Silver Birch (Betula pendula) sapling near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
28 July 2023
Sloe or Hairy Shieldbug, Oxfordshire
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Sloe or Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum) on Green Alkanet (Pentaglottis sempervirens) at Cholsey Meadows, Oxfordshire, taken by David Palmar
12 May 2023
Forest bug, Dundreggan
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This Forest Bug (Pentatoma rufipes) can be identified by its distinctive red-orange legs and an orange spot on its back. They have a dark brown body during autumn and a paler, bronze-coloured body in summer. Photo taken by David Palmar at the Scottish Entomologists' Gathering in Dundreggan.
24 June 2023
Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug, Dundreggan
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Dundreggan Rewilding Centre
Red-legged Shieldbug or Forest Bug ( Pentatoma rufipes) taken by David Palmar in the tree nursery at the Trees for Life rewilding centre, Dundreggan, Invernessshire
24 June 2023
Northern Brown Argus butterfly on Downy Birch, Grantown-on-Spey
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Grantown on Spey and Lochindorb
Northern Brown Argus (Aricia artaxerxes) butterfly on Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) near Grantown-on-Spey, taken by David Palmar
25 June 2023
Hawthorn Shieldbug at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary, Old Sauchie
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Howietown and Old Sauchie
Hawthorn Shieldbug (Acanthosoma haemorrhoidale) at the Howietown Heritage and Nature Sanctuary Charitable Trust, Old Sauchie
06 August 2022
Silver Birch woodland, Vane Hill, RSPB Loch Leven
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Silver Birch (Betula pendula) woodland, Vane Hill, RSPB Loch Leven
19 March 2017
Silver Birch, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Silver Birch (Betula pendula) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. The bark is silvery and the twigs at the end of the branches exhibit a characteristic drooping habit.
20 November 2021
Downy Birch, Loch Ardinning
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Mugdock and Loch Ardinning
Downy Birch (Betula pubescens) at Loch Ardinning Scottish Wildlife Trust nature reserve, Stirlingshire, taken by David Palmar. Downy Birch is more upright than Silver Birch and its brown bark has horizontal grooves.