Another set of great images there Gary, I particularly like your egg photos as well. Excellent stuff.

James

It's great seeing your Grayling shots, unfortunately I missed them this year, the first time for years that I've not seen them. You've just made up for that.

Hi Dave, great to see you made it here for this rare event. Like you I was lucky enough to see a pair of QoS's sparring, it was a fabulous sight wasn't it! Great action shot's too!!

Best wishes

James

A tremendous set of fritillary images Gary! I'm looking forward to seeing some more.

Aw schucks Rex :oops: I reckon your ending the season on a high is good karma for the time missed earlier in the season :D Good to see things are back on track :D Have a goodun Wurzel Cheers Wurzel, I had a pretty good year and didn't miss much. My only real disappointments were missing the Dukes a...

Tidemills is weirdly bereft of life at the moment, as you say not even a Clouded Yellow there. It's been like this for weeks, now yet there are Clouded Yellows not much further inland and now QOS. It's almost as if migrants are avoiding the costal sites! Perhaps they've all heard about the 'mysterio...

There was a particularly fresh-looking Chalkhill female...

Wow Chalkhill's are all but finished around here Dave. There are a few very geriatric ones still flying but I've not seen any as fresh as that!

Great shot of the Hummer mike, they are really tricky to photograph! Lovely part of the UK that, I lived near there for a few years - many years ago.

Very interesting aberrant Rex, one could even suggest that it is even rarer than a QoS on British soil :shock: Or is that just the green eyed monster venting :wink: :lol: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Have a goodun Wurzel I've just been to the world of Wurzel! Brilliant, I hope to do something similar one da...

It's a VERY rare combination of an aberration (ab. krodeli) and a "mixed gynandromorph" (see http://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=17) - "The extent to which a gynandromorph exhibits aspects of each sex is dependent on the point at which the abnormality occurs. If late in the develo...

Could that Adonis ab be a partial gynandromoph? The thought had crossed my mind, but I have no idea if it's possible to get partial gynandromorphism? There are various terms for partial gynandromorphism, 'moziac gynandromorphism' being one that springs to mind. A complete bilateral gynandromorph is...

Could that Adonis ab be a partial gynandromoph? The thought had crossed my mind, but I have no idea if it's possible to get partial gynandromorphism? ...To my bewilderment my new companion took a couple of record shots and left...how very bizarre :? If it wasn't for running out of liquids I might s...

Fantastic set of shots Rex, especially the glowing Adonis, they pop out of the screen :D I think I'm looking forward to your QoS shot...at least I think so :wink: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :lol: Have a goodun Wurzel Many thanks Wurzel, Well it was practically on my doorstep, be rude not too - seeing as t...

Glad you made it down here for the QOS Paul, did you walk all the way from Newhaven station and back! It's good you made the journey today, it's going to tip it down tomorrow.

Lovely Adonis James, your Dragon fly looks quite evil, cracking shot though :D Goldie :D Thank you Goldie, :D I think most day flying insects would agree with you, but I love dragonflies, in fact I like most wildlife except for mosquitoes and ticks. I wish the Dragonflies would eat most of those! B...

I'd recognise that face anywhere!

Cracking set of Wood Whites Rex :D :mrgreen: I missed them this year, twice :( which site did you visit for them if you don't mind me asking? Have a goodun Wurzel Thank you Wurzel :D Hopefully you'll catch up with them next year. We saw the Wood Whites at Chiddingfold Forest Just inside Surrey. PM ...

David M wrote:That's an unusually marked Wood White, James. Very smudgy black markings on the hindwing.

Hi David, I think it might have happened when I reduced the image size, on the full Rez images you can see all of the scales. But you're right it does look a bit smudged!

Best wishes

James

Katrina wrote:Thanks, Brex, but what do you make of the strange eggs on the previous posting?

I'm not sure, my guess is they are probably moth cats. I suppose they could be sawfly larvae but I don't really know anything about them.

Wonderful Wood Whites. On the 7th of August I joined Badgerbob on a trip out west with the intention of looking for Brown Hairstreaks. It soon became obvious that the weather was not on our side, it was very overcast with occasional light rain - not good weather for Hairstreak hunting! Thinking on ...