David

A scarlet tiger moth caterpillar had somehow got inside the house. There was no vegetation in the room, so it must have made its entry after it had eaten enough to grow to the size it was.

The clusters of tiny white flowers on the top of the tall stems of jack by the hedge plants.

Cucumber spiders (this is probably a green cucumber spider) are apparently quite common. But they are tiny and easily missed.

The wisteria on the Mermaid Inn at Wightwick when the flowers wee at their height earlier this month

Hawthorn, sometimes known as May flower, seemed to be especially pungent on warm mornings this year.

Galls forming on the young leaves of different oak trees. I can’t see any particular changes in appearance in the week or so between these pictures being taken and the time I’m writing this.