Skip navigation.

UK Wildlife

Exploring the fauna of Britain

Bedfords park - meadow sweeping

Tuesday, 24. June 2008, 18:26:35

, ,

On my last visit to bedfords park I did bit of meadow sweeping. My first good find was this tiny owl midge

I also found this grasshopper nymph,

an ichneumon wasp

a Capsus ater bug

and some sort of green plant bug

I also found on many meadow plant bugs, which appear to be very common at the moment

Around the meadow I also found a large skipper butterfly

and a Tentheredo mesomelas sawfly

On the way out I found a Athous haemorrhoidalis click beetle

ANd Ill finish this post with a nice photo I got of some crows that were calling at each other about something
:smile:

Darland Banks and riverside country parkRegents park - ducks and heron

Comments

avatar
The owl midge is a fascinating shape! :smile: Great selection of shots again.

By SittingFox, # 25. June 2008, 18:23:00

avatar
Yes excellent selection. What procedure do you go through to collect up the specimens? It's certainly effective!

By Words, # 26. June 2008, 22:30:52

avatar
@ adele - thanks. I find the owl midges interesting little things

By Ukwildlife, # 26. June 2008, 23:35:45

avatar
@ words - its basically the highly scientific technique of walk and sweep a bit, check the net, photograph anything interesting in the net (or nearby it if they escape/get placed there), turn out the net and repeat :smile:

it helps the meadow is quite diverse :D

By Ukwildlife, # 26. June 2008, 23:37:40

Write a comment

Comment
(BBcode and HTML is turned off for anonymous user comments.)

Please type this security code : c954fc

Smilies

Photos

scorpion fly .jpgsmall red-eyed damselfly close up.jpgegg laying female emperor dragonfly.jpglesser marsh grasshopper.jpgred eyed damselfly pair .jpgfroghopper.jpgcommon darter.jpgred eyed damselfly pair - female flying.jpg

My sites

Other cool sites

Other Opera Wildlife blogs