took a trip to chicksands wood looking for white admiral, purple emporer and white letter hair streak. We saw 2 of the hope for species but missedd out on the emporer.
Butterflies:
Comma and it's larvae:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAjRtEYnjV_3fMLsexzGGwK3t1I0-hePU-Xx4zVhPyRhWoDwQx-8zb64fqXeX7xw3nI9RAbZtA4p8RUJsWxSejBV9snEvCzxgVW_6s9ueGLmh5Bf3gw_BwdjfMZAU8ogrdmW28XVm8Slth/s400/Comma_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZXivcG5bV-b7GUQ_RvorS9g8IkI4hDcdQ7F-SE2nYadB-7upQo1o8xSDHFvM-lt7QSCyAxOLeowEQz2ANfY_9n8fIZzz_UnGpCwHRChOPZh09s7gvLgGwUkJuh_1swj9xFphqXiJ_dbBn/s400/Comma2_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
Small Skipper:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Agm0BVIkMONmjjBy3HKJYk6pywyh4kbqGYMnjnOM73DYj9h5XD3TVqJF4-hyCX16oojnekP4IML40K8r6VMLP5FJdDectqCaCIs_fZ9T0RG1ElIIpP-zORBTb_njTjqrY-YURdYrG5Kp/s400/SmallSkipper_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
Large Skipper:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2nEjDB0du3E92wZSuGCKeQXzoKvjk0buIqiM7-uSTjeEeE4XRPTYgdY4PfxtYfQK1nwTxvZPVKHF_BwPkYmZtfNyOoPHYwmCg34TcAyV4Up7LrHubefHNcDjWDvbGY8GDYZJBDvfHyyb/s400/LargeSkipper4_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfTn7RBrHydM6Gzp0uXXgx3lmDfzKnoH4TTk_aSlRaZP7FDzcHnjZLgDjVjkzVhAP4FBhjGLJh2mz7aCNul87csZb_-A3ytFAikq6nBsm-y3QMk_BiRE1CedxZXRwNH7z-8jLVGgG2Po12/s400/LargeSkipper1_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
Speckled Wood:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3onp5cBCCoj2vaXpZFFtwefy1bf5-qb6wAhBYXyAN4Zc0aWGzVDbXSPl7qCmnQAs2gUoCu72gIeV3SukQWbQPPyI0MISz4yoNw7gY1dGuoUL_Dj30_2AURg8VSY0W3h5mkVcTG38K_lTi/s400/SpeckledWood_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
White letter hairstreak:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzB2NLPCuNoryY0-I8fhh7Z7mByUv0D6fIKZCcLf34XSgYrqWtEEqL2xmdy95SCGNDkgqEokfbJVH0B8D1AqJfQUWq2fH-cZ1uimICk64Vg-xFSY4H6Cys5YPJoStXewlVfscOiYLCfroA/s400/WhiteletterHairstreak_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
Large White:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUHOVJ7x7SliPk63rcZzgng045sT0oCe2idA9QsrNsnHg0wIVRIUDhWjk4P0Z-EIj1y0ZQYU3mZlvfvnk8Y2L_i2tYrRY-CnTmjTOnW7LfdEdA5PfoaCng-KwaJJF5wlkwvYCbwqOFt1sM/s400/LargeWhite1_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
Gatekeeper:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhix51e5pBuqb6hpg8H1IzdpRNi8de_djQQ_sDwqrLC0LRi_ISnuj9IbEVVBAXU4vIiHAyFSMyu9GVXVgZA_h5qdXs27g1k4UgKV2xUmd9zomedA4bknjINA41_Wk0foUoVis_BVsD1_396/s400/Gatekeeper_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfQWIQF46lKMSDLvc1GbL_JBiF1JnXUwHlgagNlYUxNVKVRFXf_Gy1BH7YUaEuTBwx2YbdGwEvuGUEAxrIBeC7j35WpYFC2Qy6T2lLJgf1GiZjPmd6T6OJzNiZYDaAlxOXTg-hL7ko5Oi/s400/Gatekeeper2_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgMOu9a9mSEvsHU91DIf0Pw-YgY8AaZefew_cSE1LxW6UbLl-PZLb2sFNv755OjvMci5b9PnWy2NUswBoL1bsMII-KMVdtwUaQTX1QAPvquSLl6klwCdp3VBDtLebgW9o3BKGoI8FJZ5G/s400/Gatekeeper1_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
Other insects:
Longhorn beetle:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_l0YCPkyrP-vg3HipVfjcoWcZPbe3NYzv-MmJi17d2gEFzO1PY3kRdw-VFhL5Qhpd_iW2vy3VhBMl6NdR0IEgCJIc6DCUOPl00X27kUKBsmxsvrR8GaC3FLuGmBCNIGWXwJURBtyaFly7/s400/longorn.jpg)
Weird flies that look as if they were wearing ice hocky masks:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWmbStsmrmHSDXpxHeMV8EIpVy3wpB79E0wEs97VzaBvViSxjTVydDR0gK2mRLaYYGUSErUM01wODndj4N7APXxRpfzDSexb5SyQUDmrglzQRESiDMzjIixrp-U-W_HW6b4RsKkGBLgUwt/s400/Weirdflies_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
Common Darter:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuKFIrC6Eq46iPBp4kYYpkeO-upKdzUO0jNJ0ypD8sVUn8zMANbaKB38c1yCUd8OIxFRXmWxSd7rj24omeMOuOXtFU5OQO4AgGfEwyU48ATeUgsDe9wpseyAYzl-sxNKoAv1YSXYOLQCjx/s400/CommonDarter_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFF3B_l7lgardWbIk3P72jaVVE_vjYYTG_uqwFtrzcOmz7bx-gEaEjCflNmpyP1rGC_zNLtbDOhQ8VMtaWF_LZ-coLUP7VMWL9pXToMqL676xFCGcZ7uGIrDKITXdiZIS2kh-2fJcaYCJI/s400/CommonDarter1_Chicksands_11.07.09.jpg)
As well as the butterflies photographed we saw small white, white admiral, ringlet. Also brown hawker.
This gives us 10 species of butterfly which we were very happy with.
Dan
1 comment:
Hi Dan,
I think that your 2 masked flies are Sicus ferrugineus, which have a fascinating life cycle to look up!
Best wishes,
Steve Plummer.
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