Ooh, at least it's been narrowed down to being a moth, which is a big help. Thanks!

Hoping someone can help me (again! :)) with narrowing down the ID of a caterpillar. It's made itself a cocoon in a dock leaf, by curling up the edge and using silk to secure everything. My partner said it looks to be a green caterpillar with possible stripes (he has far better eyesight than me!). By...

Another sunny day up here, so the buddleia was the favourite nectaring spot, but a few went for the sweet peas and gladioli. Three red admirals, one very small and pale painted lady, peacocks, small + large whites and small tortoiseshells.

Plus a Silver Y moth, which hung around all day.

Zonda wrote:Did you cut down, or dead head your Buddleia after the first flowering? I'm a novice at Buddleia management.

Just dead headed it, still loads of flowers to go (if we get a bit of sun!)

Plenty of feeding on the buddleia today (2nd flowering) - painted ladies, peacocks, small whites and lots of small tortoiseshells.

Thanks Dave!

Spotted this moth sunning itself in Hamsterley Forest. Anybody have any ideas?

My first year of butterfly spotting, so far in the garden we've had: Painted Lady Red Admiral Green Veined White Large White (+ eggs and caterpillars) Small White (+ eggs and caterpillars) Peacock Small Tortoiseshell Meadow Brown Comma They only seem to go for the buddleia and the nasturtiums, but w...

Mikhail wrote:You're right about the moth and Meadow Brown, but the white is a Green-veined W.

Misha

Hi Mischa

Thank you for your super quick answer.

Hello everyone, We have been steadily developing our garden over the past 3 years and beginning to see some butterflies. Yay! Can anyone help a butterfly newbie with some ids? Think this is a Small White. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2645/3807716224_3198262a2e.jpg We thought this was a Yellow Shel...