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| Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas |
I have spent more time than I usually do in the hunt for the blue October butterfly, the Long-tailed Blue. On Monday I decided to join the hordes at the Seaford bank site. The perilous climb was rewarded with two worn male LTBs fighting, one of which landed a number of times on a bed of dead pea plant. We also saw a pair of Clouded Yellows fighting on the slope. I then checked out the Tide Mills without luck, but was instead delighted to find a Small Copper laying on a bank and managed to get some egg shots. A Red Admiral larva on stinging nettles completed an enjoyable day.
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| start of a wonderful day |
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| fiesty male Long-tailed Blue, Lampides boeticus |
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| the view |
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| the bank |
Tide Mills:
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| Common Lizard, Zootoca vivipara |
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| Dock Bug, Coreus marginatus |
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| Everlasting Pea, Lathyrus latifolius |
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| Rosa acicularis, rosehip |
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| Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
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| Small Copper, Lycaena phlaeas laying egg |
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| Small Copper with egg |
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| the egg |
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| egg blow-up |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, larva |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, larva |
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