Thats a wierd looking Brown Arg Dave ..............with the bright blue body .........at a quick glance ,i thought it was a "Brown " female Common Blue ..................but the body shape and length is a bit of a giveaway ! very unusual ! I know i,ve already commented on your Gynandrous C...

Yes ,as you say Bugboy reasonable numbers were noted in Kent earlier on ,and like yourself i was lucky enough to see probably around three at the well publicised spot near the Dover Patrol monument at St. Margarets. I know that a freshly emerged female was released there later on reared from a larva...

A Swallowtail was photographed in Walmer Castle (kitchen garden ) Kent, a few days ago . Allan.W.

Hello David , You say its not possible David .......but it does occur ie; AB;Polonus a naturally occuring hybrid between two closely related species also in our photo library there are several mating (cross matings ) i do agree its very unlikely ...........but for maybe not impossible. Regards Allan...

Reading your last post Neil ,reminded me of a similar situation a few years back ,we were over Worthing way and i said to my wife that as we were close by i,d like to pay my respects to those two great country writers .Not knowing the area and having not done our homework we drove around ..............

Hello Neil , Just out of interest Neil ,are you getting any Box tree moth in your trap ? A couple of nights back i had close on a hundred overnight including a few Dark morph individuals ............my poor old neighbours Box hedge has been completely stripped as has another neighbours just up the r...

Fridays has now become my Butterflying Day ,and i try to fit in as much as possible on these days .I headed out quite early to drive to St .Margarets (Kent ) this morning ,and then walk down to Kingsdown Leas ,in all i managed 14 species including a fresh Painted Lady ,several Small Coppers ,a male ...

Had an early morning trip to Kingsdown Leas (Kent ). Having seen a couple of entries on line showing a couple of well worn males at the Leas ,and with a bit of time on my hands i decided to go and look for myself . I parked by the Dover patrol monument and started hiking towards Kingsdown Leas ,plen...

Theres something very odd about that Comma David .The tips of the forewing show a very whitish patch ,for me very reminiscent of Small Tort and the inner section of the hindwings also very ST like with the darkened inner section (closest to the body) . As we know hybrids do occur ie; Adonis x Chalkh...

Apologies Aeshna for spelling your pen name incorrectly ..............I spelt it with a C .........i should know better !
Regards Allan.W. Thanks again for your thoughts !

Things are beginning to look very Autumnal around my local patch .Rides full to brimming with Devils bit Scabious (including a few pure White ones !) a fair number of Comma ,Red Admiral ,Small and Green-veined Whites ...........Meadow Browns all but finished and the odd Gatekeeper and Silver -Wash ....

Many thanks for your thoughts Aeschna 5 and Bugboy ,and thanks for looking ! I,m leaning towards Slender myself ,and as you,ve suggested Bugboy ,head shape and central leg shape are the main pointers ,and from what i can make out from the poor photo attached .........looks good for Slender ............

Some superb Brown Hairstreak shots there Dave .............nicely captured ! I really must try harder for them next season !
Love the pale winged Copper also ,funnily enough i found one (actually 2 !) almost identical to your one this year at Dungeness .........Nice one !
Regards Allan.W.

Good work with the Brown Hairstreaks David........well captured ,definately on my "must see again " list (its been a while !) for next season. nice one ! Allan.W.

I wonder if anyone out there "does " Grasshoppers ? butterflying was a bit slow on my local patch ,and i,d noticed as i walked about i was disturbing numerous Grasshoppers . Its a pretty good spot for them in this particular section of the wood ,and its an excellent spot for the scarce Woo...

Keep going Goldie !..................I reckon you,ll crack it soon with a Cloudie or two ...............you,re in a Good area !
Your Dragonfly is a male Migrant Hawker .
Allan.W.

Thankyou ! I,ll take that as a compliment Paul :) ! Good to meet you as well ..............you were a fair way from home ! shame you never found your Cloudie (although i see you did pretty well at Cliffe !) the section where you were searching in Orlestone can be good for Small Coppers and Common Bl...

just read Davids (M) comment on his page regarding Brown Hairstreaks in Kent .There are a few spots in the far NW Kent around the Bromley area and more are being reported and they do seem to be spreading out eastwards .A bit difficult to pinpoint these spots at present but things definately seem &qu...

Eyes Peeled Goldie ! Cloudies now turning up in various parts of Kent . 1or2 in Orlestone (Faggs wood ) up to 10 reported from New Downs ,Sandwich bay and also on isle of Grain and Oare Marshes ( I think ?) ..................your best bet ,the lower path ,below the sea wall heading towards Birchingt...

After stumbllng across a "blind " Small Heath (AB;Caeca ?) recently i decided to spend a while looking through the Small Heaths in my local patch (Orlestone forest ,Kent ) and i was surprised at the amount of variation amongst them ,never really bothered much before . P1370496.JPG P1370508...