29 Mar 2021 FILM DIARY

On my walk, I noticed a construction on the picket fence in Driscoll Lane. It was about two inches long, consisting of a spray of leaves, skewered on what looked like a twig encrusted with wood shavings. By this evening I had confirmation that this was built by the leaf case moth larva, making it the sixth such species in my album and the third seen for the first time on the picket fence. The caterpillar creates a silken sheath, encrusted with bits of leaf and twigs.