Maximum temperature here today 18⁰C, minimum 11⁰C. Rain measured this morning 5 mm. 17km/h South-Westerly winds with gusts up to 46 km/h.
It appears that there will still be a part 3 for May insects!! Perhaps it is good that we are having a few rainy days and I am not taking many photos in June as yet!!
Glanville fritillary butterfly (Melitaea cinxia).
Damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) Female.
Damselfly (Calopteryx splendens) Male...
As above
Damselfly (Calopteryx splendens or C Virgo!) Male.
Damselflies - (Coenagrion puella).
Bumblebee on the lavender.
There was quite an orgy going on with hundreds of these Graphosoma italicum mating making very sure they did not become extinct!!
As above...
As above.
Beetle longhorn (Rutpela_maculata). It was very windy and I was lucky to get any photo at all with the wind blowing the flower all over the place.
Coma butterfly (Polygonia c-album).
Green-veined white butterfly (Pieris napi).
Holly Blue butterfly (Celastrina argiolus).
Meadow brown butterfly (Maniola jurtina) male...
As above.
Red Admiral butterfly (Vanessa Atlanta).
Scarce swallowtail butterfly (Iphiclides podalirius)...
As above.
My thanks to Richard for ID once again of some of the difficult (for me) insects. If you have not visited his blog I highly recommend it. Any mistakes on ID are very much my own as I sometimes think I know better than to ask!!!
