…at Aldbury Nowers (which doesn't fit into the Carpenters' song lyrics...at all, even with a crowbar). It's right on the edge of Herts, a SSSI and a chalk grassland. I joined a new friend for a wander and in spite of a serious lack of sunshine, we notched up all things winged & brown, and the occasional splash of colour:
Butterflies
Dingy Skipper 7
Grizzled Skipper 3
Brown Argus 5
Small Heath 3
Orange-tip 11
Brimstone 9
Green-veined White 1
Treble-bar (Aplocera plagiata)
Mother Shipton (Callistege mi)
Small Yellow Underwing (Panemeria tenebrata)
Burnet Companion (Euclidia glyphica)
Wavy-barred Sable (Pyrausta nigrata)
Common Purple & Gold (Pyrausta purpuralis)
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| Dingy, hoping for some sunshine |
Grizzled Skipper
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Brown Argus
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| Spot the moth!....a Treble-bar (Aplocera plagiata), I think, judging by this helpful ID tip |
Wavy-barred Sable (Pyrausta nigrata)
on a Common Rock-rose, I think
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Small Yellow Underwing (Panemeria tenebrata)
on Common Mouse-ear, its larval foodplant
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