New Forest & Barton Cliffs, Hampshire, Sat 26th September.

With the season nearly over, there were still a few grasshoppers and Crickets that I wanted to see for the year so myself and Julie headed south to catch up with them. 

Grasshoppers/Crickets seen:-

Heath Grasshopper

Common Field Grasshopper

Mottled Grasshopper

Large Marsh Grasshopper

Grey Bush Cricket

Long Winged Conehead

Short winged Conehead

Wart-Biter, Wiltshire, Sunday 13th September

I've always wanted to see a Wart-biter and have looked for them on a few occasions in the past with no luck. So today we drove to Wiltshire to try again. From the parking place it was a long trek to the area where they occur. Once we got to the location we started searching. It took a while but with the help of my Bat detector I finally found my first ever Wart-biter, a smart looking male.

Male Wart-Biter

Male Wart-Biter

Male Wart-Biter

Male Wart-Biter

Helping out in a little wart removal

Sign

Crickets/Grasshoppers seen:-

Wart-Biter 1 Male
Roesel's Bush Cricket
Long Winged Conehead
Common Field Grasshopper
Meadow Grasshopper
Stripe-Winged Grasshopper

Butterflies seen:-

Small White
Common Blue
Adonis Blue 15+
Small Copper
Meadow Brown
Small Heath

Red -Veined Darter, Radley Lakes, Friday 4th September

I rode over to Radley today to see if I could find any Willow Emerald Damsels or maybe even a Wryneck but there was no luck there. After walking around for a while I flushed a Dragonfly. It only flew off a short way then landed again.I had a good idea of what i'd seen and when I got close enough I confirmed I'd found my second Red veined darter for Radley. The first being 8 years ago and pretty much in exactly the same place!

Red-Veined Darter

Red-Veined Darter

Red-Veined Darter

Red-Veined Darter