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Some of the Common Blues , Polyommatus icarus, from this year.
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From Egg To Pupa - The Puss Moth , Cerura Vinula. Following some Puss moth caterpillars from 1st instar to pupating.
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Some of the Chalk Hill Blue butterflies , Polyommatus coridon, we saw this July on Portland at Tout Quarry.
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Some Insects On A Sunny Summerday At Tout Quarry On Portland
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Aster, an autumn flowering plant, usually dying off by now, but late flowering this year, and looking good.
Supposedly to support late hibernating insects.

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A regular visitor to our holiday apartment, a rock pipit, and enjoying a crane fly (daddy long legs) for breakie.

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Not seen many of these locally, a red admiral butterfly
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Penzance, Cornwall
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Possible Rusty Dot Pearl Moth ❓

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The horse leech (Haemopis sanguisuga) is one of the UK’s largest leech species. This one was in the Cairngorms ‘Green Lochan. Check out the video where I snorkel in this murky spot:
youtu.be/oI1nVv5RG3I

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Bee-fly, Dark Edged

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A glossy black ladybird with four red symmetrical elongated marks… on a grey wood background

A green and dark red striped shiny beetle nestling in a rosemary bush

Some beetling at the allotment today. Pine Ladybird (?) and Rosemary Beetle #ukinvertebrates
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4 Comma ,6 Small tortoishell, 4 Peacock butterflies feeding on giant butterbur in reserve at Duddingston.

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A quite common predator in wet environments is the Rain beetle , Pterostichus melanarius, one of the ground beetles. It feeds on insects as well as plants but prefers slugs.
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A green veined butterfly, Gwithian Green Nature Reserve, Cornwall.
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A green veined butterfly,
Gwithian Green NR
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Wandering Glider
Looks like it's devouring an insect/spider
Gwithian Green, Cornwall

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Don't think I'll be seeing many more speckled wood butterflies this year.
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A large white butterfly feeding up.
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Another photo from a few weeks back, a speckled wood butterfly in the garden.
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A peacock butterfly having a warm up

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A gatekeeper butterfly at my local reserve, recently.

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I think that's pretty general as busy parents recuperate.
Insects collectively, are showing well in the warmer and increased sunshine.
Well, I think increased sunshine 🤔
Been an opportunity to test some new optical gear.
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Two small white butterflies after the same lavender flower.
There's plenty more within a very short hop...

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Two small white butterflies on the lavender, during a hot sunny afternoon.

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