More Heaths Frits and a Purple Hairstreak.. a suprising day!

[steveh]

I decided to take the afternoon off and visit Blean wood!

I have previously posted a few shots of Heath Frits and apolgise for doing so again but there was sexual mayhem amongst them today!

I will show with some photos I took....also can anyone identify a caterpillar in the photos to follow?

First a single heath...



Then a mating pair...



Then more action!....


Then an orgy took place!!...





Then spotted a Burnet Moth


My first Marbled White of the year


A Caterpillar that needs identification Please?


I was personally amazed at the amount of Heath's I saw today..possibly 300 plus ..to me at the time there was no way these could be so rare..if not could it be global warming thats helping them out?..
Whatever..they were REALLY trying their best to populate!

Anyway to finish my afternoon on the way out the woods I dropped my lens cap..bent down to pick it up and saw this little curled up thing waiting for its wings to dry out!
I would never have noticed it otherwise and along with the Heaths Frits I have never ever seen one of these! I was chuffed to by chance discover it..as there is not that many oaks in Blean woods..mainly chestnut trees.


My happiest spotting day yet..
Kind regards
Steve

[Dave McCormick]

Great pics! Love the "orgy" very nice. Nice what you see when your not looking, from tose bottom pics.

[Marc Heath]

Nice shots, I too have spent many an hour in East Blean Wood this year getting hundreds of photos, still waiting for my first White Admiral of the year in there though. Are you local to the area. I live in Broomfield, just a stones throw away from EBW.

Marc Heath