We've blogged about most of our adventures during 30 Days Wild, but there are a few things to catch up with that we haven't already included...
At the start of the second half of 30 Days Wild a photo of Bug Mad Girl's little brother was shown on Springwatch Unsprung. Very exciting for a 6 year old boy (and the rest of us!)
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| Privet hawk moth moustache |
On day 22 we searched the night scented stock in the garden, looking for orange tip caterpillars. We always seem to get a few caterpillars feeding on the seed pods of the plants, so we look out for butterflies laying their eggs, then the caterpillars when they get large enough to spot.
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| Orange tip caterpillar |
While we were looking for caterpillars, we noticed some lovely stripy things feeding on our dark mullein. We planted it last year for striped lychnis moths (as part of a campaign organised by the Upper Thames branch of Butterfly Conservation). The caterpillars of the mullein moth and the striped lychnis look very similar, but it's a bit too early for striped lychnis yet. We were excited for a few minutes though and fingers crossed that they find the dark mullein (and the mullein moths don't eat it all!)
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| Mullein moth caterpillar |
On day 25 we had a quick bug hunt before bed time.
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| Bug hunting in the back garden flower bed |
On day 28 I spent the day watching all the baby birds in the back garden.
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| Feed me - I know how the poor Mum sparrow feels! |
On day 29 I cooked up a witches spell with slime mould, slugs and sulphur tuft, all in a very atmospheric Iron Age hill fort.
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| The hill fort on the top of Pulpit Hill |
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| Slime mould |
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| Sulphur Tuft |
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