Saturday 11 June 2016

Pearl-bordered Fritillaries and Grizzled Skippers

Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne
This is a catch-up post from last month. On June 12th I did my butterfly transect at Mill Hill and saw a Large Red Damselfly, an Emperor moth and mating Grizzled Skippers. I then met Mark Colvin at Rewell Wood where we found Pearl-bordered Fritillaries. We thought a Bee Fly was scattering eggs by a tree stump.
Mill Hill:
Common Green Lacewing, Chrysoperla carnea
Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages
Dingy Skipper
Emperor ♀, Saturnia pavonia
Green Hairstreak, Callophrys rubi
Green Hairstreak
Grizzled Skipper, Pyrgus malvae
Grizzled Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
Grizzled Skipper
mating Grizzled Skippers
mating Grizzled Skippers
mating Grizzled Skippers
mating Grizzled Skippers
Grizzled Skippers after mating ends


Large Red Damselfly ♀, Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
Rewell Wood:
Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major
scattering eggs
Green Tiger Beetle, Cicindela campestris
Orange-tip, Anthocharis cardamines nectaring on Bugle
Orange-tip
Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne
Pearl-bordered Fritillary


Scorpion fly ♂, Panorpa species
Scorpion wasp ♀, Diphyus quadripunctorius
Treble-bar, Aplocera plagiata

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