Insect Food Plants 31. The Marbled White Butterfly and Red Fescue

Marbled white (Melargia galathea) caterpillars eat grasses, especially Red fescue (Festuca rubra).

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In Gorseinon, Lords and ladies (Arum maculatum) was in fruit. On Loughor foreshore, spotted my first Six-spot burnet moth (Zygaena filipendulae) of the year.

Seeing the Changes 2078

On a walk from Pennard to Pobbles beach, noted Wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum); Sea stock (Matthiola sinuata); Lesser burdock (Arctium minus); Heather (Calluna vulgaris); Harebell (Campanula rotunifolia); Golden samphire (Inula crithmoides); Devilsbit scabious (Succisa pratensis); Bloody cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum) and Bell heather (Erica cinerea) in bloom.

Insect Food Plants 30. The European Map Butterfly and Nettles

On the continent, the larvae of the Map butterfly (Arashnia levana) are also partial to Nettles (Urtica diocia).

Insect Food Plants 29. The Indian Red Admiral Butterfly and Nettles

Like its European cousin, Indian Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa indica) larvae, like nothing better than a juicy nettle (Urticae spp).

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Finally, a reasonable moth trapping in my Loughor garden. A Spinach (Eulithis populata); 2 different battered, small noctuids; 2 Common footman (Eilemma lurideola); 4 Willow beauty (Peribatoides rhomboidaria) and a Scalloped oak (Crocallis elinguaria).

Insect Food Plants 28. Oleander hawk moth and Oleander

Predictably, the Oleander hawk moth (Daphnis nerii) larva largely feeds on Oleander (Nerium oleander).