Volunteer James, ecologist with Natural Power, removing invasive Silver Birch (Betula pendula) with a tree popper on Lenzie Moss, as part of Butterfly Conservation Scotland's bog squad. Removing trees helps to keep the bog wet and encourages the growth of sphagnum and other peat-forming mosses. Peat is many times more effective than trees at sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, thus helping to combat climate change.
Volunteer James, ecologist with Natural Power, removing invasive Silver Birch (Betula pendula) with a tree popper on Lenzie Moss, as part of Butterfly Conservation Scotland's bog squad. Removing trees helps to keep the bog wet and encourages the growth of sphagnum and other peat-forming mosses. Peat is many times more effective than trees at sequestering carbon from the atmosphere, thus helping to combat climate change.
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Bog rosemary, Lenzie Moss
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Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia), Lenzie Moss, East Dunbartonshire
03 September 2017
Spiked Shieldbug feeding on Fox Moth caterpillar, Lenzie Moss
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Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens) feeding on Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi) caterpillar using its proboscis, Lenzie Moss, East Dunbartonshire
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Spiked Shieldbug feeding on Fox Moth caterpillar, Lenzie Moss
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Spiked Shieldbug (Picromerus bidens) feeding on Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi) caterpillar, Lenzie Moss, East Dunbartonshire
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Broom Moth caterpillar on Heather, Lenzie Moss
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Broom Moth (Ceramica pisi) caterpillar on Heather or Ling (Calluna vulgaris), Lenzie Moss, East Dunbartonshire. During September and October these caterpillars can be seen feeding on a range of plants, not only Broom!
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Emperor Moth caterpillar, Lenzie Moss
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Emperor Moth (Saturnia pavonia) caterpillar, Lenzie Moss, East Dunbartonshire
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Four-spotted Orb Weaver spider, Lenzie Moss
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Four-spotted orb weaver (Araneus quadratus) spider, Lenzie Moss, East Dunbartonshire. The abdomen colour is quite variable, ranging from dark brown to bright orange or yellowy-green. Females can reach 17 mm in length, males approximately half the size. Both males and females are distinguished by the four spots on their abdomen.
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Bog rosemary
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Bog rosemary (Andromeda polifolia), Lenzie Moss - a relative of heather, and a declining species which occurs in peat bogs in Britain from Wales to southern Scotland.
