Clyte poilu

taken at Yakushiike park, Tokyo

One more from this morning's frost in Crowborough. This one is on a variegated euonymus leaf.

My weekly survey for Butterfly Conservation is Sussex gave me record numbers today. 110 butterflies including 90 males and 20 females. This was more than double the number I saw in the same week and on the same transect last year. This very fresh male posed particularly well for me.

taken for Macro Mondays' theme for 29 Feb 2016 - "Coffee"

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Very tiny Grasshopper

taken at Joukeiji temple, Kawasaki, Japan

another front the front garden this morning

taken for Macro Mondays' theme for 26 September 2016 - "Handle With Care"

A compilation shot showing both sides of the female silver studded blue on the Ashdown Forest this week. On the underside, you can see some very clear silver studs, from which she gets her name. Despite being a 'blue', like most female lycaenidae she is predominantly brown for camouflage purposes.

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Chrysomèle Américaine