Jim Mart Sightings June 4th 2016

N. Mahadevan:
Whitethroat, Blackbird, Chiffchaff, Songthrush.
Green-veined White 4, Orange Tip 4, Red Admiral 1, Small Tortoiseshell 1 (worn), Peacock 1, Brimstone 1, Speckled Wood 1.  Small Tortoiseshell caterpillars on Nettles. Moths: plenty of Diamond-back Moth (Plutella xylostella), Silver-ground moth, Nettle Taps, Grass Ringlets, Latticed Heath, Small Yellow Underwing, Grapholita compositella, Ancylis badiana, Glyphipterix simpliciella, Little Long-horn (Cauchas fibulella) 2, Micropterix calthella, Nemphora degeerella.
Azure and Large Red damselflies c30. A hoverfly (Platycheirus rosarum), a mating pair of Thistle Tortoise Beetle (Cassida rubiginosa), Golden-bloomed Grey-longhorn Beetle, 22-Spot Ladybird (Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata), a plant bug (Liocoris tripustulatus) on nettles, Sloe Shield Bug (Dolycoris baccarum), a beetle (Poecilus sp. either P. cupreus or P. versicolor) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/805476, Meadow Plant Bug (Leptopterna dolabrata) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/813675, A spider (Larinioides cornutus) http://www.ispotnature.org/node/868048.