Buff-tip moth caterpillar Phalera bucephala, top (22 September)Buff-tip caterpillar, side view: fully 70 mm longWhite Ermine caterpillar Spilosoma lubricipeda found in the anthill meadow Handsome Ichneumon, similar to but not I. stramentarius, which lacks the yellow crescent marking on the thorax.Plump Common FrogA big Funnel fungus, perhaps Frosty Funnel, Clitocybe phyllophila Oak Gall, seemingly Marble Gall, though crackedMining bee Lasioglossum on RagwortRobber fly Machimus atricapillus (Asilidae)Yellow Iris fruit (nibbled seed pod)Common DarterThe “Mangrove Swamp”, wet and pretty. No air-breathing roots, though.
The English seem unemotional … except for their passion for nature
