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2 Green veined whites on Common ragwort, Turnburry, Ayrshire
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CEP - Firth of Clyde
2 Green veined whites (Pieris napi) on Common ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) in Turnburry, on the Firth of Clyde coast. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar in 1979.
27 March 2017
Ragwort, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken by David Palmar. Arran can be seen in the background.
06 August 2023
Machair, Balranald, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
One of the rarest habitats in Europe, machair is formed only on exposed, west facing shores in Scotland and Ireland. It is low lying, fertile sandy ground which hosts a rich variety of plants and birds. Here you can see the purple flowers of Common knapweed (Centaurea nigra) and the yellow ones of Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), along the coast of Hougharry Bay, RSPB Balranald nature reserve, North Uist.
05 August 2017
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
Common Ragwort, Portencross
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West Kilbride and Portencross
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken by David Palmar. Ragwort is extremely attractive to pollinating insects such as the Cinnabar Moth (Tyria jacobaeae). However, this plant can be poisinous to animals such as horses and is listed under the Weeds Act 1959 to prevent the spread of this plant on to agricultural land.
06 August 2023
CalMac Ferry MV Hebridean Isles at Port Askaig
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Islay Ferry
CalMac Ferry MV Hebridean Isles at Port Askaig, with Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) in the foreground, taken at Feolin Ferry by David Palmar
20 August 2022
Common Ragwort, Fintry, Great Cumbrae
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Firth of Clyde - Great Cumbrae
Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) showing flowers and the pappus (thistle-down) heads typical of the Asteraceae family, Fintry, Great Cumbrae
27 September 2020
White-tailed bumblebee, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
White-tailed bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) taken by David Palmar on the Dava Way near Grantown-on-Spey.
20 July 2020
Single Ringlet on ragwort
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Single Ringlet butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus) on Common Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), taken in Grantown-on-Spey by David Palmar. The rings are more obvious on the underwing.
