Some miscellaneous spots from the last week:
This is the gall of the Bedeguar Gall Wasp, which lays it's eggs in a branch of dog rose (Rosa canine, a native wild rose) and in what Wikipedia describes as 'a way not yet understood', causes the gall pictured here to develop. Joking aside, the page is quite in depth and interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diplolepis_rosae
Meanwhile, I spotted this rather tatty looking Red Admiral feasting on some red valerian in my parent's garden, which was decent enough to stay still long enough to allow me to get my camera out and focused.
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