North-east corner of Battersea Park - near Chelsea Bridge

There is an area of trees, long grass and rough vegetation in the north-east corner of Battersea Park (beside the River Thames in Central London) where the vegetation has been allowed to grow longer. I have been able to see a number of unusual or under-recorded species in this area, in particular on the Daucus carota. The area is approximately 50 metres x 50 metres.

Since 1 January 2024 I have posted 129 observations of 79 species in this area, mostly of invertebrates. 65 are insect species. In addition to these there will have been other species which I have not recorded this year because I have recorded them in earlier years. 45 of the 79 species are Research grade.

Here is a link to my observations since 1 January 2024:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?d1=2024-01-01&nelat=51.48279948840825&nelng=-0.15094337274332625&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=table&swlat=51.48209793833795&swlng=-0.15216646005411727&user_id=cf125&subview=grid

These are the most interesting:

• Holopyga generosa, a blue and red cuckoo wasp with 20 records on Inaturalist/GBIF
• Eriothrix rufomaculata , Red-spotted parasite fly
• Maleanargia galathea, Marbled White butterfly
• Ochlodes sylvanus, Large Skipper butterfly
• Manioloa jurtina, Meadow Brown butterfly
• a nursery web of Pisaura nobilis, the Nursery Web Spider
• a Misunema vatia, Golden-rod Crap Spider, with flies sharing its Honey Bee prey

Since 30 Augst 2022 I have posted 282 observations of 151 species in this area. 92 species are Research grade. https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?nelat=51.48279948840825&nelng=-0.15094337274332625&order_by=observed_on&place_id=any&subview=grid&swlat=51.48209793833795&swlng=-0.15216646005411727&user_id=cf125

Publicado el 24 de julio de 2024 a las 02:11 PM por cf125