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Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary
On The Lizard, this pretty butterfly is mainly a coastal species. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Poplar Hawk-moth
Poplar Hawk-moth caterpillars will happily munch their way through willow (Salix sp.). Photo: Ray Surridge
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Grey Bush-cricket
This female Grey Bush-cricket climbed on to a rucksack strap to pose for the camera at Kynance. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Six-spot Burnet Moth
This day-flying moth is a common sight in mid- to late summer, with its flashes of red colour amongst the knapweed and thistles. Photo: Steve Townsend
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Clouded Yellow
Clouded Yellow butterflies are summer visitors, arriving from May to June. The coast is a good place to watch out for them. Photo: Dougy Wright
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Common Centaury
With a long flowering period from June to October, the pink flowers of Common Centaury can be found across The Lizard from summer to autumn. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Gold-ringed Dragonfly
Gold-ringed Dragonflies have a mostly western distribution in the UK. Look out for them on The Lizard’s heathland. Photo: © Natural England/Isabel Alonso
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Hemp-agrimony
The fluffy pink flowers of Hemp-agrimony blossom in damp places on The Lizard in mid- to late-summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Lesser Water-plantain
This pretty three-petalled plant can be found in the summer at the edges of water and in boggy puddles. Good places to look are Goonhilly, Windmill Farm and the Grochall […]
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Yellow Centaury
Delicate Yellow Centaury, which blooms in high summer, only opens its tiny flowers in bright sunshine, so go looking in decent weather. Windmill Farm and the Grochall Track are two […]
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Smooth Hawk’s-beard
Often found on bare ground and road verges, as well as on heaths and grasslands, the yellow flowers of Smooth Hawk’s-beard can be seen brightening The Lizard from mid-summer until […]
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Dodder
Watch out for the red stems of the parasitic plant Dodder scrambling over gorse and heather. It flowers between July and September. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Cornish Heath
The lovely Cornish Heath, in Great Britain only found growing naturally on the serpentine rocks of The Lizard, starts to flower in mid-summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Chamomile
Chamomile blooms from mid-summer, carpeting and scenting grassy fields on the Lizard. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Round-leaved Sundew
The paths and open firebreaks of the Crousa Downs are a good place to look for Round-leaved Sundew in the summer. Photo: Amanda Scott
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Hummingbird Hawk-moth
Hummingbird Hawk-moths are migratory visitors to The Lizard in good summers. Photo: © Natural England/Allan Drewitt
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