Bug-a-day #9 – Burnet moth

I am not feeling too great today, so I have little incentive to write … or walk … or wax lyrical about the wonders of the woodlands.

So I have plundered the archives and found a picture I took last Summer, when I first purchased the beloved macro lens.

It is definitely a Burnet moth – I’m just not entirely sure if it’s a six-spot Burnet or a five-spot Burnet!

I guess it depends which spots you’re counting.

 © Alice through the Macro Lens [2012]

Black is the new red …

Spotted this little fella this afternoon during a woodland walk.

He was all on his own, despite there being crowds of common red ladybirds around.

Apparently, it’s not just humans who stay away from others who are different ….