Park list: On this day 4 July 2023

On this day 4 July 2023

Wildflowers

Insects

Wildflowers

1 Meadow crane's-bill (Geranium pratense)

2 Lime small-leaved (Tilia cordata)

3 Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium)

4 Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

5 Curled Dock (Rumex crispus)

6 White Clover (Trifolium repens)

7 Cleavers (Gallium aparine)

8 Dotted Loosestrife (Lysimachia punctata)

9 Apple (Rosaceae)

Wildflowers

1 Scented Mayweed (Matricaria recutita)

2 Climbing Rose

3 Elder (Sambucus nigra)

4 Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria)

5 Thyme-leaved speedwell (Veronica serpyllifolia)

6 Pineapple Mayweed (Matricaria discoidea)

7 Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)

8 Field Bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis)

9 Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)

Wildflowers

1 Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera)

2 Creeping Thistle (Cirsium arvense)

3 Rosebay Willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium)

4 Aspen (Populus tremula) (Tree)

5 Great Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum)

6 Broad-leaved willowherb (Epilobium)

7 Perennial Rye-grass (Lolium perenne)

8 Hedge Bindweed (Calystegia sepium)

9 Bramble agg (Rubus fruticosus agg)

Insects

1 Honey bee (Apis mellifera)

2 Oxeye Daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) / Common Drone Fly - Eristalis tenax

3 Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)

4 Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)

5 Asian lady beetle ( Harmonia axyridis)

6 Kidney-spot Ladybird (Chilocorus renipustulatus)

7 Asian lady beetle ( Harmonia axyridis) Larvae

8 Large Skipper (Ochlodes sylvanus)

9 Soldier beetles (Cantharis flavilabris)

Soldier beetles (Cantharis flavilabris)

Cantharidae - Soldier beetles

Order: Coleoptera

The black elytra (wing covers) are shiny and have a layer of very fine hairs. The pronotum can be all black or may have varying amounts of red. The scutellum is black which distinguishes the red pronotum variety from the similar C. nigra which has a red scutellum.