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On a local garden lawn, Mouse-ear Hawkweed and Red Clover providing a fine display amongst the grasses. #WildFlowerShow #WildflowerHour

I’m starting off my Lady’s Smock leaf cuttings on damp kitchen roll this year, as I’m hoping they’ll be easier to separate for potting up. After three days under a glass, tiny roots are sprouting. #wildflowers

Creeping stealthily across a geranium, Corizus hyoscyami. #bugs #WildlifeGardening

On a wind buffeted flower, noisy goings-on in the garden yesterday courtesy of Mr Narcissus Bulb Fly. #flies

It’s a gather up empty pots day in the garden. However, under one was a Lesser Stag Beetle, so that pot went back in place. #beetles

Today the Orange-tip caterpillar has visibly started the pupation process, held in position by a silken strand. #butterflies #caterpillars #WildlifeGardening

Yesterday, after 24 hours of no obvious change, the Orange-tip caterpillar rapidly transformed. The first two pics were taken around two hours apart. The third is how it appeared this morning showing the full chrysalis. That’s it until next spring. #butterflies #caterpillars

An early evening walk down the valley, and so many creatures to see. Here are some of them. 1 22-spot ladybird 2 Soldier beetle 3 Malachite beetle 4 Brassica shieldbug 5 Knotgrass caterpillar 6 Roesel’s Bush Cricket 7 Red-headed cardinal 8 Scorpion Fly 9 Peacock caterpillars

From a walk along the river, a couple of aquatic plants. Water-crowfoot and Water Speedwell. #WildflowerHour

Growing through brambles on the local common, what I think is Centaurea jacea. A native to parts of Europe but not here, though there are records of it. #WildflowerHour

One Garden Chafer enjoying its own company. Two Garden Chafers enjoying each other’s company. But twelve Garden Chafers and there’s a riot. #beetles

A Common Green Shieldbug showing some wonderful shade variations. #bugs

Three moths from Magdalen Hill Down. A very fresh Yellow Shell, a Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet and an always too far away Burnet Companion. #moths #MothsMatter #TeamMoth

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In the garden today, our first for year Meadow Brown. It was a brief visit, so here’s a pic from July 2021. #butterflies #WildlifeGardening

The Hebrew Character moth a regular visitor to the garden, but we’ve never seen one of its caterpillars … until today. And what a beauty. #moths #TeamMoth #caterpillars