{"id":722,"date":"2012-08-14T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=722"},"modified":"2020-04-04T16:26:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T16:26:20","slug":"life-on-the-riverbank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=722","title":{"rendered":"Life on the Riverbank"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060503.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Banded Demoiselle\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060503_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Banded Demoiselle\" width=\"600\" height=\"899\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> <br clear=\"all\" \/>Male Banded Demoiselle damselfly on the banks of the River Mersey. The females are similar but with a green body.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Broad-leaved Helleborine\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060452_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Broad-leaved Helleborine\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nBroad-leaved Helleborine in Kenworthy Wood<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Ragwort and Cinnabar Moth caterpillars\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060456_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Ragwort and Cinnabar Moth caterpillars\" width=\"290\" height=\"435\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nRagwort being stripped by the caterpillars of the Cinnabar moth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Broad-leaved Helleborine (close up)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060493_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Broad-leaved Helleborine (close up)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nClose up of the flower of the Broad-leaved Helleborine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Whilst the colours tend to vary from pink through to pale green the inside of the cup is always red.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; margin: 0px auto; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; padding-top: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Cinnabar Moth caterpillar\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/P1060505_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Cinnabar Moth caterpillar\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\nThe caterpillar of the Cinnabar Moth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Seems almost beyond belief that the once common Cinnabar Moth is now red-listed due to an ongoing decline.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Male Banded Demoiselle damselfly on the banks of the River Mersey. The females are similar but with a green body. Broad-leaved Helleborine in Kenworthy Wood Ragwort being stripped by the caterpillars of the Cinnabar moth Close up of the flower of the Broad-leaved Helleborine. 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