Chantry Blues and Browns

Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina on Scabius

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On Friday I headed to Chantry Hill hoping to find Silver-spotted skippers. I didn't find any but there were plenty of Brown Argus at the bottom of the hill. There were two Walls on the top path. I then called in at nearby Kithurst Hill where the Chalkhill Blues are still to be seen.

Chantry Hill:

Brown Argus courting, Aricia agestis

Chalkhill Blue, female, Lysandra coridon

Cinnabar larva, Tyria jacobaeae

Common Blue, male, Polyommatus icarus

Meadow Browns mating, Maniola jurtina

Wall, Lasiommata megera

Kithurst Hill:

Chalkhill Blue, female, Lysandra coridon

Chalkhill Blue, female, Lysandra coridon

Chalkhill Blue, male, Lysandra coridon

Giant Bellflower, Campanula latifolia

Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta on Hemp Agrimony