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| Chrysotoxum festivum |
It is fairly well distributed, but apparently never particularly abundant.
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| Chrysotoxum festivum |
While there, I also came upon this Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum), which is a local species, but one I occasionally come across in such overgrown, scrubby places..
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| Hairy Shieldbug |
It is a pity that this particular site is doomed to be developed as the site of the new college.
What are you doing my patch pal.I found wild golden rod in Abercwmboi today behind Maple terrace in horses field.
ReplyDeleteSorry, the sign must have been hidden by the vast swathes of majestically towering Canadian Fleabane!
ReplyDeleteOnce you notice the first plant of Golden-rod, you then usually find loads of it on site and wonder why you hadn't noticed it before. It's that sort of plant.
I thought it was some kind of saint john wort .
ReplyDeleteDidn't I say so?
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