June 2022 – Warwickshire Wildlife/Nature

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

Animals

Hare

Butterflies

Brimstone Butterfly

Speckled Wood Butterfly

Painted Lady Butterfly

Large Skipper Butterfly

Marbled White Butterfly

Ringlet Butterfly (Female)

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly - Caterpillars

Meadow Brown Butterfly (Male)

Meadow Brown Butterfly (Female)

Comma Butterfly

Moths

Mother Shipton (Owlet) Moth

Dragonflies

Most Dragonflies live on average two to three weeks with six at the most.

Broad-bodied Chaser (Male)

Emperor Dragonfly Female (laying eggs)

Damselflies

Damselflies have an average life of one to two weeks with a maximum of eight.

Common Blue Damselfly Male

Common Blue Damselfly Female

Beautiful Demoiselle Male Immature

Beautiful Demoiselle Male Mature

Beautiful Demoiselle Male Mature - Close up

Banded Demoiselle Female

Azure Damselfly

Azure Damselflies mating group

White-Legged Damselfly

Insects - General

Green Weevil Beatle

Harlequin Ladybirds

Insects - Flies

Alder Fly

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.

Spiders

White Crab Spider (Misumena vatia)

Fungi

Orange Jelly Fungus (Dacrymyces stillatus)

Dog Rose bush infected with Rose Rust (Phragmidium tuberculatum)

ThIs fungus is a parasitic of roses needing the living host to survive.

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.