So many colourful butterflies and moths in Ireland. #butterflies #moths #ireland #irishbutterflies #irishmoths #butterfly #nature #insects #photography #smartphonephotography

A small cabbage white butterfly feasting on an English Lavender flower. Photos taken in Timahoe, Co. Laois yesterday morning.
#irishbutterflies #cabbagewhitebutterfly #englishlavender #ireland

Photo of a ringlet butterfly resting on Bob's hand. It's brown with several eye like markings on its wings.

Slightly battered Ringlet stopped for a rest before flying on... #IrishButterflies

A detailed close-up of a dark brown Ringlet butterfly with characteristic eyespots on its wings, settled gently on the vibrant green fronds of a fern. The scene captures a peaceful moment of Irish wildlife in dappled sunlight.

Ringlet on Irish Green. #RingletButterfly #IrishWildlife #Butterfly #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Fern #Green #Macrophotography #NaturePhotography #IrishButterflies #Summer #BeautifulButterflies #Outdoors #smartphonephotography #photography

Photo of a Common Blue butterfly resting on a grass. It's very blue!

Photo of a Meadow Brown on a buttercup. It's brown & orange with a distinctive black spot on the top wing.

Today in the 'pond meadow' (we haven't built the pond yet but it's coming...) - my first spot of a Common Blue on our land plus lots of Meadow Browns... #IrishButterflies #IrishWildlife #IrishFauna

And today's 'New in the Bog Meadow' is... Peacock Butterfly caterpillars! Appeared overnight in one of our nettle patches... Hopefully some make it to be next year's butterflies... and the others will keep the young birds happy... #Rewilding #IrishFauna #IrishButterflies #Caterpillars

Photo of a brown and cream patterned butterfly resting on grass.

Another new spot on our walk down to the bog meadow this afternoon - my Irish fauna group say it's a Marsh Fritillary - which is Ireland's only legally protected insect apparently! So I'm gonna cuddle it very carefully... biodiversityireland.ie/surveys/mars... #IrishButterflies #IrishFauna #Mayo

Photo of a Small Copper butterfly. It's a burnt orange colour with brown wing tips and black spots.

Photo of two dogs lying on grass in the shade.

Walked the dogs. Spotted a Small Copper butterfly on the bog meadow. Dogs waited patiently in the shade whilst I followed it around the field for a photo... #BobLife #Mayo #IrishButterflies

Photo of a peacock butterfly sunning itself on grey gravel

Coffee-break butterfly action... #IrishButterflies #PeacockButterfly #IrishWildlife #Mayo

Cryptic Wood White The Cryptic Wood White only occurs in Ireland, where it is widespread. It was discovered to be different from the Wood White in 2001 and, more recently, its identification was changed again to this ne...

Zooming unsexed pix of Cryptic WW, I can see some have similar white patches. #irishbutterflies
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