Could it be Conocybe moseri ?

Misha

In that case I apologise. I thought I was looking at you pics. Just seen your latest post. Yep, that's the one.

Misha

A pedant writes: not only is the white rump a defining character, it is also the reason for the bird's name, which comes from the Old English hwit ears =white arse. The old pronunciation has been passed on orally almost unchanged, except for the loss of the s. The modern spelling is an example of fo...

Hi Vic.

Sorry to be a pain. I've just looked at some of your images, and would like to point out that your Brown Argus and orange flower shot is of a female Common Blue and orange flower!

Misha

Perhaps the Greenland race of the Wheatear, which are larger.

Misha

I think Dave has it right: a White Ermine, with the reddish line down the middle of the back.

Misha

I agree with Pete's suggestions. At least, the first two are definitely right. The white specks on the caterpillar may be eggs of a parasitic fly. I have often seen eggs like this on Mullein moth larvae.

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Quite right Guy. I was too hasty, and over influenced by the slightly concave line of the forewing leading edge.

Misha

I think the skippers are all Grizzled (Pyrgus malvae), the second on Horseshoe Vetch. The Brimstones are G.rhamni. The erebias are Spring Ringlet E.epistygne.

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1. Common Lutestring
2. Rosy Rustic
3. Small Phoenix

Number 4 is too worn for me and I don't know the micro.

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I seem to remember some years ago Nikon produced a macro zoom lens. I think it was 70-180mm. Of course you can end up with a macro zoom if you fit a high quality close-up lens, such as the Canon 500D (not to be confused with the camera of the same name) to a tele zoom of say 70-300mm focal length. I...

It's a nymph of the Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina.

Misha

If not bellargus then I think it has to be icarus. The basal spot on the forewing underside rules out so many species.

Misha

1. Holly Blue
2. Geranium Argus
3. ?Frigga's Fritillary
4. ?ditto
5. Pearl-bordered Frit.

I don't suppose you have undersides of the frits?

Misha

The first is certainly melanops but I think the second is possibly a worn bellargus.

Misha

You're right about the moth and Meadow Brown, but the white is a Green-veined W.

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Tis a Purple Bar.

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Great find and excellent pics. Well done!

Misha

Large Blue female. On your Flickr site you have a pic. of this butterfly ovipositing on the Marjoram.

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I think you're right to suspect f. isias of amanda. Looks very like it, but await verdict of one of our Finnish experts.

Misha