"For now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see" Neutral Milk Hotel.

Tuesday, 26 July 2016

Off Patch: Red Poplar Leaf Beetle

Red Poplar Leaf Beetle, Chrysomela populi, Braunton Burrows, Devon, 21st July 2016


Monday, 25 July 2016

A smart Rhopalid bug on the Downs

The Rhopalid bug Corizus hyoscyami, Ringstead Downs, 25th July 2016



Monday Moths

Bright Bell, Eucosma hohenwartiana, Hunstanton, 25th July 2016


True Lover's Knot, Holme NWT, 25th July 2016


Sycamore Piercer, Pammene aurita, Holme NOA, 25th July 2016


Knotgrass, Holme NOA, 25th July 2016


Mere Wainscot, Holme NOA, 25th July 2016


Twin-spot Carpet, Holme NOA, 25th July 2016


Small Emerald, Holme NOA, 25th July 2016


Waste Grass-veneer, Pediasia contaminella, Holme NOA, 25th July 2016



Off Patch: Six-belted Clearwing

Six-belted Clearwing, west of King's Lynn, 25th July 2016





Monday, 18 July 2016

The Forester

The Forester, one of two seen at Holme over the weekend (16th/17th).

Friday, 15 July 2016

Lemon Bell

Lemon Bell, Thiodia citrana, Hunstanton, 15th July 2016



A beauty, trapped by Joan Fox in Hunstanton and the first on the patch since 2013

Monday, 11 July 2016

Hawthorn Cosmet and Common Groundling

Common Groundling, Teleiodes vulgella, Redwell Marsh, 11th July 2016




Hawthorn Cosmet, Blastodacna hellerella, Redwell Marsh, 11th July 2016


.........Joining the hordes of Broad Centurians amassing at Holme

Broad Centurian, Chloromyia formosa, Holme NWT, 25th June 2016


With the Banded Generals a day behind....

Banded general, Stratiomys potamida, Holmhurst Track, 11th July 2016