clouded yellow

I think this is a Clouded Yellow and not a Pale Clouded Yellow, but I am not sure.Just back from England I decided to go for a walk locally . It was warm but also very windy , which made taking photos of butterflies and insects a bit tricky.I love that species, probably because of its...

Pleased to see several of these in good condition along the coastal path

I was lucky to be able to get a number of shots in different situations, this one back-lit

I really don't know if butterfly reproduction goes in cycles but last year we hardly saw any Clouded Yellows whereas we were inundated with Peacocks. This year the reverse is true. It's a pity they don't show us the upper surface of the wing (only in flight) as when they're perched the wings...

I thought I'd try my luck & return to the spot where I saw Clouded Yellows a few days ago. Happily I was rewarded with several sightings, including this good looking specimen.

Really pleased to see this - I've only seen two Clouded Yellows in the UK before and that was on the south coast in 2006. These butterflies are immigrants to the UK, originating from north Africa and southern Europe, so that'll excuse this one for not being in pristine condition!

Despite over 125 mm of rain in the last two days many butterflies venture out in the short breaks

Although this was taken a couple of weeks ago, there were still a small number of these butterflies about at the week-end enjoying some late September sunshine (as were we!). Also still very much in evidence were large & small Whites, Small Heath, Speckled Wood, Wall Brown, Peacock, Common Blue...

Not so many of these on the Island this spring!.

A backlight job from last summer when I was happy girl enjoying the warm weather and the flying beauties not the miserable soul always enclosed with too many work duties to have free time that I'm at present! :-C I thought I should upload something before February ends! ;) Hope you all are well...

A late butterfly spotted on November 6th!