Lotus Case-bearer (Coleophora discordella) larva feeding on Bird’s-foot Trefoil in Dorset today.

The caterpillar makes this pistol-like case from silk and excised pieces of leaf.
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Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

Photographed in Dorset.
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Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria) from Dartmoor 🫶 #TeamMoth

A female Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) on… Holly!

Photographed in my Dorset #garden last week.

Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) among the bluebells in Dorset today.
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Green-veined White (Pieris napi) feeding on Dandelion and showing the importance of ‘weeds’ as a source of nectar.
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A male Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) gathering important minerals from a bird dropping in Dorset today.
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Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) on Grape Hyacinth, in my Dorset garden yesterday.
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Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) larva

- Photographed last week in North Dorset

A male Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines)

Catching rays in Dorset yesterday.

Brimstone Moth (Opisthograptis luteolata) drying its wings, having just emerged from its pupa 💛

Taken in my Dorset garden.
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A male Orange-tip (Anthocharis cardamines) on its foodplant, Garlic Mustard.

Photographed today between showers, in Dorset. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social

Muslin Moth (Diaphora mendica)

A male, attracted to light on Dartmoor, Devon. #TeamMoth

Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)

Resting on a Bluebell during a rain shower in Dorset last week.

Purple Thorn (Selenia tetralunaria)

Photographed during windy conditions, shortly before sunrise, on Dartmoor.
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Small Phoenix (Ecliptopera silaceata)

Attracted to light on Dartmoor this week.
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Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) resting on Bluebell.

Dartmoor ~ 9th April
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Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

Photographed in Dorset.

Thank you! It was attracted to a moth light and this is how I found it nearby in the morning 🙂

Lesser Swallow Prominent (Pheosia gnoma) resting on Bluebell.

Dartmoor ~ 9th April
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Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

Photographed in Dorset.

Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) larvae photographed in Dorset yesterday.

Some still soaking up the sun from the comfort of their protective larval webs while others have begun venturing out on their own. @dorsetbutterflies.bsky.social @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social

Small Mottled Willow (Spodoptera exigua) from Dartmoor yesterday.

A single individual attracted to light.
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Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) on Bluebells.

Photographed between showers in Dorset this #Easter Sunday.

Comma (Polygonia c-album)

Sunbathing on dried bracken, Dorset.

Peacock (Aglais io) on Blackthorn

- Dorset

Dark-edged bee-fly (Bombylius major) in #Dorset yesterday.

I don’t often get close to these so was pleased to grab a photo.
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A distant shot but nevertheless, my first Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) of 2026.

Photographed in #Dorset today.
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#SpringHasSprung

My first Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) of 2026, in Dorset today.

Just a day later than last year’s first sighting.

Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

Can’t get enough of these #butterflies at this time of year. A wonderful flash of colour flying through the landscape 💛