Brown Hairstreak in Kingston Cemetery
Brown Hairstreak egg on Blackthorn 1 of 4 found by P. Snevets. Kingston Cemetery Nature Group are a group of volunteers meeting once a month at the Cemetery to carry out a range of practical tasks that support nature conservation. The cemetery is a Grade 1 Site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC). The groups tasks are relevant to the designation and include: tree and hedge planting, litter picking and some bramble clearance. Previous posts on this blog highlight the significance of the CHEGD and mycorrhizal fungi that have been recorded see Cemetery fungi 2020 2025 2019 2016 2014 . There are also posts on other taxa such as trees Cemetery Trees orchids and Slow Worms. Y esterday I photographed these Brown Hairstreak eggs, kindly shown to me by Paul, who found them recently. The photo below shows two orange eggs, o...