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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
We've had plenty of moths attracted to our balcony light when the evenings have been warm and still, including the first Lime-speck Pugs of the year. A walk through Rewell Woods on 15th gave me the first Small Birch Bell I have seen (Epinotia ramella f. costana). It was difficult to identify at first as it differs considerably from the usual form, but the excellent illustrations by Richard Lewington in the Field Guide to Micromoths of GB & Ireland (Sterling & Parsons) pinpointed it. The buddleia attracted Painted Ladies, Red Admirals and Brimstones. There were plenty of Common Darters by and on the path. During a walk round Woods Mill on 16th I spotted a 5th instar Comma larva on a nettle.
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| Lime-speck Pug, Eupithecia centaureata |
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| Dark Spectacle, Abrostola triplasia |
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| Double-striped Tabby, Orthopygia glaucinalis |
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| Fern, Horisme tersata |
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| Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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| Broad-Leaved Willowherb, Epilobium montanum |
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| Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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| Common Centaury, Centaurium erythraea |
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| Common Darter, female Sympetrum striolatum |
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| Common Nettle-tap, Anthophila fabriciana |
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| Dor beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius |
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| Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus |
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| unidentified Ichneumon wasp |
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| unidentified Ichneumon wasp |
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| Lygaeid Bug, Orsillus depressus |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Painted Lady |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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| Small Birch Bell, Epinotia ramella f. costana |
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| Woods Mill |
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| Comma 5th instar larva, Polygonia c-album |
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