The recent weather hasn’t encouraged flowers to open but the common spotted orchids looked about to put on a show and we found one or two in flower. There was also a flower remaining on an early purple orchid.
Common Spotted & Early Purple Orchids
A few insects were around. Someone located a sycamore moth on the suitably coloured background of silver birch bark and John spotted the caterpillar of a six-spot burnet moth.
Sycamore Moth (Acronicta aceris)
Six-Spot Burnet (Zygaena filipendulae)
Also seen was this cardinal beetle.
Red-Headed Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis)