Friday 11 May 2012

Adonis returns

Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus, male
This morning there were signs of good weather so I headed to Mill Hill to do my butterfly transect. The Adonis Blue made his appearance for the first time this year. I also saw a Green Hairstreak, Peacocks, Small Whites and Small Coppers mating, Dingy Skippers all over the bottom of the hill, a male Brimstone, Small Heaths. A flight of four Peacocks few past me as I ate my sandwhich, I assume these were three males pursuing a female. The Dingy Skippers were busy chasing any butterfly that flew near their territory, including Peacocks many times their size. The brown female brown adder was basking in her usual place by the bonfire site at the south end of the hill.
Adder, Vipera berus
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus, male
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus, male
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus, male
Adonis Blue, Lysandra bellargus, male
Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages
Hawthorn, flowers Crataegus monogyna

Mill Hill
Mill Hill

Pill Woodlouse, Armadillidium vulgare
Scorpion fly, Panorpa communis
Small Coppers, Lycaena phlaeas, courting
Small Coppers, Lycaena phlaeas, mating
Small Coppers, Lycaena phlaeas, mating
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
Small Whites, Pieris rapae, mating
Small Whites, Pieris rapae, mating

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