Rained over night but there were three moths in the trap - a
Satellite and two
Pale Brindled Beauties.
The Walled Garden contains the remains of the recent gales - quite a sight!
Good time to look for leaf mines on blackberry leaves. These trails are left by the caterpillars of a small moth (3mm). It lives between the upper and lower surface of the leaf and leaves a trail as it eats away the cellulose. The trail gets wider as the caterpillar gets bigger! Each species of moth in the genus leaves a characteristic trail and each one has a specific foodplant. So if you know the plant you can identify the moth - even though it's long gone! This one is very common.
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| Stigmella aurella leaf mine in Blackberry |
Signs of spring in the Walled Garden with
Seven-spot Ladybird and
Red Dead-nettle.
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| Seven-spot Ladybird |
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| Red dead-nettle |
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