July
July 2020
Furcula furcula
Sallow Kitten, Gubblecote, 30 July, and the next 4 photosFurcula furcula
Sallow Kitten, enjoying a spot of sunshine, 30 JulyIdaea dimidiata
Single-dotted Wave, 30 JulyPhotedes minima
Small Dotted Buff, 30 JulyThalpophila matura
Straw Underwing, 30 JulyMeganola albula
Kent Black Arches, a small (c10mm) and rare visitor to Hertfordshire, at Gubblecote, 24 JulyEremobia ochroleuca
Dusky Sallow, 24 JulyIvinghoe Beacon
Bucks, the flowery hillside down from the trig point, 17 July afternoon, and the next three shotsLysandra coridon
Chalk-hill Blue, maleLysandra coridon
a different maleLysandra coridon
male undersideOchlodes sylvanus
Large Skippers, male central, female top right, Bernwood Forest, Bucks, and the following 10 photos, the morning of 17 JulyPolygonia c-album
CommaVanessa atalanta
Red AdmiralAglais io
PeacockPyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper, femalePyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper, female, living dangerously right next to a crab spider victim, the RingletPyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper, malePyronia tithonus
Gatekeeper, maleArgynnis paphia
Silver-washed Fritillary, female, hinting at form valesinaArgynnis paphia
the same insectGonepteryx rhamni
Brimstone, femaleCryphia algae
Tree-lichen Beauty, a rare migrant, the 'moth catch of the year', Gubblecote, 17 JulyApamea ophiogramma
Double Lobed, Gubblecote, 17 JulyCraniophora ligustri
Coronet, Gubblecote, 17 JulyCraniophora ligustri
CoronetAglais io
Peacock butterfly pupa, Gubblecote, 14 JulyAglais io
the same Peacock pupaAglais io
a greener colour form of a Peacock pupaCrocallis elinguaria
Scalloped Oak, Gubblecote, 12 JulyMythimna conigera
Brown-line Bright-eye, Gubblecote, 12 JulyOligia fasciuncula
Middle-barred Minor, day-flying, Haweswater, Lake District, 6 JulyHaweswater
southern shore, east-central Lake District, Cumbria, 6 JulyKidsty How and Pike, far left
a 1,600' climb to one of the sites for Mountain RingletHaweswater
Haweswater from near Kidsty Pike
Kidsty Pike
Haweswater
from the summit of Kidsty PikeCoenonympha pamphilus
Small Heath, White Scar, Whitbarrow, 7 JulyWhite Scar
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