Went looking for some more wildlife in Ballycotton a couple of weeks ago, since I don’t drive and am limited by bus schedules I decided to focus on the cliff walk instead of the reed bed areas, I don’t yet have the equipment to properly photograph distant waders anyway. Very few birds around but plenty of butterflies!
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A dying caterpillar, seemingly attacked and cut open by another insect, probably a solitary wasp or something similar.
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| Wall brown butterfly |
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| A 6 spot burnet moth, actually quite hard to photograph |
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| Common blue butterfly |
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| Also a common blue butterfly |
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| A large white butterfly |
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| Meadow brown butterfly |
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| Small copper butterfly |
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| Speckled wood butterfly |
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| A rose chaffer beetle, never seen one before, very pictueresque (can't spell today) |
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| Small tortoiseshell butterfly |
Wonderful collection of Butterfly shots.
ReplyDeleteCheers Jeff!
ReplyDeleteHi Leon,
ReplyDeleteThat Caterpillar is a Fox Moth.
Love the Blog,
Murf.