Dragonflies
Variable Damselfly
Large Red Damselfly
Azure Damselfly
Four-spotted Chaser
Flowers
Lesser Bladderwort
Early Purple Orchid
Fragrant Orchid
Common Spotted Orchid
Common Rockrose
Cors Goch. Male Variable Damselfly.
Female Variable Damselfly
Female Large Red Damselfly and Lesser Bladderwort Utricularia minor. This charming plant is related to the butterworts and has no roots, just leaves which have tiny bladders that trap small invertebrates by using a vacuum mechanism. The animals are then digested for nitrogen compounds! Just to rub salt in the wounds, insects are also used to pollinate the flower!
Saturday, 29 June 2013
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