2 x Orange Tip (m), 1 x Peacock.
Warm and sunny.
On arriving at the wood the first thing I saw was this young Beech tree with chewed leaves. A little bit of investigation turned up these little (5mm.) weevils. Strophosoma melanogrammum.
Birch catkins are fully open, now.
A couple of metallic insects. A Tachinid (parasitic fly) - Gymnocheta viridis - on the left and the Dock Leaf Beetle - Gastrophysa viridula.
Micro-moths are back. These are Micropterix calthella on Cuckoo-flower.
And staying with the Cardamine, an Orange Tip egg.
A tiny (9mm.) solitary bee.
Wood Speedwell - Veronica montanum - adds its subtle colouring to the undergrowth.
The Cardamine was also host to this extremely elongated spider with its Lesser Cranefly (Tipulidae) victim.
Elder flowers are in bud.
