Post by nomad on Jan 4, 2019 18:16:40 GMT
Just in case anyone reading my historic posts, get the impression that we have nothing left here, a few beautiful butterflies from Britain photographed in 2018. A hot summer which brought out many butterflies. Although it is fair to say when I was out, I was looking for other things, I did take notice of butterflies. I managed to see several males of Apatura iris in an Oxfordshire woodland, where I had never seen them before, but did not get very good images in the blazing sunshine, although it was fun to have a large male flickering around me in the dappled sunlight, they are inquisitive beauties. Names and notes at top of the images.
One of the first butterflies I photographed was Aglais io Linnaeus, 1758 feeding on Sallow, enjoying the spring sunshine fresh from hibernation in a Wiltshire Woodland, April.
Cupido minimus Fuessly, 1775.
Britain's smallest butterfly, this one was photographed on a large expanse of Chalk downland in Hampshire in June. Showing the underside.
Limenitis camilla Linnaeus, 1764.
Usually seen skimming through woodlands, stopping now and again to feed at bramble flowers, this female was looking for a mineral feed on a hot day in June, Oxfordshire.
Argynnis aglaja Linnaeus, 1758.
Our most widespread large fritiillary. These females were photographed on a large area of dune slacks (damp hollows in old dunes) feeding on knapweed in south Wales, July.
Apatura iris Linnaeus, 1758.
Always a joy to see, a male found in an Oxfordshire woodland July.
Polyommatus coridon Poda, 1761.
A beautiful blue, males photographed in a Portland Quarry, Dorset in July.
Hipparchia semele Linnaeus, 1758.
Two individuals photographed in a Portland limestone Quarry.
Hipparchia semele Linnaeus, 1758.
Photographed on a Berkshire heathland in August, showing its cryptic camouflage to good effect.
Another lovely blue, the males of Polyommatus bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 basking in the morning sunlight on the North Downs in Surrey.
Polygonia c-album Linnaeus, 1758.
One of my last butterflies of 2018, photographed in a Wiltshire woodland in October. Adults will hibernate through the winter.
Lycaena phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761.
This individual is ab. caeruleopunctata with hindwing blue spots, it is just as frequent as the typical butterfly. Grassland in a Wilts woodland, October.
One of the first butterflies I photographed was Aglais io Linnaeus, 1758 feeding on Sallow, enjoying the spring sunshine fresh from hibernation in a Wiltshire Woodland, April.
Cupido minimus Fuessly, 1775.
Britain's smallest butterfly, this one was photographed on a large expanse of Chalk downland in Hampshire in June. Showing the underside.
Limenitis camilla Linnaeus, 1764.
Usually seen skimming through woodlands, stopping now and again to feed at bramble flowers, this female was looking for a mineral feed on a hot day in June, Oxfordshire.
Argynnis aglaja Linnaeus, 1758.
Our most widespread large fritiillary. These females were photographed on a large area of dune slacks (damp hollows in old dunes) feeding on knapweed in south Wales, July.
Apatura iris Linnaeus, 1758.
Always a joy to see, a male found in an Oxfordshire woodland July.
Polyommatus coridon Poda, 1761.
A beautiful blue, males photographed in a Portland Quarry, Dorset in July.
Hipparchia semele Linnaeus, 1758.
Two individuals photographed in a Portland limestone Quarry.
Hipparchia semele Linnaeus, 1758.
Photographed on a Berkshire heathland in August, showing its cryptic camouflage to good effect.
Another lovely blue, the males of Polyommatus bellargus Rottemburg, 1775 basking in the morning sunlight on the North Downs in Surrey.
Polygonia c-album Linnaeus, 1758.
One of my last butterflies of 2018, photographed in a Wiltshire woodland in October. Adults will hibernate through the winter.
Lycaena phlaeas Linnaeus, 1761.
This individual is ab. caeruleopunctata with hindwing blue spots, it is just as frequent as the typical butterfly. Grassland in a Wilts woodland, October.
