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Azure damselfly - (Mating) Coenagrion puella - 250623 (6) by Richard Collier
Five-Spot Burnet Zygaena trifolii (Mating) 090722 (3) by Richard Collier
Marbled White (Mating) - Melanargia galathea 070723 (1) by Richard Collier
Five-Spot Burnet (Mating) - Zygaena trifolii 020623 (3) by Richard Collier
Meadow Brown (Mating) Maniola jurtina 210623 (11) by Richard Collier
Love is in the air by Paul Wright

dragonflies mid air mating
Silver Studded Blue - Plebejus argus 060719 (1) by Richard Collier
Marbled White (Mating) - Melanargia galathea 080721 (6) by Richard Collier
Six Spot Burnet (Mating) 110719 (2) by Richard Collier
Six Spot Burnet (Mating) 110719 (6) by Richard Collier
Ringlet (Mating) 140719 (2) by Richard Collier
Six Spot Burnet (Mating) 110719 (8) by Richard Collier

A couple of pairs of mating Six Spot Burnets found in a Dorset flower meadow.
Rhododendron Leafhopper - Graphocephala fennahi (Mating) 220821 (2) by Richard Collier
Large Red Damselfly 250419 (1) by Richard Collier
Large Red Damselfly (Mating) - Pyrrhosoma nymphula 290523 (3) by Richard Collier
Marbled White (Mating) - Melanargia galathea 080721 (2) by Richard Collier
Meadow Brown - Maniola jurtina (Mating ) 220721 (2) by Richard Collier
Common Blue Damselfly (4) by Richard Collier
Privet Hawk-moth - Sphinx ligustri (Mating) 070722 (2) by Richard Collier

Found these on the garden on one of our lawns this morning (07/07/22)
Privet Hawk-moth - Sphinx ligustri (Mating) 070722 (1) by Richard Collier

Found these in the garden on one of our lawns this morning (07/07/22)
Silver Studded Blue - Plebejus argus 060719 (3) by Richard Collier
Six-Spot Burnet - Zygaena filipendulae (Mating) 220721 (10) by Richard Collier
Ringlet (Mating) 140719 (5) by Richard Collier
Small Red-eyed Damselfly - ( Erythromma viridulum 220821 (3) by Richard Collier
Fourteen-spot Ladybird (Propylea 14-punctata) by Nick Brischuk

Found these friendly Fourteen-spot Ladybirds on an Oxeye Daisy flower in my wildflower patch.

 

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Dark Green Fritillary (Speyeria aglaja) by Nick Brischuk

A pair of Dark Green Fritillary Butterflies mating. The female is the one with the fully opened wings. I thought I would upload this image to show the upper side and underside of their wings.

 

Thanks to Tim Melling who informed us in his recent post that the scientific name has changed for this butterfly. It was up until recently Argynnis aglaja and is now Speyeria aglaja.

 

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Brassica or Crucifer Shieldbug - Eurydema oleracea 040520 (1) by Richard Collier

A set of three macro images of the Brassica or Crucifer Shieldbug showing the different coloured spots that they come in depending on age and adulthood.
Harlequin Ladybird - Harmonia axyridis 1306921 (3) by Richard Collier

Three stages of the Harlequin Ladybird.

Marbled White - Melanargia galathea 270619 (2) by Richard Collier
Ringlet (Mating) 140719 (4) by Richard Collier
Common Blue Damselfly (Mating) - Enallagma cyathigerum (3) by Richard Collier
Common Blue Mating(Polyommatus icarus) 210718 (9) by Richard Collier
Six Spot Burnet - Zygaena filipendulae 040719 (4) by Richard Collier
Plain Reed Beetle - Donacia simplex 030725 (2) F by Richard Collier
Marbled White (Mating) - Melanargia galathea 070723 (3) by Richard Collier
Small White - Pieris rapae (Mating) 190721 (1) by Richard Collier
Black Tailed Skimmer - Orthetrum cancellatum 110720 (1) by Richard Collier

Love on a feather bed
Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus 08095 (1) F by Richard Collier
Common Blue (Mating) - Polyommatus icarus 090725 (1) F by Richard Collier
Six-Spot Burnet - Zygaena filipendulae (Mating) 220721 (11) by Richard Collier
Large White (Mating) 010919 (1) by Richard Collier
Meadow Brown (Mating) - Maniola jurtina 120825 F by Richard Collier
Six Spot Burnet Moth(Mating) - Zygaena filipendulae 110525 (2) F by Richard Collier
Six-Spot Burnet - Zygaena filipendulae (Mating) 220721 (12) by Richard Collier
Lesser Bloody Nosed Beetle - Timarcha goettingensis 220422 (8) by Richard Collier
Common Pondskater (Mating) - Gerris lacustris 090421 (1) by Richard Collier
Meadow Brown (Mating) - Maniola jurtina 090725 (2) F by Richard Collier
Five-Spot Burnet Zygaena trifolii (Mating) 090722 (2) by Richard Collier
Meadow Brown (Mating) - Maniola jurtina 250725 F by Richard Collier
Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus 190525 (7) F by Richard Collier
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