[devonbarmygardener]

it's a cinnabar moth and yes the eggs are the right colour to be it's eggs, the caterpillars of this moth are identified by their yellow and black hoops 

Oooh they're the cattypiddlers that like a particular weed - gets covered in them!

[Springlands]

it's a cinnabar moth and yes the eggs are the right colour to be it's eggs, the caterpillars of this moth are identified by their yellow and black hoops 

Oooh they're the cattypiddlers that like a particular weed - gets covered in them!

Ragwort - they just devour it. It can look really creepy if you see hundreds of them on a plant.

[Auntiemogs]

Thanks to high winds damaging Mum's greenhouse door, we had a Mrs Tiggywinkle resident over the cold months.    Not sure if she's still there (probably not), but Mum was most surprised to go to close the (newly repaired) door a couple of weeks ago, to find a little black rabbit sitting in the middle of the lettuce bed (hasn't eaten much).  We now have Blackberry1, Blackberry2 and Brownberry.    Went to clear an old flower bed this week and a halt has been called due to a nesting pheasant.   

[devonbarmygardener]

it's a cinnabar moth and yes the eggs are the right colour to be it's eggs, the caterpillars of this moth are identified by their yellow and black hoops 

Oooh they're the cattypiddlers that like a particular weed - gets covered in them!

Ragwort - they just devour it. It can look really creepy if you see hundreds of them on a plant.

That's the one!
I get it growing on the road at the bottom of my plot!

[Springlands]

Lots and lots of buzzy bees in the garden - especially on the Cotoneaster horizontalis and lavender. 

The ladybirds are still prolific and the frogs seem to be enjoying leaping out at me when I am working in the GH. 

[Snoop]

The dogs woke us up in the night, barking frantically. Eventually we decided we'd better go and see what it was all about if we wanted to get back to sleep. It was a hedgehog. The first they'd ever seen - and our first here - and an absolute whopper. In fact it was so large, Mr. Snoop wasn't convinced at first it really was a hedgehog. It looked more like a fakir's cushion.

We managed to get the dogs in. The hedgehog wasn't there this morning.

[sunshineband]

Saw a Hummingbird Hawk moth yesterday at the plot. First one I have seen for many years -- continental visitor 

Too quick for me to photograph, unfortunately

[Baldy]

SSSSSSSSSSSNAAAAKKKKE!

Well, ok, worm...

Cat just came into the house making a godawful wailing noise - thought she'd hurt her self, but no, she was letting me know about her hunting prowess. She presented me with, well, see the attached photo. Seems she was caefu not to hurt it as I managed to rescue it and deliver it to a safe hiding place...

Cheers,
Balders

[chrissie B]

got a bush in the front garden and its had some lovley butterflys on it and loads of bees huge ones tried pictures but every time I cicked it shut its wings 
chrissie b

[tosca100]

Having a coffee before OH went off this morning and was taking snaps of flowers when these little toadlets made an appearance.





And a sample of the insects, bumble bee, honey bee and big black bug.

[Springlands]

The toadlets are really cute. 

[tosca100]

The black bug is a bee, we have seen them before flying in and out of a rotten tree trunk.

Springlands, I agree, who could not love that face?

[Snoop]

The black bug is a bee, we have seen them before flying in and out of a rotten tree trunk.

We have these too. Check out:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmia_lignaria

Although it says native to North America...

[sunshineband]

Lovely photos Tosca 

And the toadlets are just gorgeous. The ones I see here tend to be dark chocolaty brown: the spotty look is beautiful

[Springlands]

Saw a Hummingbird Hawk Moth on the Valerian today. I was standing so close that I could hear the beat of its wings.