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03 June

This field trip wasn't meant to cover butterflies or any other insect. Instead I wanted to focus on some plants this time around, as the weather actually doesn't make for great insect observations. Nearly overcast with moderate to very strong winds and 20°C (12:33 PM) shouldn't have made the following observations possible but they did.

+-------------------------+---------------------------------+--------+
| Species                 | Location                        | Status |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------|--------+
| Coenonympha arcania     | Zone I                          | Adult  |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Coenonympha pamphilus   | Zone I                          | Adult  |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Polyommatus icarus      | Zone I                          | Adult  |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Satyrium pruni          | Zone II                         | Adult  |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Thymelicus sylvestris   | Zone I                          | Adult  |
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Pyrgus malvae           | Zone I                          | Adult  |
|–------------------------|–--------------------------------|--------|
|–------------------------|---------------------------------|--------|
| Pyrrhosoma nymphula     | Zone II                         | Adult  |
+-------------------------+---------------------------------+--------+

It really turned out that S. pruni, just like T. betulae, can be observed much easier on cloudy days where they spent much more time closer to the ground as opposed to sunny days where you only may be lucky between 9 and 10 AM.

The town has (finally?) decided to mow some parts of the area. Unfortunately they also mowed parts of the stream – which I didn't know was even possible to mow water – and random sections of the grasses-dominated spots. It looks as sad as it always does, with everything being scattered on the ground AND the path (meanwhile the same people refused to pick up a rather big branch in the middle of the path between "Mixed Field" and Zone I).