Chiddingfold Wood, July 7th, continued.
The butterfly i really wanted to capture on film this visit, was the beautiful Dark-green Fritillary, hopefully a closed wing photo on their favourite food source, the Thistle. After finding a male, i decided to stick with him and, just stood there and watched him going about his business, trying to locate a female in order to woo her, then mate. He searched mainly in one small area most of the time, where i had chosen to stand, occasionlly flying off to search other areas, but always returning to the small patch of vegetation in front of me. My line of thought was, that in this heat, and it was very hot, he would either have to stop for a rest, or to refuel, or both and, thats when i would get my opportunity for a photo, so an hour and a half later and, after all the failed attempts...........
7.7.2013 Dark-green Fritillary, male 114.jpg
i managed to capture this beautiful specimen of this species..........