14-spot Ladybirds mating on a nettle in our garden this morning
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A rolled-up oak leaf on the reserve ... which may suggest that the dangling caterpillar below
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... is the larva of Oak Leaf Roller moth Tortrix viridana
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... though it could be the larval stage of the Winter moth (Operophtera)
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Back in the garden, the caterpillar of the Bagworm (moth)
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... turning this way and that
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Garden: a Nursery Web spider (left) and a spider exoskeleton (right)
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The exoskeleton
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A parasitised caterpillar with eggs, apparently (thanks to iSpot), and claspers showing
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If I receive more information from the kind iSpot enthusiasts, I will update the page.
14-spot Ladybirds mating on a nettle in our garden this morning
