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David Keen anniversary foray 2018
Published: 17 September 2018
Back in August the AES marked the 60th anniversary of former AES President and Council member David Keen's interest in insects being sparked by seeing a butterfly he couldn't identify, on Headley Heath in Surrey.
AES members will be familiar with his story from reading the Bug Club Magazine. This year we decided to have an 'anniversary jaunt' to celebrate this jolly event!
The walk also included a slight detour to visit the grave of Frederick William Frohawk. Frohawk was a famous artist and lepidopterist. He wrote a Natural History of British Butterflies (1914), The Complete Book of British Butterflies (1934) and Varieties of British Butterflies (1938).
Species list for the walk
Heathland area:
- Early bumblebee (Bombus pratorum)
- Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
- Small copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
- Brown argus (Aricia agestis)
- Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
- Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)
- Knotgrass caterpillar (Acronicta rumicis)
- Beautiful yellow underwing caterpillar (Anarta myrtilli)
- Elbow-striped grass-veneer moth (Agriphila geniculea)
- Mottled grasshopper (Myrmeleotettix maculatus)
- Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
- 24 spot ladybird (Subcoccinella 24-punctata)
- Common earwig (Forficula auricularia)
- Oak galls (Marble and Knopper)
Insects found on Chalk escarpment:
- Brown argus (Aricia agestis)
- Chalk hill blue (Polyommatus coridon)
- Meadow brown (Maniola jurtina)
- Common blue (Polyommatus icarus)
- Silver spotted skipper (Hesperia comma)
- Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinella septempunctata)
- Meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
- Speckled bush cricket (Leptophyes punctatissima)
- European hornet (Vespa crabro)
Photos from the event
Beautiful Yellow Underwing caterpillar
Silver spotted skipper
The grave of Frederick Frohawk (note the moth carved on the cross)
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