Chalkhill Blue Male Friston

Friston Forest

Folder: Nature Spaces
Between Eastbourne and Seaford, magical place for butterflies and downs species.
Chalkhill Blue Male

Chalkhill Blue Male

28 Jul 2011 88
Small Blue

Small Blue

28 Jul 2011 58
Roosting Time

Roosting Time

28 Jul 2011 93
Literally 10's of thousands of Chalkhills at this site in Friston Forest. Its absolutely enchanting to sit and just watch them all. Everywhere you looked in the grass there were thousands.
Chalkhills on Poo

Chalkhills on Poo

28 Jul 2011 70
I know they get some nutrients from this, bit distasteful but hey at least its a good use for all that dog poo. Oddly I only ever saw males doing this.
Chalkhill Blue Male

Chalkhill Blue Male

28 Jul 2011 66
Small Heath

Small Heath

31 Jul 2011 53
A bit damp.
Bladder Campion

Bladder Campion

31 Jul 2011 70
Small Scabious

Small Scabious

31 Jul 2011 55
Clustered Bellflower

Clustered Bellflower

31 Jul 2011 68
Do the Dew

Do the Dew

31 Jul 2011 72
Spanish Catchfly

Spanish Catchfly

28 Jul 2011 65
Red Bartsia

Red Bartsia

28 Jul 2011 67
Wild Thyme

Wild Thyme

28 Jul 2011 63
Bloody-nosed Beetle

Bloody-nosed Beetle

31 Jul 2011 80
Big ol boy :)
Eye Bright

Eye Bright

22 Jul 2013 137
Braconid Wasp Pupae

Braconid Wasp Pupae

22 Jul 2013 1 167
These look similar to pupa I've seen on Burnet caterpillars, but not sure, maybe wasp? Thank you Rockwolf for getting me to the family of wasp!
Six-spot Burnet

Six-spot Burnet

22 Jul 2013 2 1 181
Long-legged Tabby - Synaphe punctalis

Long-legged Tabby - Synaphe punctalis

22 Jul 2013 196
116 items in total