Fascinating find Rye Harbour, Rare glimpse of Fairy-ring Longhorn Beetle Pseudovadonia livida. As name implies, associated with Fairy-ring Champignon Fungus Marasmius oreades, larvae feeding on Mycelium. Largely confined to South Coast Buglife Sarah L #MushroomMonday

Other delights this week along Flower-rich Beach Reserve Rye Harbour, lovely Small Copper Butterfly & spectacular looking Garden Tiger Moth woolly bear caterpillar Arctia caja, using tall Silvery hair during pupation to build a silk cocoon Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Sarah L #MothsMatter

Thrilled to see Northern Brown Argus Aricia artaxerxes ssp. salmacis Smardale Gill this week. Beautiful rich Brown colour, although markings fade fast! Feeds on Common Rock-rose. Restricted range across Cumbria/N.Yorks. Also called Castle Eden Argus Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Sarah L

Jaw dropping sight Waitby Greenriggs NR this week. Globeflower Trollius europaeus, most Beautiful Buttercup member I've seen! 5-15 sepals construct the globe. Confined to far Northern Britain, cool damp climate critical to survival BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #wildflowerhour

Further Waitby Greenriggs delights, Northern Marsh Orchid Dactylorhiza purpurella, smaller,less rounded than Southern Marsh. Great to see Melancholy thistle Cirsium heterophyllum. No prickles, historically used to treat melancholia BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #wildflowerhour

Great to see plenty of Marbled White Butterflies, Somerset WT Green Down NR. Despite a whole host of Wildflowers on offer, landed on their favourite Greater Knapweed every time! Also Lovely to see pleated Yellow-Brown wings of a newly emerged Ringlet Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Sarah L

Thrilled to find in a shaded Woodland area of Green Down Beautiful looking Magpie Moth Abraxas grossulariata. Very Butterfly-like with 50mm wingspan. Equally impressive their Caterpillars carry same colour scheme, even Pupa is Black & Yellow stripes! British Moths Sarah L

Extremely Rare find along Cannock Chase Sherbrook Valley, Female Clouded Buff Moth Diacrisia sannio Unlike daytime flying Males Pale Yellow Maroon spots, elusive Nocturnal Females are a Stunning Flame Orange, Red veins with Black Spots British Moths Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Sarah L

Real joy to see Fabulous looking Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera, Flower rich Ancient Meadows below Battlesbury Iron Age hillfort. Perfect Lilac sepals, Velvet Gold-Brown lower lip. Hard to believe Slug like stumpy tips are actually petals! BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #wildflowerhour

Also on Battlesbury Hill Lilac-Purple Hoary Plantain Plantago media, an Ancient Meadow Indicator Species. Lovely Purple veined flowers of Stinking Iris foetidissima, also called Roast Beef plant, its crushed sword-like leaves smell of BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #wildflowerhour

Thrilled to find Nationally scarce Bee-fly Downland Villa (cingulata) Green Farm Monkwood this week. Beautiful Black & Gold, use noctuid moth caterpillars as host. Also Rare, lovely Furry Drone Fly Eristalis intricaria Pooley Hall Colliery today, perfect for National #InsectWeek

Other wonderful sights Monkwood NR this week, uniquely shaped Male Broad-bodied Chaser Libellula depressa, our most robust Dragonfly, early coloniser of New Ponds. Plus an interesting side on eye-level view of a Meadow Brown reveals incredible Natural Beauty Sarah L #InsectWeek

What an absolute joy to see one of our most Endangered Butterflies Wood White Leptidea sinapis showing resurgence at Monkwood NR. Thanks to careful BC & WT efforts to manage Woodland rides sympathetically, numbers are slowly rising again Butterfly Conservation 🦋 The Wildlife Trusts Sarah L

Great to see Beautiful Metallic Yellow-Green The Forester Moth Adscita statices on Battlesbury Hill. Also Rare glimpse today Pooley Hall Colliery of Large Birch Bell Epinotia brunnichana, or should that be Church Bell given antennae shape! British Moths Sarah L #InsectWeek

Lovely to see Fairy Flax Linum catharticum winding its way through Ancient Grassland Meadow Battlesbury Hill, nearby Crested Dog's-tail Cynosurus cristatus, larval foodplant of Small Heath Butterflies, once used in hat & bonnet making BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #grasschallenge

Special 25 mile walk along Carmarthenshire Wales Coast path around Pembrey and Burry Port full of surprises, including Rare glimpse of Sulphur Beetle Cteniopus sulphureus. Over half of 1,200 National records from Coastal Wales lives on Wild Carrot Buglife The Wildlife Trusts

So pleased to see Small Blue Butterflies Cupido minimus along Wales Coast Path Pembrey this week. Beautiful dusky wings, requires Nature corridors of Kidney Vetch to survive, given Females only lay one egg per plant. Rarely travels more than 40m Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Sarah L

Other notable finds this week, Rare glimpse of a Dingy Shell Moth Euchoeca nebulata, often mistaken for a Butterfly landing with wings closed, frequents Fens & Marshes. Also a parasitic red mite hitching a ride on aptly named Saddle-Back Harvestman! The Wildlife Trusts Sarah L

Thrilled to find in Pembrey Burrows Soapwort Saponaria officinalis. Lovely soft Pink flowers, sepal tubes like asparagus tips. Historic plant used to make soap in woollen mills. Used by English Heritage to preserve old fabrics & dyes BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #wildflowerhour

Two lovely plants around 1830's Old Burry Port Harbour, basal rosette of Buck's-Horn Plantain Plantago coronopus unopened Purple flowers & deeply cut edible leaves. Also Pale Toadflax Linaria repens Native Coastal Wildflower in Wales BSBI: Botanical Society of Britain & Ireland wildflowerhour #wildflowerhour