Sunday, June 03, 2007

Wildlife on Mull

A selection of creatures photographed during a week on the Ross of Mull. All may be clicked for larger images.

Slow Worm Anguis fragilis, adult and juvenile



Green Tiger Beetle Cicindela campestris


Pimpla instigator (or similar)


Scalloped Hazel Odontopera bidentata


Argent & Sable Rheumaptera hastata



Peppered Moth Biston betularia


Clouded Border Lomaspilis marginata


Buff-tip Phalera bucephala


Broom Moth Ceramica pisi


Pale-shouldered Brocade Lacanobia thalassina


Map-winged Swift Hepialus fusconebulosa


The Lychnis Hadena bicruris


Aethes cnicana


Foxglove Pug Eupithecia pulchellata


Small Angle Shades Euplexia lucipara


May Highflyer Hydriomena impluviata


The Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae


Green-veined White Pieris napi


Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi


Aplysia punctata (a sea slug)


Heath Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza maculata

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