Thank you Alan, that’s the one. Totally makes sense - they love feeding off oak leafs and we have a big oak tree growing in the garden next door. I actually can’t believe they only live for 8 weeks having spent two years as pupae. Wow...
@Big Blue Sky , well, in that respect you can't beat the insects of the Magicicada species which spend almost the full length of their long lives underground (13 to 17 years) [...]. After the prolonged developmental phase, the adults are active for only about 4 to 6 weeks. From Wikipedia.
Can anyone help ID this one, there seems to be a few similar ones? The yellow splotch on the forewing is pretty large, but difficult to get a pic of it...
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I have a little wild patch in a corner of the garden where the hog box is, I was over there this morning and saw this little fellow. Not sure but thing it might be a Cinnabar.
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I actually can’t believe they only live for 8 weeks having spent two years as pupae. Wow...
This guy was having a good ol’ nibble at my bench today
Oh and little chap seems to be enjoying the roses:
I have a little wild patch in a corner of the garden where the hog box is, I was over there this morning and saw this little fellow. Not sure but thing it might be a Cinnabar.