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...

On Penny's Piece this morning

Autumn is here even though it is warm and sunny.  Early in the morning the mist lends a mysterious feel to the lane. Meanwhile stinkhor...

Something that caught our eye this morning was seed heads of grass bent over by silk. As can be seen in the bottom picture the cast-off s...

the top picture is of water crickets ( Velia caprai, see link ) bombing around. They can travel faster by spitting on the surface of the...