Photos / Sounds
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Short-winged Meadow Katydid (Conocephalus brevipennis)Observer
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Common Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)Observer
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The Defence Training Estate - Salisbury Plain (East) Firing Range, Devizes, England, GB (Google, OSM)What
Lady Beetles (Family Coccinellidae)Observer
elisabethshapiroDescription
Taking a wild guess here…
Many observed on common milkweed, doesn’t look like any of the insects I typically see on it.
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Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba)Observer
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Over one inch in size. Flew in house from balcony. Sooty morph?
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Milkweed Tussock Moth (Euchaetes egle)Observer
elisabethshapiroDescription
Eggs on underside of A. syriaca - maybe milkweed tussock moth? Eggs are often laid in rafts and early instars are gregarious.