Hunting for the Long-tailed Blue

Drinker larva, Euthrix potatoria

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On September 19^th I visited Woods Mill reserve and found some interesting microfauna, including a Drinker larva and a lacewing larva.
  On 20th, 23rd and 26th I visited Newhaven Tide Mills hoping to see a Long-tailed Blue, two of which had been seen the previous day. These butterflies started arriving from the continent a month or so before and their progeny are starting to emerge. The life cycle takes 4/5 weeks and we expect more to emerge over the coming weeks if frost doesn't kill them.
  On 25th we walked through Brookfield Park.

Woods Mill:

Common Damselbug, Nabis rugosus

Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus

Dock Bug, late instar nymph, Coreus marginatus

Drinker larva

Harvestman - id needed

Lacewing larva

Lacewing larva

Marsh Damsel Bug with prey, Nabis limbatus

Nursery Web Spider, Pisaura mirabilis

Slender Ground-hopper, Tetrix subulata

Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus

White-lipped Snail, Cepaea hortensis

Tide Mills, Newhaven:

Everlasting Pea, Lathyrus latifolius, foodplant of the Long-tailed Blue

Honeysuckle, Lonicera caprifolium

unidentified moth in web

This moth flew up and headed straight into a spider's web.

Small White, Pieris rapae

Comma, Polygonia c-album on Bramble

Purple Toadflax, Linaria purpurea

Small White, Pieris rapae

Common Ink Caps, Coprinopsis atramentaria

Common Ink Caps

Large-flowered Evening-primrose, Oenothera glazioviana

Newhaven Tide Mills

looking west

looking east

Brookfield Park:

Hornet Mimic Hoverfly, Volucella zonaria

Meadow Cranesbill, Geranium pratense