The Canon 100-400mm zoom lens is not a dedicated macro lens, but reasonable images can still be had. The zoom allows you to stand off and thus not disturb your target. However, extraneous foliage often gets in the way as there is more 'stuff' to look through.
There were three White-letter Hairstreak on and around some bramble.
A new Longhorn beetle for me actually landed on my neck ! Stenocorus meridianus has been known to nip !
There were over thirty Peacock Inachis Io most in pristine condition. One or two were very obliging.
I only saw one Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni today - looking quite immaculate but, as ever, posing with wings closed.
A moth which can be diurnal is the Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa fuliginosa It has two generations in the south and thinly scaled wings which is just noticable on this poorly focused image.
