At this time of year, I really enjoy walking beside the water ditches on Pevensey Levels, where an abundance of new life can be found emerging from the water margins. Early season dragonflies and damselflies are now taking to the air and some species of moth larvae have come out of hibernation to feed on their favoured foodplants.
Hairy Dragonfly (Brachytron pratense)
(freshly emerged female)
Hairy Dragonfly (B.pratense)
(a nymph on the point of emerging from the water)
Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula)
(freshly emerged male)
Saucer Bug (Ilyocoris cimicoides)
(basking on floating pennywort)
Garden Tiger (Arctia caja)
(larva resting between feeds)
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) (female)
A species of Ichneumon Wasp (Diphyus quadripunctorius) (female)
