My guess is one of the bindweed feeding plume moths, perhaps Pterophorus pentadactyla or Emmelina monodactyla, but since its overseas there may be other possibilities.

Misha

Bloxworth Blue is an alternative name for the Short-tailed Blue. It refers to the fact that some of the first British records were from Bloxworth Heath in Dorset in 1885. It seems the species may have been temporarily resident there at that time.

Misha

Hi Charles Hengistbury Head can be good for Clouded Yellows in a good year, but I don't recommend looking for larvae there. There is simply too much foodplant! The best area for them is the eastern end of the cliffs, say east of Gordon Steps zig-zag, especially near the Bistro on the Beach and on to...

The old aurelians of the 18th century called the Camberwell Beauty the Grand Surprise. That's a great name I'd like to see revived. Perhaps we could now call the Small Tortoiseshell the Little Surprise or even the Totally Unexpected. The Swallowtail is obviously the Cat's Pyjamas.

Misha

Clouded Yellow caterpillars have survived the winter in most recent years on the Bournemouth cliffs, and there is strong circumstantial evidence that they have elsewhere on the south coast. In late February this year I found five fully grown caterpillars on the cliffs, and on 2nd March a pupa. The f...

6th December. Bournemouth This year I have seen only seven Clouded Yellows on the Bournemouth cliffs, the latest on 26th Sept., so I was surprised and delighted to find a first instar caterpillar on Common Bird's-foot Trefoil at the Manor Steps zig-zag, Boscombe today. I would think that the egg mus...