I've just started volunteering at Old Lodge in Ashdown Forest and as usual I wip my camera out whilst no one is looking. In between pulling out birch and pine saplings on the healthand I was investigating what life resided there today. There were a lot of grasshoppers/crickets, wood ants and spiders. I really have no clue when it comes to species of Orthoptera but there were loads bouncing all over the place occasionally ricocheting off me as I got in their way. Here are a couple:
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| where is his face? |
I also saw a bright blue damsefly but could not get a picture. It was pretty small, could have been common blue or azure or maybe southern.
There were naturally plenty of Heath family species including lots of Bilberry. Couple of heather sp piccies:
The piece de resistance however was definitely this little chap. It is on a thumb to give you some idea of size but notice its rather chunky thighs - possibly a keen cyclist?
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| Thick-legged flower beetle (male) |
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