This weekend

A Dragon fly was laying her eggs.



Covering the fence 1.



Covering the fence 2.



The red geum I got from the seed swap had their first flower, a good companion with the yellow one.



The first white water lily showed itself.



The dragon auum opened its second flower, and boy, did it ever stink of rotting flesh. I was working next to it.



SAw this caterpiller which will grow into a mullien moth. Only right I should see it on the verbascum.

 

Fantastic pics!!!

That caterpillar's lush - I want one!! :D

 

dont send that catterpillar to me i like my mullein ..you are welcome to it.. :D The sweet peas are nice mine are not doing very well..late like everything else..your nastertiums are ahead of mine also ..

 

Just commented to my neigbour that our sweet peas arn't doing very well either, I've just cut two flowers for indoors and he has none!

My nasturniums are doing well though, sowed them straight into a big pot.

 

Lovely photos, Rich - a good weekend!

 

Rich..snap!! i got one today also..

 

When we had to pull the ragwort from our horse fields, I always saved the lovely cinnabar caterpillars

 

jay..thats a gruesome looking catterpillar..its bodys fat!!

 

The cinnabar caterpillar absorbs toxins from the ragwort and becomes poisonous itself. Hence its warning stripes telling the birds that he is not good to eat. Ain't nature bloomin' marvellous!

 

Cool funky caterpillars!

 

No, no jay -- you don't want that mullein moth caterpillar!! :eek:

One spat at me when I tried to remove from my verbascum.

 

Wildflower he is soooo cute and cuddly, lol!! :D

I didnt keep them, I put them all on the farmers ragwort in the next field, he should have cut the b****y stuff anyway :(
I can't kill anything (except whitefly!)

P.S. Ragwort should be picked with gloves on kids - gives humans and animals liver failure at worst, and can be absorbed through the skin too. Horrible stuff.

 

I havnt moved my caterpillar he looked at home sitting on the mullein so i left him..i suppose its got to live as well as us..

 

I can just picture all those mullein caterpillars marching on round to the West Midlands, certain of a friendly welcome......