What is buzzing or flying near you today??

Ringlet



Meadow Brown



And a couple of couples doing whatever it is that couples do!

Burnet Moths



Soldier Beetles

 

Chalkhill Blue butterfly (female is brown and the male is silvery blue))


Chalkhill Blues in love


Cinnabar Moth caterpillar on Ragwort. Both full of cyanide. Ragwort kills cattle and horses by causing non reversable liver damage. Caterpillar absorbs cyanide from the ragwort and will poison any bird that eats him. Black and orange stripes warn birds off. Native ragwort is now declining because Oxford Ragwort, introduced from Mount Etna, is much more vigorous. The natural world is a finely tuned and balanced machine. Only goes wrong when humans tinker with the works. That is why I never bring back plants or seeds from abroad.


Ruddy Darter dragonfly on Wicken Fen

 

No need to push!

 

~~push

 

Superb photos guys....
I just dont know how you do it...
WELL DONE......................

 

Great pix, GW, but can you name them?

 

blue bottle & bee .......that's as good as my knowledge gets H :D

 

This beautiful huge moth came indoors last night. Dunno what it is. At first, I assumed that it was a Hawk Moth, but now I'm not so sure. Could be a Carpet Moth (no - it doesn't eat carpets!) None of the photos in the books ever look exactly right do they :confused:

 

This swallowtail moth came to visit me in my office last night. I thought it was a butterfly until I loked at the photos. It is big for a moth, about the size of a red admiral butterfly.

 

Terrific photo with the light coming through the wings

 

lovely his hairy back R




no name ... but i call him slim jim

 

This year seems to be a good one for what I believe to be spectacled moths - there's hundreds of them flitting about all day long. I can't remember seeing so many during the day. Whenever I wear a bright blue shirt, I'm surrounded by them within minutes of walking into the garden.