Katrina

[Katrina]

Bonus photo!

[millerd]

Very nice bonus,Katrina! At least you had some sun...

Dave

[trevor]

I was in Abbots Wood yesterday, early am. Probably went home before you arrived.
The lack of Sun does have it's compensations with nice relaxed Pearls.
Lovely shots, as always. mrgreen for the one on a Bluebell .

Trevor.

[Katrina]

Sorry to have missed you Trevor.
I must admit I was wondering is I would see any with the cloud but it all worked out ok.

[David M]

Beautiful, Katrina. Probably better to go and look for these in less than ideal conditions and you've captured some nice poses there.

[Katrina]

I spent the afternoon and evening out looks for Small Pearl-Bordered Fritillaries. Also seen were Speckled Woods, Small Heaths , one Common Blue , one Green Hairstreak, one Red Admiral, one Small Copper and some Brimstones.
It is always a pleasure to meet new butterfly enthusiasts and it was particularly good to see a young 4 year old enthusiast enjoying the butterflies with his family. Also good to meet Nick from Manchester who was particularly good at spotting roosting Pearls. Later also good to catch up with Trevor and Andrew.
Does anyone know what the moth is?

[Pauline]

Lovely images of the Pearls Katrina - not sure how I missed that Clouded Yellow egg but great find too

[Katrina]

Thanks Pauline, the clouded yellow egg last year I have to thank Bugboy for finding

[Allan.W.]

Hello Katrina ,
Think your moth is a Beautiful Hook tip (Laspeyria Flexula ) Regards Allan.W.

[Katrina]

Thanks For the ID Allan, and what a nice name for the moth. I like the way it is covering its eyes

[meiga]

Hi Katrina, Allan

Your moth is a Scalloped Hook-tip

Cheers

Maurice

[Allan.W.]

Looking again Katrina , I reckon Maurice is right ! Regards Allan.W.

[Katrina]

Thanks Maurice and Allan .Good to know.

[Wurzel]

A great sequence of shots Katrina seeing those three individuals made me appreciate the subtle variation in the black spots near the hind wing margin -something I'd not noticed before

Have a goodun

Wurzel

[David M]

Lovely images, Katrina. You've done superbly with both Pearl AND Small Pearl Bordered Fritillaries this spring.

[Katrina]

Thanks Wurzel and David. I had a lot of help finding them from Nick, Andrew and Trevor.

[millerd]

Beautiful shots of those Fritillaries, Katrina. I must try an early evening visit when the weather improves later in the week. I had too leave a bit too early on Thursday.

Cheers,

Dave

[trevor]

Some enviable shots there, Katrina. Many thanks for spotting the final two SPBF last evening.

Great to meet you again,
Trevor.

[Katrina]

I went to Kithurst early this morning. I found 9 roosting Small Blues as well as Common Blues, one Brown Argus and one Small Copper.
This evening I went to Rowland Wood / Park Corner Heath for one hour and in windy conditions found 2 SPBF

[Katrina]

At a 30 min stop off at Roedean Bee Bank this evening I found 6 roosting or near roosting Small Blues. I didn't have time to check the whole site . Also found was one Common Blue.