brown silver lines

reminds me a bit of Hebrew Character moth

I know some of you guys work for/ with Butterfly Conservation so may I ask a question of you knowledgeable folk.... Are these declines of the more common species being seen on BC reserves? I can understand to a degree the farmland declines with herbicide and pesticide use, but on land that has been ...

maybe something like scarce bordered straw for 1?

see you all there.

your snails eggs i think could actually be caddisfly eggs.
Chris

wait til you get to see a waved black...... looks like a geometrid.

could be either/ both

Chris

Small Purple-barred Phytometra viridaria

not been on much but have been looking in. a first outing with a new fz200 today and if i hadn't been dumbstruck by these two i could have done better
gonna take a bit of getting used to.

full house today.
at least a dozen Brimstone
5 Red admiral
small Tort
Peacock
comma
small white

Ringwood Forest

peacock briefly in the garden today.

Kingley Vale..... now there's a place, in amoung the ancient yews..now that is an experience...

Happy Christmas to one and all.

just a thought...... does the decline in Wall correlate with the increase of Rabbits after myxomatosis. food plant competion.
and if it was climate, is there a reason why coastal populations remain?
Chris

some worrying views http://www.devonbutterflies.co.uk/information

peacock just paid the garden a visit, looking in good shape too..

Chris

i would say so.
chris

vapourer moth

cheers Wurzel, i didn't realise it was so high til i had to count them up :lol: quite pleased..... not sure what to expect to get to my 30... and overnight waspie was busy..... i saw her spinning the start but the weather and light hampered my attempts to watch.....eggs and case now being guarded. w...