Saturday, 11 June 2022

Seeing the Changes 1641

On the Penclacwdd/Bynea border, Common figwort (Scrophularia nodosa) was coming into bloom. There were 'suicidal' caterpillers in Bynea. An Oak eggar moth (Lasiocampa quercus) caterpillar sunbathed on the cycle track. Mullein moth (Cuculia verbasci) larvae had also eaten themselves out of house and home, with no new Great Mullein plant less than 0.5 miles away.
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