Sea Aster (Aster tripolium), at Spey Bay. This plant can grow up to 1m tall and is very common within the foraging community.
26 July 2024
Cucumber Spider on Ox-Eye Daisy, Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
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South Lanarkshire - Auchlochan
Cucumber Spider (Arianella cucurbitina) on Ox-Eye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Auchlochan, South Lanarkshire
13 July 2024
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar, Kelvindale
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Glasgow - Kelvindale moths
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars (Tyria jacobaeae) feeding from Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at Kelvindale. Cinnarbar Moth caterpillars can often be spotted on ragwort, their most preferred food source. The bright colouring of the Cinnabar Moth caterpillar acts as a warning to potential predators by indicating that they are poisonous. The poison can only build up in the caterpillar by feeding from ragwort.
19 July 2024
Meadow Brown on Black Knapweed, Speyside
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina) butterfly on Common (or Black) Knapweed (Centaurea nigra), Speyside, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Melancholy Thistle, Abernethy Golf Club
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum), from the family Asteraceae, at Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge
25 July 2024
Melancholy Thistle, Abernethy Golf Club
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Nethybridge and Dulnain Bridge
Melancholy Thistle (Cirsium heterophyllum), in the family Asteraceae, at Abernethy Golf Club, Nethybridge
25 July 2024
Common Cat's-ear, Upper Port Wood
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Common Cat's-ear (Hypochaeris radicata), in the family Asteraceae, at Upper Port Wood, Grantown-on-Spey
25 July 2024
Common Blue Sow-thistle, Upper Port Wood
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Common Blue Sow-thistle (Sochus macrophylla), in the family Asteraceae, at Upper Port Wood, Grantown-on-Spey
