Twenty Plume Moth

Alucita hexadactyla - twenty plume moth

Alucita hexadactyla - twenty plume moth

Alucita hexadactyla - twenty plume moth. Back-lit to show wing structure.

6-Spot Burnet

One of my favourite UK moths - I love the colours, and they are pleasingly common and easy to see, being active during the day.

6-Spot Burnet Moth - Zygaena filipendulae

6-Spot Burnet Moth - Zygaena filipendulae

Ruby Tiger

Fencepost of the Week #71

Here is the caterpillar of a ruby tigermoth - Phragmatobia fuliginosa - exporing a lichenous fencepost. This happened back in February.

The Walnut Moth Discovered

There it lay - soft, crumpled, bereft of life. A secret too well kept. It could have lived, but failed to endure the test. Could have fluttered beautifully, effortlessly on the breeze, if only it had first gained egress.

Cinnabar Caterpillar

Wildlife Wednesdays #4

A cinnabar moth caterpillar - Tyria jacobaeae feeding on Ragweed.