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| Common Darter |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Southern Hawker |
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| Migrant Hawker? |
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| Migrant Hawker? |
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| Ovipositing |
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| Spider having a “pee” |
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| Spider having a “pee” |
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| Small Copper |
Saturday, 27 August 2016
Kibblesworth
A walk around Kibblesworth ponds yesterday produced some good photo opportunities with two or three Southern Hawkers and one Migrant Hawker. A Sparrowhawk circled high before going in to a dive, the way it came down I thought I’d got it wrong and it was a Peregrine, it then flew low over the grass before landing on a post (of course I was on the opposite side of the pond) before flying off. In addition, there was a lot of Common Darter ovipositing around the edge of the pond. No sign of the Albino form Small Copper at Lamesley but a couple of “normal” Copper put on a show. Has anyone seen a spider pee before because I got a couple of shots of a spider with what appears to be “pee” coming out of its back end?
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Excellent photos Ron. Definitely migrant hawkers as told by the antehumeral 'pips' rather than stripes of the common hawker. The spider I believe is squirting out a strand of silk rather than having a pee, though it wouldn't surprise me as you're rather good at getting 'toilet' shots.
ReplyDeleteBy the way is the Tanfield scarecrow show on this year? Cheers.
Nice find Ron of Southern Hawker ovipositing.
ReplyDeleteCheers Alan thought it might be a Migrant and I never thought about the spider producing silk. Yes, the Scarecrows are on again this year the dates are the 10th & 11th September.
ReplyDeleteCheers Michael.
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