Sorry no photo but saw a small, yellow butterfly today. It was the size of a common blue and the colour of a brimstone. Pretty sure it was a butterfly rather than a moth by its flight pattern. This was in a garden in Brighton.

Any ideas ?

the swallowtail i saw wasn't a million miles from there, it was at Berwick Church, near Drusillas roundabout. The one above is being reported by the sussex wildlife trust as being seen in Lewes ???

Wow !!! I did feel safe around it, i was pretty sure it wasn't a nasty as it was happily feeding on nectar and ignoring anything around it. There was a few wasps nearby happily eyeing up a nest of newly emerged flying ants

Sorry it's not a butterfly but saw this brute yesterday. I presume it's not a wasp or Hornet as it's feeding on Budleja.

Any ideas, about 3/4" long

sorry, please delete, mis-read posts

Im head gardener for the largest municiple rock garden in the UK....it's right on the A23 as you go into Brighton. This year has seen an amaizing explosion of butterflies in the garden, i'm gradually replanting the area and trying to get as many insect loving plants as possible. I also have a few dw...

Ok, so it's not a flutterby but i just love watching these critters. First Hummingbird Hawk moth of the year, filmed in Brighton yesterday

Thanks for that Guy, right next to the rudbeckia is a large drift of Monarda or sweet bergamot so maybe that's why her was there. Lovely moth though.

Saw this little critter today, looks a bit moth like sitting on a nice big Rudbeckia. It was only about 1.5-2cm

Any ideas ?

Thank you David....only just starting to learn with these guys

Just learning this so please be gentle with me. Is this a large white as i thought LW's had a spot on each wing rather than a band. http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h61/andyjevs/andyjevs017/015_zpsd8761c99.jpg This is what i thought to be a large white...or is it just sexual differences http://i61....

David M wrote:A Wall Brown is a good spot away from coastal regions. Where did you see it?

it was about 10 miles north of eastbourne. There was a few of them darting around.

A few of these zooming about. I had a look and to me, it looked like a male Wall. Sorry about the phot quality

Andy

Thank you. Didn't quite realise the signifigance of the sighting. Ive now reported it to the Sussex branch of the butterfly conservation society. That aside, the place was also full of large whites, meadow browns, peacocks, red admirals and a few other non identified species....along with quite a fe...

Hi, joined your forum after seeing a swallowtail yesterday (see the "sightings" section). Im a head gardener for a large, municiple rock garden in Brighton and as my manager is butterfly mad, we're gradually creating areas for all types of wildlife...frogs, toads and newts, aquatic insects...

Im not huge on butterflies but im trying to learn more. However i was sitting in a churchyard fairly close to Eastbourne yesterday and this little beauty fluttered in. ironically, i'd only just bought a decent DSLR camera the day before but i didn't take it with me. So managed to get this rather blu...