Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Small Marbled at Halesowen

Small Marbled
Andrew Barker was walking round his Halesowen garden by torchlight in the early hours of yesterday morning (as you do?), when he spotted a Small Marbled at rest on Ragwort.
I believe this is the 5th record for Worcestershire, with the previous records all from 2011.

Patrick Clement
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6 comments:

  1. Peter Hall11 July 2017 at 12:40

    Nice record, but I'm more concerned that your ragwort has gone a bit woody.

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    1. Patrick Clement12 July 2017 at 13:33

      OK, I suppose I should have made the effort to photograph it on a Ragwort stem but sometimes I have to cut corners ...........

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  2. Mike Southall11 July 2017 at 19:23

    I did record one at light here at Norchard, Worcs on 7/7/2015, Patrick.
    Interestingly when I was trapping in North East Spain in late June this year, this species was the most numerous, arriving in double figures.

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    1. Patrick Clement12 July 2017 at 13:36

      Hi Mike, yes, someone else told me they see them frequently when in Spain.

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  3. Unknown12 July 2017 at 15:33

    I also had one in 2015-on the 10th of July-our second garden record.

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    1. Patrick Clement12 July 2017 at 20:09

      Thanks Ian, I'm not sure why neither your record or Mike's are on my Mapmate!

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