Not Just Fruit and Veg
09th August 2012

Whilst I have not been down to the allotments with the camera as frequently as previous years, there still remains lots of interesting wildlife to be viewed outside of the hard effort of producing fruit and veg. Last week some folks found a colony of brighly coloured caterpillers which were clustered and feeding voraciously on Groundsal. After a little investigation in turns out that these beasties are in fact the larva of the Cinnibar Moth which develops into a distinctly marked red and black moth.
As these caterpillers seem to feast purely on weeds, an allotment growers perpetual nightmare, it probably doesn't deserve to go in the rogues gallery, so a new gallery for butterflies and moths has been created.
One or two other butterflies and moths have now been identified too, and these have been moved from the Identity parade to the above gallery (see previous post)
As these caterpillers seem to feast purely on weeds, an allotment growers perpetual nightmare, it probably doesn't deserve to go in the rogues gallery, so a new gallery for butterflies and moths has been created.
One or two other butterflies and moths have now been identified too, and these have been moved from the Identity parade to the above gallery (see previous post)