I spent some considerable time upgrading the Species Index with a new index to the index. It has now become so large that it was taking me ages to find anything. This is the start of a full reorganisation that will become structured on taxonomic lines.
Sunny and warm.
A new Umbellifer for me: Alexanders - Smyrnium olusatrum. Usually coastal, which is where today's pictures come from.
And a new Geranium: Cut-leaved Cranesbill - Geranium dissectum, showing the very deeply cut leaves.
Hogweed always comes into flower first in this area.
Changing Forgetmenot - Myosotis discolor, showing the changes taking place.
Foxglove has now opened on many of the verges.
The bright red flowers of Fuchsia will brighten many of the hedgerows for the next few months.
And another bright red object, this time a sawfly, about 8 mm. long. Hemichroa crocea. I previously showed the larvae on Sept 3, 2005.
Yorkshire Fog is the next grass to flower.
I've seen quite a few wasps foraging near the ground. I think they're chewing leaves and wood to make their nests.
Ribwort Plantain is very prominent at the moment.
A very black Tachinid. Much smaller than most of the others I've seen. About 1 cm. long.
The micromoth Eupoecilia angustana appears to be double-brooded. I see it in June and then again in August/September.
Orange Tip larvae are now about 15mm long. The white hairs belong to a Dandelion 'parachute' that was stuck to the glandular hairs on the larva.