Yesterday’s highlights on the Cold’Agnel.
Momtain fritillary, Male and female both in good nick, a rather worn Male Cynthia's Fritillary, and an assortment of Erebias that I shall need help with at a later date, cold at the moment hoping for sun to get some action 10.37.

This morning at the Col de l'Izoard I had an unexpected surprise, a newly emerged Alpine Grayling, never though I would ever see this species, very excitingly, compensation for a difficult drive to the summit, it happily posed for the camera, if only they were so obliging. I would send the pic but a...

Hi David, I am am one of the camping car enthusiasts clogging up the Roads of France along with the good people of France who yesterday decide to leave lockdown en masse and escape to the hills, god bless em.
wish me luck.

Unusual Aberration My Cousin sent me this photo taken yesterday 17-07-2020 at Alners Gorse ,Dorset.Its little unusual don't you think ?
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Hi Bugboy I had captioned the four skippers as Essex ,so I did get that right, initially I thought the first photo was also an Essex Skipper but the Brown antenna had me confused.
Thanks for your input, It's a big learning curve, you fellows are so helpful.

But the golden apex to the forewing suggests acteon ... Are there any upperside shots at all - even bad ones? Thanks for the comments, regrettable the above 24-06-2017 is the only picture I have. The four photos below were taken at the same location on the 22-06-2017 https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio...

Another Skipper for identification please, this one has me confused as it has brown antenna tips, photo taken near Revest-de-Brion, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. 24-06-2017

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Thanks Guy , you have made my day.

Purple Hairstreaks at Alners Gorse, Dorset, thank you  to the visitor from Martock,Somerset who pointed them out to me.
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Third time lucky ? Small Skipper or Essex ? The Sweet Track this morning 12-07-2020
First and second picture shows the same specimen, the third probably the same seen an hour twenty minutes later at the same location.
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by JIMCOBB49 » Mon Jul 06, 2020 6:31 pm The scary looking insect is a scorpionfly. Hello James ,Your Dragonfly is a Southern Hawker ,and your moth Marbled White spot (rather worn !) protedeltote Pygarga. (happy to be corrected !) Regards Allan.W. Thank you both for your input. I managed to find ano...

Today at the Sweet Track 06-07-2020 https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/ Cloudy so the winged wonders were uncooperative ,however my first Gatekeeper seen. (Pyronia tithonus) SEP_9079 3x2.jpg , Female ? Large Skipper, SEP_9110 3x2.jpg Speckled Wood SEP_9156 6x4.jpg a Moth for identification, SEP_918...

Beautiful photos. The Migrant Hawker photo is in fact a Southern Hawker dragonfly Aeshna cyanea as you can see the two coloured bands across segments 9 and 10 (Migrant has paired dots). Thanks for the correction, Not doing so well on my ID skills, oh well must now visit speck savers now lockdown ha...

Thankyou both for your ID, nice to have the backup.

The morning was over cast showing no promise for butterflies, however the afternoon brightened up and gave me an interesting afternoons visit. https://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/ A beautiful newly emerged Female ? White Admiral SEP_8631 3x2.jpg Two male Commas battling Migrant Hawker recently emerg...

Photo seems to show the remains of a caterpillar, at a guess it looks like a Peacock,what do you think ?
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Please help, seen today 03-07-2020 at the old railway track, Shapwick Moor NNR, Somerset.

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My first encounter with the Geranium Bronze (Cacyreus marshalli) in the grounds of the Abbaye de Maillezais - Vendee
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Alner Gorse ,Dorset, 24-06-2020 Can someone please ID the Skippers, Small or Essex ? SEP_8080_01 3x2 Skipper.jpg SEP_8081_01 3x2 Essex skipper .jpg SEP_8273 3x2.jpg SEP_8270 3x2.jpg SEP_8124 3x2.jpg My visit yesterday to Alners gorse Dorset was in search for the elusive White-letter Hairstreak and P...

By the way, your "Small" White is a Green-veined (check the triangular wing edge marks)
All the best!

Thanks Pete, somehow i didn't think of the possibility of a second generation, I find Whites very confusing.live and learn.
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