Butterfly And Caterpillar Corner

Well, I've looked at my book again and the images must be wrong in my book

Edit
Just goolged images and yes my book is wrong

 

Comma enjoying the newly opened Buddleia flower in our garden (enjoyed a ride too in the blustery conditions!).

 

Very few Butterflies so far in the garden this year and the Buddleia buds are only just forming!

 

Definitely a poor year here too, although picked up today in the garden with the Comma and a Green-veined White today. I've seen a pair of Scarlet Tiger moths in the garden too in the past week (pic below - these are one of our few moths which are increasing apparently).

 

I haven't seen a Tiger Moth for a few years now, I would have normally seen a lot of Silver Studded Blues by now but the constant wind here on the low exposed heathland is keeping them down in the heather.

 

Comma and Cinnabar Moth caterpillars.

 

Male Gate Keeper.


Male Silver Studded Blue.




Male, underwing.

 

Hi disturbed this one tonight it decided to land on my leg.

 

I took loads of butterfly pics where my daughter was volunteering last summer, and the hay meadows [1] in the surrounding estate have just been cut which again has concentrated the butterflies into a few uncut margins, which are again adjacent to a couple of lakes so there's also Dragonflies and Damsel flies.

Also saw Skippers and Tortoiseshells.

Marbled White


Meadow Brown (male?)


Meadow Brown (female?)


[1] Most of the weeds amongst the grass don't get sprayed out, and according to a well known mycologist the massive diameter of a ring of Field Blewits there indicated the meadows hadn't been ploughed in well over 100 years.

 

Nice Gatekeeper Woo.

 

Keep forgetting about this thread spotted these today.