Scarce Chaser
09/05/11 15:13 Filed in: Sightings
While trying to get some decent footage of butterflies up on the Steyning Coombe, I was amazed to see, along with male & female Broad Bodied Chaser dragonflies, this lovely female Scarce Chaser (Libellula fulva).
These are a Red List species & only seen around certain river systems, the nearest of which is the Arun. It would be interesting to know where it came from.
I also saw several Grizzled & Dingy Skippers, Large & Small Whites, a Holly Blue, Wall Brown, Brimstone, Small Heath, one Brown Argus and my first Common Blue of the year.
Oh yes, and a Slow Worm sheltering under one of the reptile survey refugia.
Lovely!
PV
These are a Red List species & only seen around certain river systems, the nearest of which is the Arun. It would be interesting to know where it came from.
I also saw several Grizzled & Dingy Skippers, Large & Small Whites, a Holly Blue, Wall Brown, Brimstone, Small Heath, one Brown Argus and my first Common Blue of the year.
Oh yes, and a Slow Worm sheltering under one of the reptile survey refugia.
Lovely!
PV