A sunny hour in the afternoon, mainly looking for Roesel's crickets, a species that had been found in this site a few weeks ago. There were plenty of Lesser Marsh grasshoppers, Chorthippus albomarginatus, and just the one Common Field Grasshopper, Chorthippus brunneus, but to start with, no luck with the Roesel's.
Lesser Marsh grasshopper, green and straw morph.
Lesser Marsh grasshopper, straw morph.
We saw a number of Common Blue Butterflies, about 8, mostly on a bank with plenty of Bird's Foot Trefoil. A mating pair fluttered and settled.
Mating Common Blue Butterflies.
Female feeding on Bird's Foot Trefoil.
Male Common Blue Butterfly.
The area with Bird's Foot trefoil.
Not far, I spotted this cool bug on the grass. It is Aelia acuminata aka Bishop's Mitre Shieldbug. A very distinctive species which has recently moved across the Humber, and it is still scarce, so this is only the 4th VC61 record in iRecord.
Meadow Brown.
I decided to stay for another circuit, and I'm glad I did as a Roesel's female jumped onto the path. I refound it on the grass on the side of the path, a nice end to the very hot session.
Oedemera nobilis, female.
The grassland is looking more parched than in June, but there are still flowering Knapweed.
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