Autumn began with a sunny weekend and a clear sky. 22 °C.
The wasps continue to feast on sugar water, and they are also enjoying the fallen apples that I have started to provide for them. Nearby, the ivy is blooming, filling the air with its scent and hosting a variety of insects, including butterflies, which have discovered that the field of alfalfa behind the barn has nearly flowered off.
The very last butterfly of the summer was White-point, Mythimna albipuncta.
I haven’t processed all the observations yet. I will post the data for the season once it is complete.
I went into the woods to look for mushrooms, but found nothing (without my glasses). The only ones I brought home were two puffballs Lycoperdon perlatum (smelled great) and two beautiful flight feathers of common buzzard Buteo buteo.
