Butterflies etc

[csservices]

Not a flutterby this time but found this rather stunned shre on the yard last night one of the horse must have kicked it or stood on it on way into stables

[csservices]

Found these little guys while logging on yhe yard today, now safely rehomed out of the way.

 

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[Paul Cleaver]

  Bombadil said:

Silver-washed Fritillary. Don't get these beauties at home.

 

the silver washed fritillary ive seen in the new forest - they visit bramble where the bramble has taken advantage of a gap in the canopy - quick flyers too

[slack ma girdle]

These are a few that i have caught.

The first is a small emerald.

Second a brimstone.

Third a garden carpet.

The forth a sharp angled peacock

[Paul Cleaver]

  slack ma girdle said:

These are a few that i have caught.

The first is a small emerald.

Second a brimstone.

Third a garden carpet.

The forth a sharp angled peacock

 

good photos - ive seen brimstones flying in the early evening when its still light

[slack ma girdle]

  Paul Cleaver said:

good photos - ive seen brimstones flying in the early evening when its still light

 

They spent 1/2 an hour in the fridge to get them to stay still.

[Paul Cleaver]

  slack ma girdle said:

They spent 1/2 an hour in the fridge to get them to stay still.

 

[Boaty]

Found this moth on some holly, was also a big chrysalis popping out of the bark where it had munched on dies anybody know what it is was no more than and inch and a half

[slack ma girdle]

  Boaty said:

Found this moth on some holly, was also a big chrysalis popping out of the bark where it had munched on dies anybody know what it is was no more than and inch and a half

 

Leopard Moth ?

They are big and the wings can be translucient.

[MrHairy]

Found these little beasties under the gravel by my woodshed.