Monday 9 May 2011

Flitting Fritillaries

A first trip to the famous Bentley Wood found the open rides awash with freshly painted Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillaries




This is the day flying moth Speckled Yellow which can be very numerous in some places of which this was one!
And another making a rather pleasing colour combination


The increasingly rare Duke of Burgandy

The underside of the Duke of Burgandy

Another day flying moth, the Burnet Companion

and another, the much less common Argent and Sable

Pearl-bordered Fritillary were fewer and already looking a little worn by comparison

Pearl-bordered Fritillary underside

Speckled Wood

Speckled Wood

This was my first "inflighter" Dragonfly, a Downy Emerald on the pond, one of several which all refused to land





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