18th May |
More from the trip to the south of Co. Donegal.
Cloudy but dry. |
Another species I'd never seen before. It's Mountain Everlasting - Antennaria dioica. Male on the left and female on the right.
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I don't see the Scarlet Pimpernel - Anagallis arvensis - very often; it's quite elusive. |
This beautiful Click Beetle - Ctenicera cuprea - wandered around the Creeping Willow before flying off. It's quite large at about 20 mm. long. The grey dotted lichen to the bottom of the picture is Verrucaria baldensis. |
The Early Purple Orchid - Orchis mascula - appears in a number of colour variations. They were extremely numerous in this location.
Here's a close-up:
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This is Bitter Vetchling - Lathyrus linifolius .There are only 5 to 7 very long pointed leaflets to each leaf, which terminates in a tiny point. Very low to the ground and with few flowers. |