Sighting

26-09-2018

Brimstone (14)

Large White (3)

Small White (2)

Green-veined White (1)

Small Copper (1)

Red Admiral (1)

Peacock (1)

Comma (3)

Speckled Wood (5)

 12.45 - 14.00. SC seen was form/ab. caeruleopunctata (photo). 11 male/3 female Bs. Male Bs emerge earlier in spring - is the ratio seen on Wednesday related, I wonder? Fresh flowering hemp agrimony, regrowth in areas cut or strimmed earlier in the year, was a popular foodplant. Later on a ClY seen nectaring at SU068331 (photo), and probably a second approaching me in flight further along the woodland edge 10 minutes later.

Simon Crampin

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