skullcap

another blue plant, skullcap. This one patch is deep in the woods by the Tamar. It is barely noticeable but it's in the same place every year. Skullcap for the odd little pouch shown in the close up below which is supposed to look like a roman soldier's leather pouch (scutellum)

sheeps bit

and finally on this day of pretty blue flowers, a little patch of sheeps bit growing in Gunnislake. Lisa Chaffer told dad where to look, which was very kind of her, although he had to drive up and down through upper, middle, and lower Dimson repeatedly to find it.

borage

and a field of borage, just waiting to be added to a glass of Pimms on this hot July evening

tansy leaved phacelia

phacelia, a strange looking exotic found in grass seed, and very abundant in this field above the village

Venterdon

and a field of rape and tansy leaved phacelia (the blue stuff), probably sown with the grass crop.

elephants

and turning from one proboscis to another this is an elephant hawk moth, probably small ( deilephila porcellus) but it is hard to know, that decided to volunteer to be Harriet's supper tonight. It escaped and flew off very happily to find more elephants to eat.