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| Marbled Bell, Eucosma campoliliana |
note added 25 June: C. elongella requires Alder as its foodplant, C. betulicola requires Birch. There is a large stand of birch where I found it but no Alder, so the conclusion is that the moth is a Red Birch Slender.
Butterflies seen: Ringlets, Meadow Browns, Comma. moths: Light Emerald, Common Yellow Conches, Red Piercer, Small Magpies. The buddleia are coming into flower and will hopefully attract the butterflies like Red Admiral, Painted Lady etc. Plenty of Hymenoptera around, many were drowned in the 'leaf ponds' of the teasels, together with Yellow Conches. The base of the leaves of the teasel are joined to form a water catchment round the stem. These drowned insects and may benefit the plant with nutrients. I watched a Two-girdled Digger Wasp flapping its wings rapidly which enabled it to climb out of the water with much effort. It then dried itself on the tip of the leaf.
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| Buddleia, Buddleia davidii |
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| Red Birch Slender, Caloptilia betulicola (about 1 cm long) |
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| Red Birch Slender, Caloptilia betulicola |
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| Common Yellow Conch, Agapeta hamana |
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| leaf beetle |
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| Light Emerald, Campaea margaritaria |
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| Marbled Bell, Eucosma campoliliana |
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| Mullein, Verbascum thapsus |
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| Mullein, Verbascum thapsus |
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| Red Piercer, Lathronympha strigana |
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| Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus |
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| Small Magpie, Anania hortulata |
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| Stiltbug, Metatropis rufescens |
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| Figwort Sawfly, Tenthredo scrophulariae |
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| Two-girdled Digger Wasp, Argogorytes mystaceus in teasel pond |
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| Two-girdled Digger Wasp climbing out |
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| Two-girdled Digger Wasp drying off |
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| Two-girdled Digger Wasp |
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| Two-girdled Digger Wasp drying off |
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