Sometimes, it's what you don't see that tells the story. Nowhere have I seen larvae of Red admiral, Small tortoiseshell or Peacock butterfly larvae on nettle (these plants are resolutely unnibbled around here). For the first time in Bynea, I found a few Ragwort with Cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaea) larvae on them. The larvae were small and few in number. In the same location, I did see a Common green capsid bug (Lygocoris pabulinus) on Black knapweed.
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