Off patch: two moth caterpillars from Lynford

Yarrow Pug, Lynford, 13th October 2018

Pale Tussock, Lynford, 13th October 2018

Yellow-line Quaker

Yellow-line Quaker, Hunstanton, 11th October 2018

Three fine moths today....

Beautiful Marbled, Holme NWT, 14th October 2018

Delicate, Hunstanton, 14th October 2018

Merveille du Jour, Hunstanton, 14th October 2018

Beautiful indeed

14th October 2018

   Had a big surpise on the side of the trap this morning, a beautiful marbled, a forth for Norfolk (the third earlier this am at a site near Holt), and a first for VC28. Having been vismigging on cliffs am didn't get to the trap until 0930hrs, so very lucky to still have it on the side of the trap!

Off patch - Sheringham beach

    Another night time seach for Nebria livida at the Sheringham end of the soft cliffs. Tom Parkes and I managed to find five, along with a few frogs, sea slater and a superb woodlouse spider. The beetles were again loyal to the seepages and in one case the edge of a pool behind the old sea defences.

Nebria livida - behind old seawall

Common frog - 4 found at base of cliffs

 Sea slater - 8+ scuttling along prom edge

Woodlouse spider spp. - plenty of woodlice present.

Rhodie leafhopper at last!

  After a couple of years of forgetting about this beautiful leafhopper I finally managed to find a few at Sandringham last week. Alison was not that impressed, until she saw the photo! A macro lens can sure make the difference!

Off patch - Tamarix trio

18th September 2018

Car Park at Cheisel Beach

The tamarix leafhopper, low hundreds swept.

The larvae of Channel Islands Pug, at least four.
 

The bug Tuponia brevirostris, low hundreds swept.

Pear Gall Fungus

A lot of the leaves on the Conference Pear in my garden have orange blotches on the upper surface this year. On looking underneath there is a swelling with little "parasols" protruding.  After a bit of research I have found that this is Pear Gall caused by the rust fungus Gymnosporangium sabinae. Apparently it requires 2 hosts, the other being Juniper on which it causes clusters of finger-like swellings on stems.  I have a Juniperus sabine 'Tamarasciflia variegata' in the garden reasonably close to the pear tree, but so far have not found any signs of the fungus on it.

 

 



 

Off patch - Eype landslips, Dorset

Cepero's groundhopper

    The only groundhopper seen, and what a beauty. The other nice insect was the bug Myrinus miriformis.

 

Some recent animals of interest

Lunar Yellow Underwing, Holme NOA, 10th September 2018

Field Grasshopper, Holme NWT, 16th September 2018

Dune Villa, Holme NWT, 16th September 2018

Brown-spot Pinion, Hunstanton, 16th September 2018

Willow Emerald, Holme Marsh, 16th September 2018