a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

Another caterpillar, this time of the elephant hawk moth, trying to find a safe place in the grass and leaves. When disturbed this enormou...

This is the caterpillar of the pale tussock moth (see link for earlier post showing the moth). The colours are striking and serve to war...

An unusual sight locally at the best of times, a humming bird moth taking an interest in our woodshed, and a photograph (1/3200 at f8) ...

a very large caterpillar found crossing the road up to Kit Hill. It looks a bit like the caterpillar of the tiger moth known colloquial...

Out doing big butterfly count today ( link ) for third or fourth year in a row. The meadows were bursting with meadow browns, whites...

This handsome and chubby moth is the poplar hawk moth. Normally it flies at night and rests up during the day. The flashes of red brown at...