Butterflies

First of the year for us, hope to get better shots soon, always love seeing these especially since we had such a wet winter.

Small white with pupa from under our eve, while only a few feet away from the previous photo, they had been predated by some wasp this one emerged this year fine. I still have two that have not done anything that I know of.

Don't get excited this lovely lady visited me last September, after me looking everywhere for one it showed up on my patio/balcony! Happy Valentine's Day to all you Ipernites <3

Hesperia comma

From the downs near Lewes last August. Of course the first few fresh Common Blues I ever saw here in the UK were Adonis too, so bright they must be right?, but man oh man these guys are super bright blue, lovely creatures.

Two years ago, once I finally knew how to find these lovely butterflies, we saw thousands of them all over the place in Hastings, last year with all the wet weather not so many. This year there has been a lot more, but this is the best shot I have managed. They spend their time in Oak trees near the tops, where if you stand still and watch you see them flitting about. This is a long shot up, and cropped but there it is...lol

This was a nice surprise, there is a small area (very urban), a cut through really across from a Tesco Express and its always a great butterfly area, but I never would have guessed we'd find this Silver Washed Fritillary there.

This was a nice surprise, there is a small area (very urban), a cut through really across from a Tesco Express and its always a great butterfly area, but I never would have guessed we'd find this Silver Washed Fritillary there.

Chalkhill Blue butterflies wrangle each other for a good spot on the poo, who said dog poo was useless?