A 2nd brood Dingy Skipper at High and Over, Seaford on the 11th July. By the look of it it had only just emerged.

I a little search for Wall Brown pupa yesterday 2 Marbled White larva found. Still very small at 1cm long. Unfortunately, no Wall pupa found!!

On March 28th I was searching for Wall Brown larva when I found one that was lacking the white line along the side. It was also a much brighter green than the usual Wall Brown larva. 2 days later I found it again, but this time it had started to pupate. This of course explains why it was looking dif...

After many days with no sign of any sun, I was working through some photos on the computer late morning when I noticed the sun had come out for a while. I quickly got some gear together and headed up to High and Over to look for Wall Brown larva as well as the small chance of a Red Admiral. Before I...

On the 6th September I was on my 2nd home, (High and Over)!! The idea was to check out the 3rd brood of Wall Brown, which at that point hadn't quite materialised, with only a worn 2nd brood just hanging on. After bumping into James (B. Rex), I spotted a Clouded Yellow that was fluttering around look...

I'm sure they are a lot less destructive than Humans!!

The other day I found a fully grown Red Admiral larva climbing up the door of my garage. On opening the door it fell off so I placed it in the foliage in the garden. Later I found it having a half hearted attempt at building a larval web. The next day it had given up on the web and had started to pu...

A Box Tree Moth.

Yesterday I managed a quick survey of Wall Brown at the back of Seaford. Already they are past peak but a count of 85 was still achieved on the 4 mile circuit. Today I was observing some egg laying and watching a female enter a rabbit scrape it was clear she was looking to lay. After she had left I ...

Hi Bugboy.

I didn't see any egg laying although with the abdomen always poking around I assumed this was the most likely reason. However, if you are right it is such a big lunch for it that I'm sure there will be a few left alone!!

Thanks for sharing your knowledge on these tiny critters!!!

The Peacock laying a nice bunch of eggs, already posted by B'Rex, but again here just to illustrate a point that nothing in nature is easy. The eggs this morning I checked on and found a nasty little creature laying its own eggs into the Peacock eggs. BOB_2735 (1280x759).jpg BOB_2766 (1280x851).jpg ...

My first Brown Argus of the season at the back of Seaford today.

Saw my first Wall Brown of the year today in Seaford.

Thanks to David for his comment about my find!! Well, yesterday I checked to see if there was any change in its development. It still looked the same, but I was delighted to find another in the same stage about 6 feet away from the one found on Friday. Today, I trudged my way back up to the site hop...

Following my best Spring searching for Wall Brown larva, with twice hitting 40 found in a session and probably 60-70 individuals found in total I was confident of finding pupa. I started looking last week when the larva started to become harder to find. Even a nighttime search didn't produce much wi...

After seeing around 25-30 butterflies yesterday, with 4 species. Most were Peacock, with 2 Small Tortoiseshell, 2 Comma and several Brimstone. The Wall Brown larva have suddenly become harder to find. I guess that several have decided its safer now to feed at night, and some may have gone to pupate....

Hi Peter. The 1st 3rd brood was seen at the very end of August on the 31st, with a few flying with the last 2nd brood stragglers. The 3rd brood Wall I see more often than the other broods egg laying with several seen doing this on the 17th September for example, I would guess because they know that ...

Oh blimey. Yes, thanks for that Pete. I just had a quick check at another larva I found a couple of weeks back that I thought was a Specklie. That one is as it has some hairs. Many thanks for pointing that out, and yes, I am pleased as this is the 1st Small Heath larva I've come across. We learn som...

Well, I can't beat that!!!! However, As soon as I arrived at High and Over today I disturbed a butterfly that flew off quickly down the hill. Fortunately I watched it in the binoculars and saw the area it landed in. On approaching it the butterfly took off and flew back up the hill!! Once again I ha...

Plenty of activity with good numbers of Wall Brown larva. The attached was from this morning. I guess it had been feeding on the blade of grass until the rain came, but he decided to sit it out and get a little wet!!


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