Couple of nice surprise molluscs over the weekend. Oddly the Grey Sea Slug seems to be a lifer though I know for sure I have seen one before!
Also found were Sea Lemon eggs, helpfully shown in the Collins Shore guide.
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Grey Sea Slug |
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King Scallop |
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Sea Lemon eggs |
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close-up |
Numbers:
452 |
Platycheirus ambiguus |
A hoverfly (*) |
453 |
Epistrophe elegans |
A hoverfly |
454 |
Ceratinsostoma ostiorum |
A Scathophagid fly |
455 |
Aeolidia papillosa |
Grey Sea Slug |
456 |
Doris pseudoargus |
Sea Lemon |
457 |
Sylvia atricapilla |
Blackcap |
458 |
Pecten maximus |
King Scallop |
459 |
Laminaria hyperborea |
Cuvie |
460 |
Syrphus ribesii |
A hoverfly |
461 |
Ommatoiulus sabulosus |
Striped Millipede |
462 |
Arabidopsis thaliana |
Thale Cress |
463 |
Silene uniflora |
Sea Campion |
464 |
Sepsis fulgens |
A Sepsid Fly |
465 |
Phaonia serva |
A muscid fly |
466 |
Amblyptilia acanthadactyla |
Beautiful Plume |
467 |
Buccinum undatum |
Common whelk |
468 |
Bombus pratorum |
Early Bumble Bee |
(*) First county record
Nice. :)
ReplyDeleteThose eggs are downright weird. But then so are the adults. Cool find, I like weird :)
ReplyDeleteGood hit with the fly, btw.
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