While the grapevine buzzes with Terek Sandpiper and Great White Egrets, we took a detour this morning to check an old railway line near Powburn for butterflies. Well, I've seen a couple of Tereks and four or five Great White Egrets in the county anyway...
But, I haven't seen these critters before. Red and Black Froghopper, sometimes known as Black and Red Froghopper ( I kid you not). Cercopis vulnerata. They were everywhere today with at least 30+ along the track. On checking their status I find this...
No records north of the Tyne Valley. I'm sure I saw one on a local blog a while back, maybe at Druridge, ST?
Not many butterflies were had - 5 Orange Tip, 2 Peacock, 2 Red Admiral, several Green veined Whites and a small selection of moths...
Taxa
0016 Gold Swift (Hepialus hecta) 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 2
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 2
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1
0016 Gold Swift (Hepialus hecta) 1
1293 Garden Grass-veneer (Chrysoteuchia culmella) 2
1727 Silver-ground Carpet (Xanthorhoe montanata) 2
1738 Common Carpet (Epirrhoe alternata) 1
1958 Clouded Silver (Lomographa temerata) 1
2441 Silver Y (Autographa gamma) 1
Not bad....
6 comments:
I know the track you mean Stewart its a great little walk its a DEFRA path ?, Cercopis vulnerata I knew I had also seen those I did a post 30-5-09 nearly two years ago to the day, that was at Druridge.
red and black froghopper seen at gosforth park nr lst week
Janet and I saw some of those thingies at Druridge during the week
very common
Seen these a few times over the years at St Marys. Their cuckoo spit is visible much more often.
Cheers all, now get your records in to the Hancock museum complete with Grid Refs!
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