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...

Hello Pauline , I think your moth is a treble -bar ,but could be Lesser Treble-bar ...............very difficult to seperate ! Some great stuff of late particularly the early stage HBHM ,s and the Brown Hairstreaks .............we have got them back in North -West Kent area ..........but a bit awkwa...

Bad luck Goldie ! ....................win some ,lose some . Sounds like you were definately in the right area ,was there any sign of others having looked for Long -Tails (ie;trampling ) ? must admit its a bit of a stomp up the hill ,my missus struggles with it ,so we generally take the longer (but e...

Hello Matsukaze ,
Yes they are (abberant ) thats actually what drew me to it ..........it seemed to flash pale wings as it flew ,and its forewings have double pupilled spots and a pale colour as in AB; Semi-intermedia. .....................It was very striking !
Regards Allan.W.

A few more bits and pieces from this weekends trips out . At Temple Ewell I had a good look around for Silver -Spots ,but they seem to have had a pretty poor season and i only managed to find very few ,most were well past their sell by date .........but there were a couple in reasonable nick. P12206...

Hello Goldie , I did see Silver Spots at Temple Ewell a couple of days back ,i reckon around 8-9 of which only 2 could be described as "fresh " the others ,tatty ! As i said in an earlier post to you Cloudies are very thin on the ground (as are Painted Ladies ) this season i,ve done Dungen...

Set off early this morning ,to look for Wartbiter Cricket at Lydden /Temple Ewell ,they were re-introduced a few years back after disappearing in the late 70,s( I Think !) they,re little devils to locate and as yet i,ve still to find one ! Came in at the Temple Ewell end with the idea to wander down...

Thankyou Pauline and Dave .............. I have had a bit of luck of late..................I never go anywhere without my trusty "Pentax Papillios " Regards Allan.W.

Yes Dave and Dave ,the Dungeness Coppers are tough little chaps ,and i,m surprised that they are around in such numbers after last seasons crash.................Great to see them ! Haven,t seen anything of Hoggers now for about 3 years .I generally used to bump into him somewhere around ,but no .......