Ringlet

[JIMCOBB49]

I saw this butterfly today,5/7/2020,which appears to be a ringlet with no rings.Am I correct?

[Padfield]

It is indeed - ab. arete. Very good find!

See:

http://www.britishbutterflyaberrations. ... berrations

(halfway down the page).

Guy

[JIMCOBB49]

Thanks Guy.Although this is not a butterfly, this fly was seen at the same time-do you know if this is mites on the fly and is this normal? Jim

[Medard]

Today at the Sweet Track 06-07-2020
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Cloudy so the winged wonders were uncooperative ,however my first Gatekeeper seen.
(Pyronia tithonus)

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Female ? Large Skipper,

Speckled Wood

a Moth for identification,

a scary looking insect perhaps someone can put a name to it,

and a Dragon, ditto..

[JIMCOBB49]

The scary looking insect is a scorpionfly.

[Allan.W.]

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.

[Medard]

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 another scorpionfly, picture showing its scorpion like tail.
Good numbers of Ringlets along the old Somerset and Dorset Railway line track.
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