Friday, July 04, 2014

Logan Botanic Garden Bioblitz–28th June 2014

Great fun helping out Butterfly Conservation SW Scotland at the Bioblitz at Logan Botanic Garden.
Here is a selection of things we found and views of the garden. Unfortunately didn’t manage shots of all the moths as it would have taken all day!
 Elephant Hawk-moth
11-spot-ladybird
11-spot Ladybird
Angle-shades
Angle Shades
blue-tailed-damselfly-2
Blue-tailed Damselfly
boat

Bright-line-Brown-eye
Bright-line Brown-eye
brussels-lace
Brussels Lace
Buff-tip
Buff-tip
Buff-tip-2
Buff-tip
bumblebee
Bumblebee having a clean up!
Burnished-Brass
Burnished Brass
cinnabar
Cinnabar Moth
It was great fun letting the children let the moths go and teaching them that they don’t hurt!
Clay
Clay
clouded-bordered-brindle
Clouded-bordered Brindle
Clouded-Magpie
Clouded Magpie
common-footman
Common Footman
common-red-soldier-beetle-rhagonycha-fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle
common-white-wave
Common White Wave
Echium
Echium

Elephant-Hawk-moth-2
Elephant Hawk-moth
Elephant-Hawk-moth-3
Elephant Hawk-moth
Elephant-Hawk-moth-4
Elephant Hawk-moth
female-blue-tailed-damselfly
Female Blue-tailed Damselfly
figwort-weevil
Fiigwort Weevil
flame-shoulder
Flame-shoulder
froghopper
Common Froghopper
Ghost-Moth-female
Female Ghost Moth
heart-and-dart
Heart and Dart
heart-and-dart-2
Heart and Dart
hoverfly
Hoverfly-Eristalis sp
hummingbird-hawkmoth-2
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
hummingbird-hawkmoth-3
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
hummingbird-hawkmoth-4
Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Juv-swallows
Juvenile Swallows
Light-Emerald
Light Emerald
Light-Emerald-2
Light Emerald
Logan

Logan-BG

Map-winged-Swift
Map-winged Swift
marmalade-fly
Marmalade Fly
Me
Me in the gardens!
meadow-brown
Meadow Brown
meadow-brown-2
Meadow Brown
new-conservatory
The beautiful new conservatory
Pebble-Prominent
Pebble Prominent
Peppered-Moth
Peppered Moth
pond

pond-logan

poplar-hawk-moth
Poplar Hawk-moth
ringlet
Ringlet
ringlet-2
Ringlet
shaded pug-2
Shaded Pug a boring one but one of the best finds of the day!
Small-Angle-shades
Small Angle-shades
Smoky-wave
Smoky Wave
steps-logan

straw-dot
Straw Dot
succulent

Swallowtail
Swallowtail
tree-ferns

unusual-flower

yellow-flower

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