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larva of The Drinker moth Euthrix potatoria |
This morning started with another of those superb sunrises. I had arranged to meet Mark at Heyshott Down to hunt for Brown Hairstreak eggs as part of Sussex Butterfly Conservation's survey of this butterfly in the county. Mark soon found the egg of a Blue-bordered Carpet moth, and the only Brown Hairstreak egg of the day. He also spotted a Bramble Stem Gall by the path and pointed out Fallow and Roe deer spoor. We then moved on to Harting Down where he found the caterpillar of The Drinker moth 4 feet up a Blackthorn stem where I assume it was hibernating. It was a fine day to be out with a cold wind blowing.
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| Fallow deer prints by phone |
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| egg of the Blue-bordered Carpet moth, Plemyria rubiginata |
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| Brown Hairstreak egg |
both these eggs were pinhead-sized
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| Bramble Stem Gall Diastrophus rubi where the larvae of the Small Black Gall Wasp live |
The top of Harting Down, part of the South Downs Way
We saw quite a few ladybirds
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| Me looking for Brown Hairstreak eggs! |
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