These two snails obviously haven't read the gardening books which say to but sharp grit around tender plants as slugs and snails wont cross it. They were both high up a prickly thistle!
I can't find this moth in my reference books. It appears to have a single faint spot on the wing. Any ideas please?
This silver-Y alighted on several leaves before waiting long enough for me photograph it before flying off.
I saw my first common darter today. This is a female.
Looks like the grass moth Crambus perlella
ReplyDeleteThanks George. I looked at that as a possible ID but the illustration in Chris Manley's book didn't show the faint wing spot and the legs appear to be grey rather than white. I guess that there is a lot of natural variation and I know that some species of butterfly significantly change colour as they age, so I shouldn't surprise me that the same happens in moths. It does mean that it is very hard for a complete novice to identify anything apart from the blatantly obvious, so thanks again to you and everyone else who helps.
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