I’ve left this rather late today, with family christmas stuff to do and the Strictly Come Dancing final to watch, so here’s a quick one. This is Libelloides coccajus, and it’s the most startling insect I’ve seen in recent years. Startling because when I saw it in Provence I just had no idea what it was. [...]
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Ladies, stags and owls
28 May 2009 – 3:24 pm
Last week — last Thursday, I think? — I was walking along the road and saw a butterfly go past which I thought was maybe a Painted Lady. Not actually my first of the year, because I’d only recently returned from Provence where I saw *thousands* of ‘em, but still quite pleasing because they’re a migrant [...]