Friday 31 May 2019

Late May butterflies and day-flying moths - 27 May

We are now in the transition from spring into summer.
Orange Tips are still hanging on...



... while Speckled Wood never really stop, being continuous-brooded ...


Green Hairstreak near Alresford:

At the same site - Five Spot Burnet Moth, ssp plustrella - presumably this species/race, on the basis of the early date. A few newly emerged.

Also Burnet Companion moth, and Common Blue butterfly:


Long-horn moths along a woodland ride near Dummer. Most likely Nemophora degeerella - female with the shorter antenna mostly sitting quietly with the males more active. 



Long-horn beetles now starting to appear