10th July |
The second of two days on the original Hedgerow.
What a difference a day makes. Very hot and sunny. |
The Great Willowherb - Epilobium hirsutum - was only in bud yesterday, but around a dozen plants were in bloom today. |
And these ripe Raspberries were not showing yesterday, either. |
This is one of the Tephritids or Picture-Wing Flies. The larvae eat the seeds of compound flowers like the Creeping Thistle. This female Tephritis formosa was ovipositing on the upper leaves. |
The Square-stalked St. John's Wort - Hypericum tetrapterum - must be one of the slowest developing flowers. I've been watching the buds for days, now. |
Yet another Willowherb; this time the square-stemmed Epilobium tetragonum.
I think that just leaves Marsh Willowherb to find, and I know where to get it. |
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