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The caterpillar was pictured with (above) and without (below) the addition of a close-up supplementary lens.

Stitchworts are a plant whose common names claim a relationship which doesn’t actually exist. The greater and the lesser both produce pleasant white flowers in the spring; the “wort” suffix to the names may indicate that they were once thought to be useful medicinally or for some other herbal purpose.

Seen in a hedgerow in the Herefordshire countryside. I presume the web is protective.

The road leading west to Kilpeck church is planted with chestnuts at each side to form an avenue. In May, the trees were blooming, some of them with pink flowers.

Today’s posts are from in and around Kilpeck, tiny village outside Hereford which has a small church with some famous nine hundred year old carvings.

The concentration of buttercups in the middle of the field marks one of the raised areas which is a remnant of a one-time building in the deserted village.

Something has been eating holes in these comfrey flowers to take the short route to getting the nectar: probably an insect.