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    Marbled White underwing.
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    Meadow Brown mating.
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    Lulworth Skipper.
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          Cinnabar moth caterpillar feeding on Ragwort.
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          Small Tortoiseshell.
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            Chalk Hill Blue, dozens at Martin Down Nature Reserve near Salisbury.
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            Ringlet.
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              Thanks @Sheps they were everywhere but all males.
               
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                More Large Whites on the Verbena.

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                  Silver Y guarding the greenhouse door.

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                    @Sheps I hardly ever see Silver Y's, they now used to be very common.

                    First Wall Brown I have seen in the garden and first Jersey Tiger Moth (found in the greenhouse and released).
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                      One of the small Ermine moths...have established it's not Bird-cherry or Thistle.

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                        Chalk Hill Blues.
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                        Female.
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                          Holly Blue, second brood so still looking fresh.
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