Bison Hill Beauties

A warm day at this great site. Just a few chalkhill Blue on the wing, and some pristine Brimstone too.

Gatekeeper



Brimstone



Chalkhill Blue





Marbled White



This leviathon hoverfly Volucella zonaria is up to 20mm in length. It is a Hornet mimic whose larvae scavenge in wasp nests !



Cinnabar moth larvae feeding on Ragwort. This moth has been introduced to some countries in an attempt to control Ragwort because of its voracious appetite for this plant.

Sharpenhoe Clappers

Dark Green Fritillary





Marbled White



Meadow Brown





Small Skipper



Comma



Large White

King's Wood, Heath & Reach

Common Spotted Orchid - Dactylorhiza fuchsii


The Sawfly Tenthredo mesomelas


Common Lizard - Lacerta vivipara





A Soldier beetle probably - Cantharis rustica


Cardinal beetle - Pyrochroa serraticornis


(thanks to Keith Balmer for help with ID of the last two beetles)

This male longhorn moth Nemophora degeerella was found at Stockgrove Country Park. It's quite common, and the anntenae were too long to fit in the image !



Marbled White Spot - Protodeltote pygarga


Ragged Robin - Lynchnis flos-cuculi

Sandhouse Lane NR

There were a few butterflies on the wing today, including this confiding Small Copper.



Common Blue





Comma