There was a lot of wildlife around today. Mostly hoverflies and some lovely butterflies but I also saw a stoat (pretty sure it was a stoat). It ran really fast across one plot then made a flying leap into stingers on another plot!
The radish flowers and calendula are still attracting most of the insects. This noon fly probably arrived on site with someone's manure!
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| A noon fly - great gold face! |
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| A colour-match hoverfly! |
Jamie spotted a mass of these tiny caterpillars on the raspberries. I think they're Yellow Tail moth caterpillars but again I'm checking on the
Wild About Britain forum. They're great looking though! Will check how much bigger they are tomorrow.
Correction: This is a Dark Dagger moth caterpillar!
Neal was working his plot next door to us and found this hairy caterpillar.
It looks rather like a ruby tiger moth caterpillar we found before but it's a different colour. I'm checking this on the
forum too to see if they agree with my identification.
Correction: This is a Buff Ermine moth caterpillar!
Wild About Britain is a brilliant site. So full of knowledge and willing to share. It's brilliant to share pics and get beasties identified.
Lastly we found this common green shield bug. It's slightly more mature than the one we found on
1st September and is getting more green.
Your photos are amazing. Love that orange and green caterpillar.
ReplyDeleteThanks! And the brilliant people at Wild About Britain have correctly identified them after my incorrect identifications originally! Great looking caterpillars but both moths are a bit dull (sorry, to say!).
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