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Northern Brown Argus male at Burnmouth, Scottish Borders June 2022

Another from me. Allan.W.

Speckled Wood among the last of the Thistle drifts in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders late 2022

Another great season for me, heres looking forward to 2023.

My 3 entries, all shot in Kent, single images, minimal editing, no images are cropped, just downsized.
Panasonic G80/45-150mm lens/Canon 500D close up lens attached.

Small Copper (f.) 10/7/22. Darland Banks, Kent.
Specs - f/10, 1/320, ISO-500.
Pair of Silver Spotted Skippers interacting, whilst the male bends his body towards the female (in the hope of mating) she carries on nectaring!
Queensdown Warren, Kent. 30/7/22.
Specs - f/11, 1/320, ISO-250.
Mating pair of Dingy Skippers. Blue Bell Hill, Kent. 30/4/22.
Specs - f/18, 1/320, ISO-800.

Hi all,

These pics are of Bhutanitis ludlowi from Eastern Bhutan.

rgds,
Sonam Dorji

Small Blue male on geranium, Glamis, Scotland.

Northern Brown Argus, Sidlaw Hills, Scotland

Spring Small white female, Perthshire.

Annual 2022 Competition

1 Female silver studded blue.
Taken at Wareham, Dorset.

2 Common blues bonanza.
Taken at Purdown, Bristol.

3 Swallowtail.
Taken at El carmel, Barcelona, Spain.

Last one from me. Allan.W.

White-letter hairstreak

Small skipper

Essex skipper

Two male Green Hairstreaks in flight at Devils Dyke, Sussex (23rd April) Clouds of Adonis Blues at the foot of Anchor Bottom, Sussex (22nd May) Silver-studded Blue males in pursuit of a female at Iping common, Sussex (14th June)

Silver studded male, June, Dorset

Common blue male, June 2022, Dorset

Small Skipper male, June, Lancashire

A Scottish White-letter Hairstreak female feeding on Oak along the Alewater Banks Eyemouth, Scottish Borders.

Large blue daneway banks gloucestershire