More little creepy things!

Well there are lots of them about at the moment - mummy has some more caterpillars on her plants! We think that these are sawfly larva:



Sorry about the excess of photos of the same thing, but some are clearer than others. They are eating Willowsherb, which mummy was about to pull up (she doesn't like it at all), however she has now opted to leave it so that these little guys can keep their food source. They do occasionally go onto the Nasturtium, but they don't really seem to like those eaves very much (unlike the previously discussed Large White caterpillar). We have been unable to get a definitive ID on these guys though - maybe we should try the butterflies and their caterpillars group on facebook??

Gavgavs parents came down to visit last week - and brought a pooch with them - big yellow, bit dippy, with a very waggy tail (that mummy would NOT let me grab hold of, coz she is a meanie!!!). Apparently she is called Nell, and we did get a photo, but at the moment it is not here, so I will make you wait till my next post to see her :P

Whilst they were down here they stayed in a lovely little idyllic cottage on the canalside, and we saw our first Painted Lady of the summer, not having seen one since mid-spring:
Wasn't she just a very pretty example indeed!

Right I need to go help mummy put Florance and Beau away now as they are winding Piper and Billie up (well Florance is, Beau is being a good girl as usual).


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