Another excellent trip to Easton Hornstocks with
Weedons World of Nature. Butterflies were particularly in evidence with several Comma, Brimstone and Peacock. At least 5 Bee-flies feeding at Violets and Primroses were my first of the year. There were also a few tiny orthopteran nymphs about, probably Dark Bush-crickets.
The lizards were a bit more obliging than last time with two full-grown and one young seen. One Green Tiger Beetle was also posing and flashing its hindwings often. Was this some form of display?
Common Lizard
Zootoca vivipara![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1l350dzSrA/Rgfnt5dNH3I/AAAAAAAAAKo/_DEltAIzkM8/s400/common_lizard_26mar07_640p_20a.jpg)
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Green Tiger Beetle
Cicindela campestris![](//2.bp.blogspot.com/_e1l350dzSrA/RgfqF5dNH4I/AAAAAAAAAKw/XhpfFBF2hTQ/s400/green_tiger_beetle_26mar07_640p_20a.jpg)
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