Hymenoptera! Catching-up the backlog of records I had previously made before starting this blog! (published retrospectively 27.08.26)

 Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus 30.05.26

Brimstone Gonepteryx rhamni 03.07.23

Euclidia glyphica Burnet Companion 30.05.26

Common Blue Polyommatus icarus 22.07.26

Dark Green Fritillary Speyeria aglaja 30.06.26

Forester Moth Adscita statices 30.05.26

Ichneumon sarcitorius 04.08.23 A Ichneumon (Darwin) parisitoid solitary wasp

Large Skipper Ochlodes sylvanus 30.05.26 

 

Mother Shipton Moth Callistege mi 30.05.26

Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui 29.05.26

Peacock Aglais io 07.09.23

Autographa gamma Silver Υ 30.05.26

Six-spot Burnet Zygaena filipendulae 30.06.26

Small Skipper Thymelicus sylvestris 30.06.26

Wall Brown Lasiommata megera 04.08.23

• Butterfly Conservation priority: High
• Section 41 species of principal importance under the NERC Act in England (widespread but rapidly declining)
• GB Red List (2022): Endangered