Showing posts with label Chalkhill Blue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chalkhill Blue. Show all posts

Monday, July 24, 2023

Sharpenhoe Butterflies

 Despite the strong winds, most of the RPS Nature Group on an outing to Sharpenhoe yesterday managed to photograph two of the target species - the Chalkhill Blues (all males so probably early in the season) and Dark Green Fritillaries (getting a bit worn and mainly females so late in their season). However, the favourite was a Brimstone male emerging from its cocoon. Also shown Large Skipper, Red Admiral, Small White and Holly Blue.

Friday, July 29, 2022

Wasp Spiders at Royston

A party of 12 from CCC visited Royston Heath yesterday in search of Wasp Spiders and Chalkhill Blues. Once the cloud cleared a bit, there were plenty of butterflies and to our delight abundant wasp spiders. I was particularly pleased to find one with a grasshopper in the web - its stated prey, though Chalkhill blues were the most abundant corpses in the webs


 

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

Chalkhill Blues

This appears to be a good year for Chalkhill Blues judging by the numbers at Sharpenhoe and Royston. Here a mass of butterflies visiting ?Badger droppings for minerals, some studies of the males and females plus a couple of Six-spot Burnet moth with cocoons.

 

Sunday, August 1, 2021

Sharpenhoe - Chalkland Flowers

 The chalkland flowers are the best we have seen at Sharpenhoe for many years. Unfortunately we got rained off before we had a chance to explore the upper meadows but here some species from the pits area (Hawkbit with Female Chalkhill Blue, Field Scabious with 6-Spot Burnet, Greater Knapweed, Knapweed with Chalkhill Blue pair, Agrimony, Yellow Bedstraw, Rest Harrow, Crested Cow-Wheat, Clustered Bellflower with Hoverfly and Spider, Harebell, Sainfoin and Marjoram)


Saturday, July 31, 2021

Royston Wasp and Other Spiders

Great to find four wasp spiders on the Heath today along with other species, including Araneus quadratus with the four spots. Quite a few had caught Chalkhill blues which are abundant at the moment. Very breezy so the focus stacks did not work perfectly. The wide angle with closeup filter gave the best definition.


Ann Miles Photography - My Favourite Images of the Past10 years or so