I think it's a Brown China-Mark moth James.
PS: Good to see you at Therfield recently

I think Zigzag's "Luis Suarez beetle" is in fact one of the Capsid Bugs - Possibly Lygus pratensis - coincidentally, also endowed with strong piercing mouthparts

Volucella zonaria (a hornet mimic hoverfly). Their larvae are sometimes found in wasps nests. Seems to be a lot around at the moment.

Trev

It's a day-flying moth called a Latticed Heath Alan.

Your photo shows a pair of mating Scarlet Tiger moths

PS: They look like final instar now, so they shouldn't do much more eating and should all gallop off down the trunk over the next few days to find somewhere to pupate. I'd just leave and enjoy them while you can.

They are Lackey moth larvae Deborah... I used to see these every year on trees near my school 50 years ago. I love their little blue "faces" and they always reminded me of an elongated "Dougal" from the "Magic Roundabout" TV series from the same sort of time. Much less ...

I think it is Navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris) David... Note the dimple (navel) in the centre of leaves where it attaches to stem underneath.

It's a Drinker Moth caterpillar James.

Your caterpillars would eventually turn into Buff Tip moths

It does look like a Noctuid moth. Maybe a Sword Grass or a Grey Chi?.. I think the colours can vary quite a bit, so you will have to see what it turns into and let us know Jack. If it is one of the above, it probably won't hatch until September or beyond.

Thanks for the replies guys. I did think of raising the caterpillar, but don't have Kidney Vetch in my garden.

Thought I'd have one last go at getting this caterpillar identified (probably a random micro moth of some sort), so I went back today with my macro stuff, flash and a piece of white card. Whaddayareckon? Green, with obvious white stripe down back and suggestions of stripes along sides.

Oh, quelle journée au bas de la terre. Je suis très fatigué demain, Vera.

Anyway... Back to the butterflies...

Any views on this?...

Hi Guys, Apologies for the terrible mobile phone photo, but I saw these two green caterpillars on Kidney Vetch the other day (one being ridden by a weevil and the other one bottom right)... I am pretty sure they are NOT what I was hoping to find (or are they?) as they are potentially the wrong colou...

I'm pretty sure my postman thinks I've just bought a Pitbull puppy as he almost lost his fingers in my letterbox this morning. :wink: Beautiful book, rammed with 400 pages of informative text and great photos. I can't wait to get my teeth into it! Thanks for your dedication Pete - it really shows in...

So this butterfly must surely be a female Adonis?... It has 21 white bars in its antennae stalks and due to damage to the wings from - I suspect - a semi-successful bird peck, I can see some blue scales on the upper surface of the lower wings near the spots. What say Ye? It could fly, but had a nast...

Adonis certainly do look like they have fewer white bands on their antennae than Chalkhills - that's amazing. Around 20 seems good for my Adonis and 24 or more for Chalkhill Blues. I'm glad I asked!

Ooh, Thank you! - I don't get to visit this website as often as I used to and had missed that. Difficult to count the bands in the antennae in the field, but a very interesting way of checking photos afterwards. I'll have to go back and test the theory myself!

Trev