Explore the diverse flora and fauna on the Downs from season to season through personal observations and photographs

Thursday, 2 Apr 2026

Scarlet Tiger Moth caterpillar

Cooler again and a gusty wind. Largely overcast like yesterday, but what I missed in insects on the wing I made up in what I found on leaves. I began with an unidentified tiny (3.5mm) ‘looper’ or ‘inchworm’ caterpillar of the first larval stage, probably of a Geometer moth (family Geometridae), found on a newly […]