Silver-washed Fritillaries in our garden at Harman's Cross, Swanage today. 2 males and a female. 1 of the males doing the mating dance by spiralling around the female. It worked, they mated shortly afterwards. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Peacock in our garden at Harman's Cross today. Getting a photo of the upperside is easy, but the almost black underside is usually not so easy. This one obliged! Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Lulworth Skipper and Small Skipper (both female) a couple of days ago at Durlston, Swanage. They made for a great photo nectaring on Knapweed. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋 Durlston Country Park

We saw our first Small Blue of the 2nd brood today 17th July at Durlston whilst doing our transect count. It was a male. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Durlston Country Park Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

This is the first Brown Argus I have seen this year. We spotted it on our Durlston (Swanage) transect yesterday. We have also noticed that Common Blues seem to be very scarce this year. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Female Brimstone on Everlasting Pea in our garden at Harman's Cross, Swanage today, and our 1st Brown Argus in the garden this year, and 1 of several Silver-washed Fritillaries in the garden. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Our 1st Grayling this year in our Harman's Cross garden. Also our 2nd Small Copper, plus a Brimstone which has been nectaring on our Everlasting Pea for several days, and a Grasshopper (species?). Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋 #grasshopper

Butterflies at Durlston (Swanage) yesterday. Just a few Lulworth Skipper now, this female on a Teasel, and an upsurge in Common Blue numbers (2nd brood) - photos of male and female. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Durlston Country Park Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

After a long wait, yesterday we finally saw a Common Blue in our Harman's Cross garden. The first this year. Other butterflies were Brown Argus and a rather tatty female Silver-washed Fritillary. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

A Wall Brown butterfly appeared in our garden today at Harman's Cross bringing our butterfly species total for 2024 to 24. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Mating Brown Argus in our Harman's Cross garden today - the male is on the right. Then each of them after mating - the female has the shorter wider abdomen. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

2 female Common Blue in our garden at Harman's Cross, but of very contrasting colours - one mostly brown, but the other mostly blue. It is quite hard to believe that they are both female of the same species. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Will this be our last Lulworth Skipper sighting at Durlston this year? - just 2 on our transect count. And a Wall Brown in our garden today at Harman's Cross - just the 2nd in our garden this year. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Durlston Country Park Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Walking on Holton Heath today near Wareham we saw this Grayling. If I had not seen it fly and then land, I would not have spotted it, as it blended in so well with the path. It is the "The Master of Disguise". Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

There is nothing like a Small Copper to brighten our garden at Harman's Cross, There were 2 very fresh looking Small Copper today nectaring on our fleabane and sedums. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

A seletion of butterflies today in our garden at Harman's Cross - Male and female Common Blue on fleabane, and a female Small Copper on a sedum. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

Southern Hawker dragonfly in our Harman's Cross garden today - at least a dozen dragonflies in the garden today, but rarely settling more more than a second or so. Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋 #dragonfly

Despite dull weather today, 6 species of butterfly in our Harman's Cross garden including Green-Veined White and Small Heath. Others were Red Admiral, Speckled Wood, Small White, Meadow Brown. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset BC Dorset 🦋

After 4 days of rain the sun has returned and 6 species of butterfly in our Harman's Cross garden including Green-veined White, Small White, and Small Copper. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust BC Dorset 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset

After 4 days of rain the sun has returned and 6 species of butterfly in our Harman's Cross garden including Red Admiral and Meadow Brown. Butterfly Conservation 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Trust BC Dorset 🦋 Dorset Wildlife Spot Green Dorset