This year a couple of plants of Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus have appeared from nowhere in a disturbed area of our front lawn and I've managed to avoid cutting them with the mower. They're still quite small but a quick look at them in this afternoon's sunshine produced at least 24 very early instar larvae (each less than 10mm) of the moth Mullein Cucullia verbasci munching away on their leaves. The moth itself appears in the garden trap most years but any larvae that I've seen here previously have always been on Buddleia.
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| Common Mullein Verbascum thapsus, Westcott 21st May |
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| Mullein larva, Westcott 21st May |
Dave Wilton Westcott, Bucks
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