Hawthorn shield bug. This one was resting on my bag – there had been a lot of hawthorns in flower where I had been walking.
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Ivy-leaved toadflax on a wall
The delicate purplish flowers of ivy leaved toadflax growing, as is its habit, as patches of plant clinging to a wall.
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Shield bug – green
Green shield bug, just resting on a leaf. The ones I notice usually are.
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Cow parsley flowers
May is the month for the delicate flowers of cow parsley.
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Scarlet tiger moth outside
The scarlet tiger moth caterpillar which had made an indoor visit (yesterday’s post) now returned to the more appropriate surroundings of a garden well stocked with plenty of vegetation.
Doing its best to eat the alkanet leaf it was resting on.
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Best of may
May (hawthorn) flowers in the hedge separating the Barley Field from the Railway Walk, earlier this month.