I did something today that I hadn’t done for a while, and took a walk out on to the patch of wild land in front of the factory at lunchtime. One specific ragwort plant was infested with cinnabar moth caterpillars, always a nice find!
Returning to the building via the car entrance, there is a fenced-off patch of unused land overgrown with wild flowers. A brimstone butterfly was flitting about in there, often landing and staying still for minutes at a time. I found this a bit frustrating, as when you chase them up and down the hedgerows, they never settle for more than a second or two. This one seemed totally at east, but I couldn’t get in to approach it!
Brimstones are usually one of the earliest fliers, sometimes as early as February, but they have a lesser flight season in mid-summer too. This is only the second late flier I have ever seen though. Anyway, that’s it right there, hanging off that yellow flower.
Lastly, back in the office, I found this rather plain moth. Although it looks like a bog-standard grass micromoth, it was nearly an inch long. I have seen similar moths before, and though tit was a rush veneer, but when I Googled that species, the markings are quite different. In fact this marks the beginning of some real problems identifying things ...
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