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NATURAL ELTHAM
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Whilst insects rest under leaves
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trees or bushes and we are indoors
Nighty newt
for the night, Eltham has an
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amphibian that is still active.
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The
common or smooth the males develop a short metamorphosis takes place over
newt as it is also ridged crest that runs the whole two-and-a-half months as they
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known, is called Triturus vulgaris way down their back, from their become juveniles. The adults
in Latin. It emerges from under head to their tail. The females then leave the water in June and
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damp logs and stones as it is are a little smaller and are less July and are seen in a wider range
nocturnal, but visibly patterned and duller than of habitats and locations such as
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SE9 RECENTLY: during daylight. a lot of other species in nature. grassland, marshes and bogs and
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It is a small Out of water they will eat slugs, fi nally hibernate in October until
• Newt
amphibian, worms, caterpillars and various the following spring when their
• Large skipper
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around 10cm insects and in their aquatic life cycle starts all over again.
butterfl y
long and is habitats they eat water-borne There are three native species
• Possible German
greeny-brown insects, tadpoles, aquatic snails, in the UK: the Palmate newt,
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above with an molluscs and even shrimps. the least common and legally-
• Copper butterfl y
orangey spotted The males awake from their protected Great Crested newt, also
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chest. This is the hibernation in the early spring found in SE9, and the Common
• Flying black ants
newt most likely and attract females by secreting or smooth newt which is the
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What have
found in your a scent from their glands. They most abundant, found across the
you seen? garden pond. will then mate and the female will country and through to North,
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breeding period plants. Once hatched, a period of Jason Green
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