The first insect is a Scorpion Fly / Panorpa cognata / male .

Hi ZZ_W ,

Your mystery butterfly seems to have a dark background and white stripes .

Together with your description of flight , my guess would be a day flying Jersey Tiger moth .

Cheers Greenie

Visited Chiddingfold with fellow enthusiast Keith on Friday , in search of Purple Emperor . After 3+ hours searching , one ' possible ' , one 'probable ' and one ' positive ' , in the Sallows just before the Botany Bay entrance , and that was high up , was all that we found . Good numbers of SWF and...

A short visit to look for Adonis Blue at Biggin Hill failed to find a single one . But it did produce 14 species , albeit in small numbers . On my way back to the car , a flash of pink landing on Wayfarer flowers turned out to be my second Painted Lady of the year . _MG_8742.JPG _MG_8738.JPG Leaving...

Deborah , your Common Blue is a ' blue form ' female . Always a nice find . Greenie

Well , it was another up and down year for the Brown Hairstreak spread back into Kent . Following the destruction of the vegetation on the Jackass Lane bridleway , and the unusual weather during the flight period , I only know of 4 sighting along it's length , but there were sightings along the Nash...

Blue sky and warm sunshine drew me to a look around Hayes Common this morning . Just before 11 o'clock , I stopped to pay my respects , and almost immediately was joined by a male Brimstone , charging around to begin with , then settling on a gorse stem just a few feet away from me . DSCF1069.JPG Ju...

back to the Chilterns today... perfect for walking. i parked at Sharpenhoe Clappers and headed West to the Sundon Hills. there are still a few Red Admirals around, also saw a Comma, a Brimstone and a Peacock. any idea what this pretty bird might be ? :? 51570197099_f6dd605c96_c.jpg Charles Your bir...

It is a male Silver-washed Fritillary .

Greenie

Dark Green Fritillary and Yellow-wort / Blackstonia perfoliate .

Cheers Greenie

Spent a couple of hours at Lullingstone Country Park near Eynesford before the heat of the day got unbarable for both butterflies and searcher this morning . Small Heath , Meadow Brown and Common Blue were the main species seen , until I put up my first of 5+ Marbled Whites of the year . _MG_6646.JP...

Would agree with your ' Silver Y ? ' identification . The ' great number of orchids seen ' is Common Spotted Orchid . Help needed , I believe is the Southern Marsh Orchid . Long-legged Spider is the Nursery Web Spider / Pisaura mirabilis . Your first Black-tailed Skimmer could have been a female , b...

Your bug is a male Oedemera nobilis .

Cheers Greenie

I believe your beetle might be the longhorn beetle Stenurella melanura and your lichen is Cladonia cristatella , commonly called British Soldier , as it's red fruiting bodies ressemble the ' red coats ' of the British soldiers in times past .
Sorry unable to help with your moth .

Greenie

Another two male Brimstone at lunchtime today on Hayes Common .

Well , a decision was made , and the 45 BH eggs from the destruction of the Jackass Lane bridleway were wired into a favourable stand of blackthorn at Jubilee Country Park , Petts Wood , in the London Borough of Bromley last Monday . I waited till the schools went back , hoping that fewer people wou...

A female Brimstone seen yesterday in a garden in Beckenham , Kent . Nothing unusual about that , but although it was in bright sunshine , the wind was cold and the ground was covered with hail , deposited a few minutes earlier . Can only think the hailstorm disturbed her from hibernation , and after...

Third species of the year for Hayes Common . Peacock enjoying the watery sunshine this lunchtime .

An excersise walk over Hayes Common this morning produced a Red Admiral and a male Brimstone , within 2 minutes of each other .

The weekend after finding the destruction at the bridleway , Keith and myself met there to see if anything could be salvaged from the situation . Searching the detritis on the ground and the few blackthorn plants that survived the flail , we found 45 BH eggs . The few that were not in danger of dama...