During a light shower of rain a few days ago I found this cinnabar moth sheltering on a ragwort stem.
Ragwort is the food plant for its caterpillars so the moth may have been laying eggs. I will keep an eye on the plant to see if the caterpillars arrive.
This female stag beetle may have been about to lay eggs too. She was just near to a rotting tree stump which would be just the place for her to deposit a clutch.
A new beetle for me! The violet ground beetle or rain beetle, carabus violaceus.
Both adult and larva feed on slugs and vine weevils so they are very welcome to stay in my garden.
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