Aston Rowant NNR (N) - 28th Aug

Second brood Adonis Blue posing in the early evening murk

 

Adonis Blue (male)



Adonis Blue (female)

Otmoor 27th Aug

Southern-Hawkers in mating wheel

Otmoor.

Wasp Nest (destroyed by a Badger hunting grubs).

Grass Snake (about to shed its skin).

23rd August Port Meadow

Hornet Hoverfly

Male Ruddy Darter

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More from Otmoor - 19th Aug

Pyrausta Aurata moth

Meadow Grasshopper ?
(confirmation please)

Ruddy Darter

A study in white

Otmoor.

Lesser Water Plantain.

Lesser Water Plantain.

Southern Hawker.

Otmoor Flowers.

Purple Loosestrife.

Devilsbit Scabious.

Upright Hedge Parsley (in the rain).

Lowbury Hill Blues - 12th Aug

Small Blue

Common Blues

Otmoor

Brown Hair 

Aston Rowant NNR 8th August

Silver Spotted Skipper - underwing

Silver Spotted Skipper - upperwing

 

Watlington Hill - 7th Aug

Silver-spotted Skipper

Chalkhill Blue

Silver-spotted Skipper

Brown Argus and Common Blue

Otmoor 7th August

Holly Blue

Gatekeeper

Male Brown Hairstreak

Otmoor.

Clouded Yellow.

Sloes like Grapes.

Thick-legged Beetle.

Cholsey

Roe Deer

Otmoor 4th August

Purple Hairstreak

White Death Spider

Otmoor 2nd August

Male Common Blue

Female Common Blue
An extreme example where the brown is restricted to the edges of the wings

Brown Argus

Male Brown Hairstreak

Up to four Brown Hairstreaks present between 1300- 1430

Shellingford Pit - 2nd Aug

Grass Snake

Small Red-eyed Damsel and reflection

Common Blue butterfly