2025 August 8
There seem to be few butterflies around at the moment, other than Cabbage Whites. Gordon Hart visited Maber Flats this morning and reported no butterflies other than Cabbage Whites, so please report any butterflies that you see. There are dragonflies, however, and Gordon got this splendid shot of a Blue-eyed Darner.
Male Blue-eyed Darner Rhionaeschna multicolor (Odo.: Aeshnidae) Gordon Hart
Below is the pupa formed by Jochen Möhr’s caterpillar (shown on July 29) of an Eyed Hawk Moth (the Ophthalmic kind, you know), being admired by His Majesty. The coin is a quarter, by the way, not a dime.
Smerinthus ophthalmica (Lep.: Sphingidae) Jeremy Tatum
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