29/10/2020
Tansy Beetle (Chrysolina graminis)
This rare, iridescent beauty was once widespread across the UK but can now only be found along a 30km stretch of the River Ouse in York and the Woodwalton Fen in Cambridgeshire.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘂𝘀
𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘚𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘦
𝘜𝘒 𝘉𝘈𝘗 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘴
𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘒 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘵, 1981
