol near the top of the abdomen.

Batman Hoverfly (Myathropa florea male)

Ladybirds

Harlequin Ladybirds (Black version)

Moths

Ermine Moths caterpillars are tree specific. The Willow tree on the LHS has been completely striped of leaves by the hungry caterpillars. The hungry Caterpillars are now spinning vertical cords over 2.5 metres down to ground level to find a new food source. The vertical cords are covered in the Caterpillars and at least twelve cords were visible with others partly constructed. The Willow tree foliage will slowly re-establish itself once free from the Caterpillars.

Willow Ermine Moth Caterpillars (Yponomeuta rorrella)
Willow Ermine Moth Caterpillars (Yponomeuta rorrella)
Spindle Ermine Moth Caterpillars (Yponomeuta-cagnagella)
Drinker Moth Caterpillar
Small Purple-Gold Mint Moth (Pyrausta aurata)

Spiders

False Widow Female Spider (Steatoda grossa)
False Widow Female Spider (Steatoda grossa)

Fungi

Dryad's Saddle (Polyporus squamosus)

Galls

Alder Leaf Gall (Eriophyes laevis mites)
Alder Leaf Gall (Eriophyes laevis mites)
Oak Apple Gall (Caused by the Gall Wasp Biorhiza pallide)

Ones that escaped the camera lens this month

a) Slow worm.

b) Woodpecker.

b) Red Admiral & Small Tortoiseshell Butterflies.

 

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