Butterflies & Moths 2020

Lovely selection all. Well done with your Small Copper, Gaynor, a real favourite of mine. :-)

All I can add is a female Common Blue from our walk today.

And a first for our garden, one of two Ringlets at the pond.

Thanks all, I'm a happy bunny now, yes it is the first for me, Caught my eye as it was so bright as I walked through the long grass on my way to the field where the farmer has planted for the insects, butterflies and bees this year, only to find that he had cut it down yesterday, I only hope the wildlife has laid its' eggs and hatched out plenty of young, apparently he plans to put down grass for sileage now :(
Lovely additions Hazy and Paul, I am enjoying these creatures, not easy though, they do tend to flit about!!

Guess what I ate for my lunch today?

Hang on that's a little small

I didn't pick the tatty one!!, but hey they were a surprise to see this early, but lovely tasting:-)

Sorry not on subject!!!!!!

Bit early too Hazel, according to this the summer is over and autumn appears:-)

Right time of the month though Gaynor, just after the full moon. We are complaining bitterly about the weather, really windy & hardly any butterflies, 3 budlheas? in bloom & hardly anything around them. Fingers crossed for a warm autumn.

Clicked a bit quick, I had a few photos to post from a walk the other day, a Provencal Short-tailed Blue

Sooty Copper

& Grizzled Skipper (or it's close relation)

Lovely photos Hazel, they have delightful names.

Not even heard of the first two Hazel :o) Lovely captures

There was a tragedy yesterday when I spotted Red Admiral emerging ... after only 9 days in pupa ... but appeared to be struggling so I put a stick under it & it climbed up & onto netting ... but I could see that one wing was damaged, it had got caught on dried vegetation it had pupated under which I intended to remove but was caught unawares by the very short pupation period!

Spent the night in pot with big Buddleia blossom, seemed very strong & trying to fly so popped the pot outside under the big Buddleia bush

Damage quite evident here but watched it fly/hop so hope it will manage!

ITM, Ruby Tiger pupated overnight

In a couple of days I'll be carefully prising those dried leaves off so that it can't suffer the same fate as the poor Red Admiral!

Sorry to hear about your Red Admiral, Wendy, it does appear to have a fighting spirit. Good luck with the Ruby Tiger!

This YouTube video (13 minutes long) has been posted by the Scottish Wildlife Trust - all about taking a closer look at Butterflies and Moths, I thought it may be be of interest 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdGw22LEOAw