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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus, 2 males |
Yesterday I joined Mark at Hayling Island to search for a
Long-tailed Blue photographed in a car park the previous day. Although we did
not find the butterfly, there were many others nectaring during the sunny
morning, though cloud spoiled the fun after lunch. Species seen: Clouded Yellows (2 males, 1
female), Painted Lady, Large, Small and Green-veined Whites, Holly Blues,
Common Blues, Red Admiral, Meadow Brown, Small Copper, Speckled Wood and many Gatekeepers nectaring on Sea Lavender. We then
visited Thorney Island but did not see many flowering plants and therefore few butterflies. We saw one
Clouded Yellow.
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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus, 2 males |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Clouded Yellow, Colias croceus, male |
These two males had periodic disagreements about territory, but soon got back to the business of nectaring after crossing the channel from France:
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| Cochylis molliculana |
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| Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus |
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| Holly Blue, Celastrina argiolus |
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| Honey Bee, Apis mellifera |
This bee had the most pollen I have ever seen on a bee.
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Sea Lavender, Limonium vulgare |
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| Southern Hawker, Aeshna cyanea, male |
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