Peacock Butterfly caterpillars on nettles. Something so black becomes something colourful!
Caterpillars.
Month: July 2025
Egret.
Wordless Wednesday
Foxes.
Early morning foxes, photography heavy post.
Large White.
It seems to be a good year for white butterflies.
Dark Green Fritillary.
Dark Green Fritillary. Old Winchester Hill.
White-legged Damselfly,
A new damselfly for us, we spotted this White-legged Damselfly in the New Forest on Wednesday. They are mainly found along slow-flowing, lowland streams and rivers, sometimes on canals or ponds.
They differ from our other blue damselflies sporting white legs.
Leafhopper.
Leafhoppers are small, sap-sucking insects that feed on leaves and stems. Nearly 300 species have been recorded in the UK. This leafhopper, I believe, is a Cicadella viridis. It is more commonly known as a Green Leafhopper, Size 6-8mm
A working Forest.
#Wordless Wednesday
Lulworth Skipper.
A 1st for me, a Lulworth Skipper, they are one of the smallest of the UK’s butterflies. It has a very restricted range in the extreme south of Dorset, where it can be found in good numbers along a stretch of coast centred on the village of Lulworth, where the species was first discovered in 1832.
My picture is of a female, near Winspit. Females can be distinguished from other skippers by the pale orange ‘sun-ray’ markings on their forewings, whereas the males have darker-brown, almost olive coloured wings .
They can be seen from early June to mid-August.
Six Spot Burnet Moth.
On the coastal path near Dancing Ledge in Dorset, I spotted this rather faded Six-spot Burnet Moth feeding on a teasel flower. These moths are day-flying moths.
Continued Reflections from my World. 