A Walk in the Garden

 Having undergone knee surgery in recent weeks, my ability to get out into the countryside, to look for emerging Spring butterflies, has been put on pause. 

My walking rehabilitation has been restricted to patrolling my garden for insects.

Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) (male)

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) (female)

Large Red Damselfly (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) (male)

Red Mason Bee (Osmia bicornis) (male)

Yellow Dungfly (Scathophaga stercoraria)

Hoverfly sp. (Helophilus pendulus)

Dock Bug (Coreus marginatus) (mating)

Hairy Shieldbug (Dolycoris baccarum)

Weevil sp. (Liophloeus tessulatus)

Crab Spider sp. (Xysticus cristatus) (female)

Some Moths during April

 The 2023 moth season seemed to me to be slow in getting started but April is the month when the variety of moth species attracted to light starts to increase.

The following images are from catches over the last few weeks.

Lunar Marbled Brown (Drymonia ruficornis)

Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica) (male)

This species is sexually dimorphic. The female is white with black spots and is more likely to be found flying during the day in woodland glades.

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata)

Streamer (Anticlea derivata)

Clouded Drab (Orthosia incerta)

Early Grey (Xylocampa areola)

Frosted Green (Polyploca ridens)

Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa)

Hebrew Character (Orthosia gothica)

Common Quaker (Orthosia cerasi)

Brindled Pug (Eupithecia abbreviata)

Eriocraniidae

This group of micro-moths are difficult to identify to species level. The density of their wing markings can be very variable and there is much overlap between species.

I think that this one is either Eriocrania unimaculella or E. sangii