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Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
On Thursday under a blue sky I did my Mill Hill butterfly
transect with the following result: Brimstone 1, Dingy Skipper 11, Grizzled
skipper 5, Large White 2, Orange-tip 1, Small Heath 2, small Tortoiseshell 1. There was plenty of Horseshoe Vetch in flower
for the blue butterflies to lay their eggs on when they emerge. I spent some
time with the first Small Heath I have seen this season trying to get open wing shots.
All photos taken with Nikon D90, 180mm
Sigma macro lens unless stated
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Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni on Cowslip, Primula veris |
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Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
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Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNH_acIg4H7KDUqhE_pgu7MpRZalFkiu0_9Bp-NNzYag1FupXYcBuGc9W95-dR54NpoyXD4-32mpC1WAqk_4xG2nTSfGD3aVvmOs8GmsE5EHJt4nTdXjpjdtXugjvg3wQ-HkcyskiKYM4-/s320/Grizzled+Skipper,+Pyrgus+malvae+1303.jpg) |
Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQrhzaL3FCK9_WXayw1lftXdlyuOYETZBxNZnHOP4bBcjvK_eHc7XbW5JBL_ltG2GUAHpQuCDCIVcKnGdx1vxUhoZlr9BBa05sjwZyRXBTpq9tOsYfIbI1CQBYMEygJFXg2VpS6AKqQHN/s320/Horseshoe+Vetch,+Hippocrepis+comosa+1853.jpg) |
Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa |
views from Mill Hill (Canon G9)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOKit0SMiEAsP382QcutB6fzDjEa3_tS4jz4djdBroAiKfhkdImC60Ny2UN7zQPFJT7_qeMOv9wEBDZ1X-Ti9dWqtga8yCcMeJL7-xM2Q_mC95_G4wiD9YeVGCWAFncXJ42xg9-asdGukL/s320/Small+Heath,+Coenonympha+pamphilus+on+Thistle+1648.jpg) |
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus on Thistle |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR2Y1CgX_H5kTWms0KbF2Teb5UzYvSox_YeZNrjt05dKLHKwoXzc0j4t3LY52xgbcSMrRb6RSk_7_it8dO-F04Ku6NTA52VaOnf2iBtE3xJyfCGYMFHPTX3RDYmZ9WN8K0GQ8_MbY-FRPT/s320/Small+Heath,+Coenonympha+pamphilus+in+flight+0620.jpg) |
my best open wing shot of the Small Heath, which never fully opens its wings when settled. |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXSyfrmH4t8Ms-KRLd1_7c7XO_KXOgJJQlshvxEERtk-K1rjYu3IFUS6n9Jx3gnP8QpgZAUcdpX-E9B85D3r_UGeyq-fcZvHqQJS4gyE5Z4A055LcIksG9Y9rfSpGAn9lcA5OZm1XUNrmx/s320/Small+Heath,+Coenonympha+pamphilus,+open+wing++0744.jpg) |
Small Heath with partially open wings |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9D37xY9sWJd5fcPeNrtKzArnQxT63FHahOHprhcdsqFKaUS6d8AsoqqBaSI632GvoWFhWVVHh6OStT-rcJM62Hji7w_W5Ax63-ymtwkjolJHbzy6lnZt35YagGGREGAJlNweFchVyjP0V/s320/beetle+noid+0544.jpg) |
Hydrothassa glabra |
Thanks to Mark Colvin for the id for this beetle.
"It is associated with the flowers of buttercups and the larvae feed on the petals".
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