Goldie M wrote:I'm green with envy
James
lovely Butterflies
Goldie
You may not have found any Green Hairstreaks Goldie but you certainly made up for it with all of those lovely Wall Browns and Brimstones!
I haven't managed a single Brimstone photo this year.
David M wrote:Wonderful observations, James. That female PBF is a lovely specimen, and well done for capturing Small Heath without the seemingly obligatory blades of grass!
Love the last Dingy shot! Yes, it's an unusual perch but it makes for an attractive background.
Hi David, yes Small Heaths usually tuck themselves behind something. Going by my experience Dingy Skippers rarely sit on blossom so it was a rare treat to find these. I've only ever seen this once before.
Andrew555 wrote:Very nice James, fresh Brown Argus really are something. Love the Dingys too.
I certainly agree with you there Andrew, particularly when they are fresh! We're having a good year for Dingy's here making things a bit easier.
Many thanks for your kind and generous comments.
Daja vu, well almost.
On Friday the 10th of May I made a very brief visit to local patch, I didn't have have much time for photography but I still did much better than expected. The species I found were much the same as my previous time there, except this time I exchanged the Brown Argus with my first Common Blue photo of the year.
Other than that a couple of beautifully fresh Green Hairstreaks stole the show. We have enjoyed an excellent year for Green Hairstreak locally with numbers far higher than I've seen for many a year.
Other than that the now ubiquitous Dingy Skippers were flying about at a furious pace in the very warm sunshine.
Other things of interest included these two larval webs of the Lackey and Brown tailed moth variety.
Thanks for looking
James