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'Threesome'
Common Blues mating, Polyommatus icarus plus another male |
On Sunday I visited Cissbury Ring and I photographed a large
number of summer butterfly species, including Painted Lady, Dark Green Fritillary and Wall. There were
also Whites, probably Green-veined and a Red Admiral. Plenty of Chalkhill Blues were flying. Several species had Red Mites (Trombidium breei) attached to them.
At home I finally found the munching
caterpillar that has been decimating a mint plant on the balcony. It is an
Angle Shades larva and is most welcome to its chosen foodplant. We will follow
its progress with interest.
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| Chalkhill Blue, Lysandra coridon |
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| Chalkhill Blues mating, Lysandra coridon |
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| female Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| male Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| male Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Common Carpet, Epirrhoe alternata |
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| Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja |
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| Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola with Red Mite, Trombidium breei |
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| Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus |
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| grasshopper |
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| Marbled White, Melanargia galathea with Red Mite, Trombidium breei |
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| Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Pearl Veneer, Agriphila straminella |
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| Red Bartsia, Odontites vernus |
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| Six-Spot Burnet, Zygaena filipendulae |
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
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| Small Skipper, Thymelicus sylvestris |
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| Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae |
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| male Wall, Lasiommata megera |
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| male Wall, Lasiommata megera |
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| Wild Marjoram, Origanum vulgare |
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| Angle Shades larva on mint, Phlogophora meticulosa |
It should turn into this moth:
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Angle Shades, Phlogophora meticulosa
(October 11, 2013) |
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