27th April 2014

Plants new in flower (for me) today were Scarlet Pimpernel, Elder, Annual Wall Rocket, Barberry and White Bryony. Just three moths n my trap last night: a Waved Umber, a Shuttle-shaped Dart and an Early Grey. The NOA traps held a little more, including a Small Waved Umber, 2 Pine Beauty and the micro moth Coleophora albicosta.

Further to the new beasts reported by Robert, we also had our first Scorpion Fly of the year, 2 Cardinal Beetles, numerous Green Beetles Cassida viridiana along Green Bank and a series of yet-to-be identified beetles from Ringstead Downs.

Waved Umber, Hunstanton, 27th April 2014

Barberry, Ringstead Downs, 27th April 2014

Coleophora abicosta, Holme NOA, 27th April 2014

Green Turtle Beetle, Cassida vibex, Green Bank, 27th April 2014

Ladybird, Holme Marsh, 27th April 2014

Scarlet Pimpernel, Ringstead Downs, 27th April 2014

White Bryony,  Ringstead Downs, 27th April 2014

Scorpion Fly, Ringstead Downs, 27th April 2014

Barberry, Ringstead Downs, 27th April 2014

Common Oak Purple, Dyseriocrania subpurpurella, Green Bank, 27th April 2014

2 Spot Ladybird, Adalia 2-punctata, Ringstead Downs, 27th April 2014

11-spot Ladybird, Coccinella 11-punctata, Holme Marsh, 27th April 2014