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| Cuckooflower plus orange egg of Orange tip butterfly |
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| Early purple orchid plus Common froghopper cuckoo spit |
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| Buttercup plus massed Golden micromoths Micropterix calthella |
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| Bugle plus common Carder bumblebee Bombus pascuorum |
Friday, 3 June 2016
Ph.O.G.O.Fs at Duryard
That is, photo one, get one free, on a visit to Duryard valley park (Belvidere Meadows Local Nature Reserve). This wonderful grassland site is starting to come to life this year.
Some quick research found that moths like these have been found in 125 million year old amber - that is from around the time that flowering plants first evolved. The moths have primitive chewing mouth parts with which they munch pollen, instead of the more sophisticated nectar-sipping equipment of other moths.
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