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Green Arches, Insh Marshes
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Speyside near Aviemore and Newtonmore
Green Arches (Anaplectoides prasina) at Insh Marshes. The caterpillars feed on a number of plants, including bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) and honeysuckle (Lonicera).
27 July 2024
Green Arches moth, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan moth traps
The Green Arches moth (Anaplectoides prasina) is from the family Noctuidae. The marbled greenish ground colour of the adults affords excellent camouflage when resting on moss- or lichen-covered trees and fences. Photo taken by David Palmar as part of a moth trapping session at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Common Green Grasshopper, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), an insect in the family Gomphocerinae, in Compartment 34 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Common Green Grasshopper, RSPB Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond - RSPB Loch Lomond
Common Green Grasshopper (Omocestus viridulus), an insect in the family Gomphocerinae, in Compartment 34 at RSPB Loch Lomond, taken by David Palmar
04 July 2023
Whalebone arch, Arinagour, Coll
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Coll - Arinagour
The whalebone arch erected above Arinagour pier, Coll, is actually a replica erected in 2006. The originals from a Fin whale washed up in 2004 are in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. Lunga in the Treshnish Isles can be seen through the arch.
27 April 2014
Lapwing, Fidden, Mull
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Mull
Lapwing or Green plover, Fidden, Mull, resplendent in full breeding plumage.
13 May 2007
Dark Green Fritillary, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) at Grantown East. The proboscis has been inserted into the flower, demostrating how butterflies feed from the nectar produced by flowers.
24 July 2024
Dark Green Fritillary, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) at Grantown East
24 July 2024
Dark Green Fritillary, Grantown East
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) on Devil's Bit Scabious (Succisa pratensis) at Grantown East. The proboscis has been inserted into the flower, demostrating how butterflies feed from the nectar produced by flowers.
24 July 2024
Green Sandpiper, Baron's Haugh RSPB Nature Reserve, Motherwell
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North Lanarkshire - Baron's Haugh and Dalzell Woods
Green Sandpiper (Tringa Ochropus), Baron's Haugh RSPB Nature Reserve, Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. The Green Sandpiper lacks the white shoulder stripe of the otherwise similar Common Sandpiper.
