Wolves Wild

Caterpillar stage of a small white butterfly. This one was crossing the canal towpath near Wightwick, an area where the adults had been common earlier in the year.

Reed which is beginning to shed its ripened seed. The background is an out of focus Wom Brook.

Tawny grisettes seem to have been one of the mushrooms which have had a good year this year.

These were growing on the verge of the road which runs through the Million, a Forestry Commission woodland near Enville.

The road is busy, but no-one seemed to be taking any notice of them.

Field guides say that the English name of this slime mould is the dog sick mould – it turns yellower as it gets older.

I thought that name was off-putting as a title, so instead “grubby bolster cushion”, which is a translation of one of the German-language names.

This one was growing by a path in the Cotwall End LNR.

Honey bee leaving a himalayan balsam flower. Its thorax seemed to be really pale, not just covered in pollen.

Another honey bee (dark thorax this time) approaching a similar flower.

It seems to have been a good summer for silver y moths. This one was sheltering in a spot behind old webs, showing the pale mark on its wing which gives it its name.