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A FURRY CATERPILLAR is on the path at the entrance to the wood near a patch of nettles. But it isn't one of the familiar butterflies that use nettle as a food plant - the Red Admiral, Peacock or Small Tortoiseshell. A glance at the book suggests the Ruby Tiger moth as a possibility. Its caterpillars feed on low-growing plants such as dandelion, plantain and dock.
Richard Bell, |
The evening cloudscape is of ragged edged nimbus. Distant streaks of rain approach from the east. It strange to see it coming from that direction, from the Vale of York, as most of our rain comes from the Pennines to the west.
Two orb web spiders repair their webs on the Mugwort growing by the canal. Part of the maintenance includes disposing of the thistledown seeds that have drifted along and stuck to the silk.