One of the corn marigold flowers in the wildflower area of Bantock Park, its petals dried out, crumpled and almost gone.
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A revisit after a week to a ragwort growing in the Barley Field, previously host to a cinnabar moth caterpillar, and now there were at least twenty of the insects spread around the plant, eating for all they were worth.
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Green cones with tiny spider, Bantock Park
Unripe green cones on one of the conifers in Bantock Park, with a tiny spider on the tip of one of the cones.
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Pyrausta purpuralis moth on thyme
Day-flying moth (does also fly at night) with distinctive colouring, Pyrausta purpuralis, the common purple and gold moth, was feeding on the flowers of thyme in a local allotment, then settling to sun itself on the thyme leaves.
One of the stems of a purple loosestrife growing by the side of the canal, seen at the end of last month when these flowers were just beginning to open.
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Comma butterfly feeding on thistle flower
Comma butterfly, showing the white comma mark on its underwing, perching head down feeding on a thistle flower.