Butterflies, Dragons and Damsels encountered on our walk to Tunstall Mills 26th August 2022. Enjoy
26th August 2022
It’s a white, large or small, I couldn’t say 🔼🔽 ⏬ but this one’s a speckled wood, undeniable
26th August 2022
26th August 2022
26th August 2022
🔼 Comma 🔽
26th August 2022
26th August 2022
Apologies, I can’t identify these lovers, 🔼 other than to say one’s male, one’s female 🔽 and even seeing it alone, I’m still unsure what it is. My best guess is a Ruddy Darter
26th August 2022
And if that’s a Ruddy Darter (male) 🔼 🔽
26th August 2022
Then this 🔽is a Ruddy Darter female. But I could be wrong
26th August 2022
And this is that done for another week.
Not sure how good the next catch will be. Forecast is for winds and these winged beings tend to stay low in high winds. We’ll see
crispina kemp 
I have never seen anything like the Comma- with the wings closed it rather resembles a fungus of some sort.
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It’s weird, I do agree. And can you see the comma marked as if in white pen?
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I just had to go back and look, what is that? It looks like a C.
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Let’s call it a Roman comma. Except the Romans didn’t use punctuation!
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Nature is beautiful! Comma looks like papyrus …. or tree bark. Love it!
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I love to see how the underwings differ so much from the upper wings. Sometimes they don’t even resemble the same species
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Truly remarkable.
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Sometimes helps, sometimes hinder a true identification
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Love your pictures
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Thank you, Sadje. Alas, the butterfly season is drawing to a close. So sad
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They will be back again next year.
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There’s still the odd one about, but not enough to make an entire post with the photos. So, yea, next year
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👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
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