Hook-tips, Farcet Fen, 27 Jul 13

A double hook-tip catch included a garden first, Beautiful Hook-tip and only my third (from memory) Pebble Hook-tip.

Beautiful Hook-tip Laspeyria flexula

Pebble Hook-tip Drepana falcataria

Small Ranunculus, Little Paxton.

Swallowtail-tailed Moth Ourapteryx sambucaria 17.07.13 St Ives, Cambs

Privet Hawk-moth Sphinx ligustri 01.07.13 St Ives, Cambs

Toadflax Brocade larvae 16 July 2013

Some of the 15 Toadflax Brocade Calophasia lunula larvae in the garden currently. Significant variation in size and one plant has the majority of the caterpillars


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Orange-tailed Clearwing, Paxton Pits.

Scarlet Tiger, Little Paxton