Thanks Wurzel, Small Coppers are great, especially when they sport blue spots
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Clouded Yellows are now 'two-a-penny', but I'm glad they are
Pauline, those 'blue-spotted' thingys were seen at Ashton Rowant
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It is a brilliant site full of beautiful butterflies and should be on your agenda for next year
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Glad I was of help with your camera flash
Mike
25th August
Today we decided on a visit to Old Winchester Hill, its a great site at this time of year as you are never sure what will put in an appearance. Obviously being a very hot bank holiday weekend it was very busy and we took the last space in the car park. As we started out along the track we saw our first Clouded Yellow, which hurtled along at the speed of light before flying down the hillside and disappearing out of view. This was a similar story for all six of the CY's that we saw today, which is why no CY photos will appear in this entry
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The species that we had really come hoping to see were the Silver-spotted Skippers, having been too early for them on our previous visit. It was not too long before I saw the first one, a female egg laying, her abdomen curled round in an area containing lots of Sheep's-fescue. When she flew off I tried to find an egg but could not among the tangle of grasses, even though I thought I had the spot marked.
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- Not a great photo but it shows her ovipositing
We saw plenty more as we crossed the site, some quite fresh, others fairly worn.
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- Is this 'Elephant face' a threat display!
We also saw Chalkhill Blues in reasonable numbers, some stunning Common Blues, and even more stunning second brood Adonis Blues.
The following species were also seen during our visit. Large, Small and Green-veined Whites, Brown Argus, Brimstone, Small Tortoiseshells, Small Skippers, Peacocks, Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers and some stunning Small Coppers.