Orange-tip ovum, unusually on the top edge of a garlic Mustard leaf.

Hi Goldie,

thank you for the kind comments again, appreciated. Glad you liked the pictures.

I hope your eye is still on its way to making a full recovery.

All the best, Nick.

Mike, you say Pauline's last photo of the Wood White is up to standard, but half the photograph [wings] is out of focus. So are you saying this is standard for Pauline's photography, or the standard set by members of this forum. I think you are wrong on both accounts, as the standard of photography ...

A walk in Chiddingfold Wood on Sat., 25th April produced very little in the way of butterflies. With a dozen or more Brimstone, a handful of Peacock, the odd Small Tortoiseshell and a few Large and Small Whites. No wood Whites were flying and, to my surprise not a single Comma. On the same walk, in ...

Hi Vince and Goldie,

thank you for your kind comments. Appreciated as always.

All the best, Nick.

Hi Goldie,

nice to see you get your first Orange-tip, and a lovely photo as well.

I hope everything is well with your eye, that the operation was a success, and that you can soon loose the eye-patch.

All the best, Nick.

Hi Chris,

i would say your larva is a 1st instar Provence Orange-tip, that is very close to it's first moult. I went on a hunch, because the caterpillar looks like a late 1st instar Orange-tip larva and found a picture very similar to your photo on Google.

All the best, Nick.

19th April Here are some more photos from last weekend. IMG_6536.JPG There is a fence between me and the subject and, couldn't get any distance from the butterfly to get a decent photo. IMG_6819.JPG Went back a few days later to obtain this photo, as i couldn't get a photo on the day. IMG_6618.JPG M...

Well done Bob, i hope this time you manage to capture on film the different changes of the Wall pupa to the end. You deserve it.

All the best Nick.

Well done Buggy, i'm really pleased for you, that you have achieved your goals for the trip to Denbies.

All the best Nick.

On Sunday the 19th April even though cold and overcast i went for a short walk to check on the state of the Brown Hairstreak ovum which i hope to monitor when the larva hatch. One larva had emerged, while the other ovum about 70mm below the hatched egg was still intact, even though rather ravaged by...

Fresh water Great Ramshorn Snail.

Hi Goldie and Mike,

thank you both for your kind comments, appreciated as always.

Goldie i'm sure the Orange-tips will be flying in your area soon, they emerged about one week early where i live.

All the best, Nick.

Hi Buggy,

Congratulations on finding your first White admiral 2nd instar larva, and a lovely first photo depicting the little caterpillar in it's habitat.

All the best, Nick.

Hi Buggy and Wurzel, thank you for your kind comments. Appreciated as always. The photo was taken in the garden. I was just raking the soil to get a nice even level ready for seeding, when i was evaded by three Orange-tips and got lucky. The brown background colour is the soil i had just been raking...

Hi Goldie, lovely photos of the male Holly Blue. Even though i have seen a male myself, a few days ago, the Holly Blue is quite rare where i live. So getting a photo of this beautiful insect will prove rather difficult. So well done, and thank you for sharing your good fortune with us. All the best,...

Took today off work to finish landscaping my garden, which i have, at last. Butterflies seen in my garden whilst working, 8 Orange-tips, [2 females, 6 males] and 3 Large Whites males. Took a short walk to check on a couple of Brown Hairstreaks ovum that i hope to monitor when the larva have emerged....

Hi Mike,

beautiful aberration, great find, and lovely photos.

All the best, Nick.

Well done Guy. Brilliant observation.

All the best, Nick.

Hi Trevor and Wurzel,

thank you for your comments, appreciated as always.

Today i saw my 8th species of butterfly for the year, a very fresh male Holly Blue. A rarity in these parts.