Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus) enjoying the Buddleia flowers in my Bournemouth garden.
Drew Cooper
@andrewcooperx.bsky.social
#ButterflyBoy 🦋 Amateur Wildlife Photographer | Natural History Enthusiast 🏳️🌈 Small Biz Owner | Ex Digital Media Officer for Butterfly Conservation
Small White (Pieris rapae) Photographed in my grandparents garden in Bournemouth. Lots about at the moment.
Not the prettiest photo but interesting to see Chalk Hill Blue (Polyommatus coridon) gathering salts and minerals from 💩. Martin Down National Nature Reserve.
Development of Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) chrysalis. Photographed from larva, pre-pupal stage, freshly formed pupa and finally the hardened finished product. Found on Broad-leaved Dock in a Luton garden. #UKButterflies
Second brood Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages) at Martin Down National Nature Reserve last week. #UKButterflies
Not the most exciting but this Carcina quercana last night is a first for my Bournemouth garden. #TeamMoth
Sturmia bella Pupa The larva of this parasitic fly emerged from a Red Admiral I collected as a caterpillar in Luton. The increasing presence of this fly in the UK, due to #climatechange, could be a reason for butterfly decline, particularly in Small Tortoiseshell populations.
Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) chrysalis Plenty of these about at the moment, although most I’ve had have been parasitised. Bournemouth. #UKButterflies
The Vestal (Rhodometra sacraria) In my Bournemouth garden last night. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Sometimes the butterfly gods smile down on you... A bilateral gynandromorph Common Blue at Grafton Wood, Worcs 1/8/26. @westmbms-99.bsky.social @worcswt.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
Caterpillar of the Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) being tended to by ants in my Bournemouth garden this week. #UKButterflies #Caterpillars @ukbutterflies.bsky.social
A female Chalk Hill Blue (Polyommatus coridon) Good numbers at Martin Down National Nature Reserve this week. #UKButterflies
A nicely marked Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) in the trap this morning. My second for the year in Bournemouth. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Pupa of the Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) Freshly formed and yet to dry and harden. Photographed in Bournemouth. #TeamMoth
A pair of Chalk Hill Blue (Polyommatus coridon) at Martin Down National Nature Reserve recently. #UKButterflies
My third Ni Moth (Trichoplusia ni) ever and for the year. Attracted to light in Bournemouth last night. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Male and female Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) sat together at Martin Down Nature Reserve recently. #UKButterflies
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) pupa with silk girdle. Found as larvae in a garden in Luton. @bcbedsnorthants.bsky.social
Caterpillar of the Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum), from a garden in Luton. #TeamMoth
Ethmia quadrillella to light in my Bournemouth garden last week. #TeamMoth @dorsetmoths.bsky.social Couldn’t find much info about the presence of this species in Dorset so would be grateful for any.
Rusty Acorn Piercer (Cydia amplana) to light in Bournemouth last night. A first for my garden 🪴 #TeamMoth @dorsetmoths.bsky.social
A first for my Bournemouth garden, a female Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus) egglaying on Bird’s-foot trefoil.
Over the moon with my second ever Striped Hawk-moth (Hyles livornica), attracted to light in Bournemouth last night. My first was on 16/06. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social
Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) ovum on Bedstraw this morning. One of more than two dozen laid by a single female in my Bournemouth garden today. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social
Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) and Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera) returned to the trap last night. Bournemouth. #TeamMoth
Another Ni Moth (Trichoplusia ni) to light in Bournemouth last night. My second ever, just 4 days after my first. #TeamMoth @migrantmothuk.bsky.social @dorsetmoths.bsky.social
A Scarce Bordered Straw (Helicoverpa armigera) last night completed the trio in Bournemouth. Bordered Straw (Heliothis peltigera) & Eastern Bordered Straw (Heliothis nubigera) also attracted to light in my garden this week. #TeamMoth
