The moth catch on Friday morning reflected the season with autumnal species becoming more prevalent. The best of the bunch was the stunning and aptly named Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina), one of the most attractive of the Noctuid moths.
Merveille du Jour (Dichonia aprilina)
Rosy Rustic (Hydraecia micacea)
The butterfly of the moment is certainly the Red Admiral which is currently appearing in good numbers on Pevensey Levels as they start to head south.
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
On Wednesday, Bob and I headed to Rye Levels to see whether we could find any interesting Odonata such as Red-veined Darters and Willow Emerald Damselflies, both recent colonists to Southern England from the continental mainland...no such luck. I found a late season female Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) and a little later an egg sac for this species, secreted in the undergrowth. I also took some photographs of what I thought were two different species of spider but on later checking my books I realised that they were different colour forms of the same species; Araneus quadratus.
Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) (female)
Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) (female)
Wasp Spider (A. bruennichi) (egg sac)
Araneus quadratus (red form)
Araneus quadratus (green form)
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