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Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
Despite an abundance of wild flowers in our garden this year the abnormal weather has impacted on butterfly numbers, with only the white species seeming to have survived in any numbers at all. We have occasionally seen Red Admirals, Peacocks and Holly Blues and early on a few Brimstones but no Orange Tips or Painted Ladies and, once again for the tenth year, no Small Tortoiseshells. This rather small Speckled Wood is, as of Sept. 8th, our first of the year. They have attractive almost orange markings on their underwings but I've never managed to capture this as they seem to prefer the pose shown here.
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
Despite an abundance of wild flowers in our garden this year the abnormal weather has impacted on butterfly numbers, with only the white species seeming to have survived in any numbers at all. We have occasionally seen Red Admirals, Peacocks and Holly Blues and early on a few Brimstones but no Orange Tips or Painted Ladies and, once again for the tenth year, no Small Tortoiseshells. This rather small Speckled Wood is, as of Sept. 8th, our first of the year. They have attractive almost orange markings on their underwings but I've never managed to capture this as they seem to prefer the pose shown here.