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| Green Oak Tortrix, Tortrix viridana |
I spent an enjoyable afternoon at Ditchling Common last Friday. I was fortunate to see freshly emerged male and female Black Hairstreaks, also Meadow Browns. Moths seen: Common Nettle-tap, Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Garden Grass-veneer, Hook-streak Grass-veneer, Yellow Shell, Green Oak Tortrix, Marbled Orchard Tortrix (Hedya nubiferana), Sallow Argent (Argyresthia pygmaeella) - a Sussex rarity, Sallow Marble (Apotomis capreana), Variegated Golden Tortrix, Yellow-barred Longhorn and other insects.
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| 7-spot Ladybird larva, Propylea 7-punctata |
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| Alder Spittlebug, Aphrophora alni |
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| Black Bean Aphid, Aphis fabae |
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| Black Hairstreak female, Satyrium pruni |
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| Black Hairstreak female |
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| Black Hairstreak male |
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| Black Hairstreak pupa |
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| Black Hairstreak pupa |
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| Broad-Leaved Willowherb, Epilobium montanum |
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| Caddisfly, Limnephilus auricula |
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| Common Earwig, Forficula auricularia |
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| Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana |
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| Cricket Bat Orb-weaver, Mangora acalypha |
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| Cucumber Green Spider, Araniella species |
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| Dark Strawberry Tortrix, Celypha lacunana |
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| Delphacid bug female, Ditropis pteridis |
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| Garden Grass-veneer, Chrysoteuchia culmella |
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| Green Oak Tortrix, Tortrix viridana |
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| Green Shieldbug, Palomena prasina |
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| Harlequin Ladybird larva, Harmonia axyridis |
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| Hook-streak Grass-veneer, Crambus lathoniellus |
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| Jelly Ear Fungus, Auricularia auricula-judae |
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| Marbled Orchard Tortrix, Hedya nubiferana |
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| Marbled Orchard Tortrix |
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| Meadow Plant Bug, Leptopterna dolabrata |
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| Mirid bug, Grypocoris stysi |
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| Mirid Bug, Liocoris tripustulatus |
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| Red-legged Shieldbug, final instar nymphs, Pentatoma rufipes |
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| Sallow Argent, Argyresthia pygmaeella |
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| Sallow Marble, Apotomis capreana |
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| unidentified sawfly |
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| Variable Damselfly, Coenagrion pulchellum |
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| Variegated Golden Tortrix, Archips xylosteana |
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| Variegated Golden Tortrix |
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| seed capsule - does the moth above imitate this patterning? |
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| Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata |
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| Yellow-barred Longhorn male, Nemophora degeerella |
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