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| Photographs: Monday 22 October 2007 |
For Want of a Better Title - Butterfies and Bugs
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A thin-leaf Sunflower and Hoverfly All photographs © David Packman |
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The Small Tortoiseshell is widely distributed throughout the UK and can be seen most months. Although this year they've been very difficult to find, I assume due to all the bad weather in the early summer. |
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An unusual view of the unmistakable and familiar Peacock butterfly feeding on nectar of Comfrey. |
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A male Common Blue, the most widespread of our blue buttereflies... |
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...another Common Blue, this time the Damselfly, the male is at the top of the picture... |
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...and finally the Holly Blue. |
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The sun loving Grayling uaually settles on bare patches of ground or stones. Although the forewings have prominent eyespots they are generally hidden by the hindwings providing good camouflage when sunbathing, they even angle the wings to reduce shadows. |
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If I've read my field guide correctly these two moths should be a Dusky Sallow which flies in July and August, and below a Common Carpet Moth. |
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A female Banded Demoiselle Damselfly |
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Squash Bug (Coreus Marginatus) is one of the family of bugs so named because some of the species feed on squash plants. |
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To bring butterflies and bugs to an end a Gatekeper sunning itself on an oak leaf. All photographs © David Packman |
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