Saturday 11 April 2020

Pinion-spotted Pug


This was a nice surprise this morning (in Worminghall). A first for the garden.  

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4 comments:

  1. Dave Wilton11 April 2020 at 18:23

    VERY nice!!

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  2. Peter Alfrey11 April 2020 at 21:20

    Thanks Dave! How rare is it locally?

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  3. Dave Wilton11 April 2020 at 21:44

    It is classified as "Nationally Scarce". Your sighting appears to be the 24th for VC24 (11th post-millennium). The records show no hot-spots and they've come from all over the county, suggesting that it is fairly widespread but quite good at avoiding being seen. The text-books agree, saying "rarely encountered".

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  4. Peter Alfrey12 April 2020 at 08:33

    Wow! Thanks again Dave.

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