Butterfly/ Moth /Dragonfly Images

Some lovely pix on here. Great to capture them [dragonflies] as they emerge @AdrianBg

We get these regularly. This one was there for hours, and hardly moved

 

Our buddleias are also lacking in butterflies this year but then is the whole of our garden and orchard. The whites are around but only 1 peacock seen in a week.

 

Gatekeeper, plenty around now.


Ringlet.




Grayling, master of camouflage.


Male, female and mating Silver Studded Blues.

 

Wow @strongylodon all these wonderful beauties in one day. Can you send them down our way!!!!

 

A Riband wave moth sitting still on the downpipe.

 

A garden first for me - a Beautiful Demoiselle (or maybe banded? hard to be sure with the dark background) on one of my lilies.

 

I captured a small ermine moth on camera today, but, because it refused to open its wings for me, I've no idea exactly which type.

 

Comma, first one in the garden this year.

 

Chalkhill Blue, only opened it's wings when it flew off.


Brimstone.


Gatekeepers and Cinnabar moth caterpillars.




6 Spot Burnet Moths.

 

Amazing photos of so many butterflies @strongylodon. We are seeing so few.

 

Beautiful @strongylodon . I got a few pix of a comma in the garden last August. First time I'd seen one.
I don't think they're very common round here anyway, but last summer was our hottest, driest summer on record which may have made a difference - better conditions for them, and maybe that's helping them to spread, so I'll keep a look out for any this year. Certainly plenty of food plants to suit them here as well

 

There is still time @fairygirl for more Butterflies as some have second broods which are yet to emerge

 

Not quite the quality, but at least I didn't have to look up its name....
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Old Lady moth.



And its underbelly!

 

Went for a walk at lunchtime today and found this Golden Ringed Dragonfly

And a Comma butterfly


Then in the garden I found this extremely tiny moth. It's sitting on a fuschia petal.