wildlife gardening

[shei111]

Hello to you all and many thanks for the help in what to put over the shed , well ive been reading up on all the climbers that have been mentioned and I have written them down . So over the weekend im going to the garden centre to have a look , im very keen on japanese evergreen honeysuckle, cotoneaster, passionflower, and a few that geoff mentioned too. I didnt realise I had such a selection to choose from . Its suppose to be about 6 degrees and snow showers on the east coast this weekend so I shall need some planting out to do to keep warm.!! thanks all again its nice to know that people on WAB site are here to help one another, happy easter to you all love sheila

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

There is a moth that lives on golden hop, cant remember which one though..

Buttoned Snout is a scarce (but possibly commoner than thought) moth that feeds on Hop. Commas also use Hops as a larval food plant.

[Kayleigh]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Buttoned Snout is a scarce (but possibly commoner than thought) moth that feeds on Hop. Commas also use Hops as a larval food plant.

Well something eats mine and I cant see anything on the plant just holes in the leaves

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by Kayleigh

Well something eats mine and I cant see anything on the plant just holes in the leaves

I'm pretty sure there are other moths that use Hop, but I remember surveyers beating Hop to find Buttoned Snout larvae. It's a notable species, but seems to be fairly widespread in the London area. Finding the larvae seems to be a better way of recording this moth as it doesn't seem that attracted to moth traps.

I've got a Golden Hop + mine gets a lot of holes during in the summer too.