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Things are moving along quite quickly, now. Viola riviniana is out. You can just see the notched, pale, spur at the rear.
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The 'Yellow Brain Fungus' - Tremella mesenterica is associated with Gorse. Or rather, it isn't. It is parasitic on another crusting fungus that grows on Gorse - Peniophora incarnata.
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Leaf miners will soon be in evidence: this is one from last year. It belongs to the micromoth Stigmella aurella, and is always found on Bramble. I like to look at the path of the mine and try to work out the strategy the larvae use to decide how to turn at leaf edges and veins.
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I could happily have made a mystery out of this one: the leaves of Greater Stitchwort.
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Just for the record, first Swallow of the summer was 4th April, and first Bombus terrestris queen was 12th April.
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