27th July |
Hedgerow to the east of town.
Warm with some sun. |
This is one of the Miridae - Capsid Bugs. I didn't identify it last year and I just spent 2 hours finding out lots of Capsids that it isn't. About 10mm long; 1 insect per leaf, all watching each other. Calocoris stysi. |
This is the hybrid between Hedge Woundwort (dark purple) and Marsh Woundwort (narrow leaves) - Stachys x. ambigua. Both parents were nearby. |
The 2nd brood of Small Tortoiseshells is very numerous this year. I see them every day, now. |
Upright Hedge Parsley - Torilis japonica - is the last and most delicate of the Umbellifers to emerge. The flower head is only about 4 cm. across. |
I always think the purple stalks and buds of this Woody Nightshade - Solanum dulcamara - look dark and menacing. This plant is closely related to the Tomato, as the flower shape will indicate. Poisonous. |
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