Thank you, David! Internet time is very limited at the moment so I didn't get to look them up properly - I will ave to do that when we get back home.
August 4th; back to Denmark
Today's offering is a Queen of Spain fritillary which was in our daughter's garden on Friday; not a perfect specimen but so very joyful looking.
Two days ago (2nd August) the buddleia bush in the garden was absolutely humming with activity - I have never seen so many butterflies at at once. There must have been over 50 Peacocks, which were by far in the majority, followed by Red Admirals, Painted Ladies and a scattering of Small Torts. A few Silver Y moths were also nectaring on the bush. There was a couple of Brimstones and just a few whites - most of which, together with two or three Maps and a Holly Blue, preferred the marjoram and oregano growing in the border.
Suddenly for no apparent reason, a cloud of butterflies rose from the bush and circled round, most coming back in to land again.
Next day was more overcast and only a few butterflies remained on the bush, while many butterflies hunkered down in the grass, virtually invisible, to wait for the sun to come out again. Just walking across the lawn raised a dozen or more.
A large Longhorn beetle wandered across the lawn and out on the roadside I captured a grasshopper
The weather seems to be deteriorating now with thunderstorms promised, and sadly we leave for home tomorrow, where reports of flooding and constant rain suggest that our own buddleia bush may not have enjoyed quite the same attention from the 'sommerfugle'.