Monday, 30 August 2021

Butterflies along the Roman Road

15th August - after the rather damp ANW trip along the Worsted Lodge end of the Roman Road, Andy and Polly M decided to visit again on a rather nicer day to see what butterflies were about when the sun was actually shining!  
In the main, similar species were seen but in rather higher numbers, including several Painted Lady, Small Skipper and Essex Skipper, Small Copper, Small Heath, Gatekeeper and Common Blue, alongside the more familiar Small White, Green-veined WhiteSmall Tortoiseshell, Peacock, Brimstone and Meadow Brown.

A couple of Painted Lady butterflies

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Painted Lady

Small Copper - with its rather striking bright orange and black colouring

Green-veined White

Small White - with the darker yellow hind wing

Essex Skipper - with black-tipped antennae

Small Skipper - with orange tipped-antennae

A 'bonded pair' of mating Skippers 

Small Tortoiseshell

Small Tortoiseshell

Peacock

Common Blue

Common Blue 

Common Blue

Small Heath - unusually resting with its wings open ...

but only briefly - exactly the same Small Heath, seconds later.

Small Heath

Brimstone - camouflaged as a leaf as it rests in the hedge



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