{"id":1187,"date":"2008-08-04T23:08:15","date_gmt":"2008-08-04T22:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1187"},"modified":"2013-11-20T00:18:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T00:18:37","slug":"butterflies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/butterflies\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterflies"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

A rare spot of sunshine brought out the butterflies. Here's a selection, with more added toward the end of my Insects and Bugs<\/a> gallery.<\/p>\n

Brown argus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Peacock on teasel<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

I think it's a small heath (left) and comma<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Holly blue (female)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Small white (female)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

There were also some dragonflies on the wing, massing over near some woodland. They refused to settle so I didn't get any photos, but I'm reasonably sure they were hawkers of some variety. None by the pond (I've yet to see a 'common' darter this year!), but I'll count today's sighting as progress.<\/p>\n

As for the foxes, it's been quiet for a few days. Nicked-ear has passed through most nights, but studiously avoided the camera either by ducking under or clambering over a fence.<\/p>\n

Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[992],"tags":[1144],"class_list":["post-1187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-butterfly-insects-2","tag-butterfly","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t