The Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) is one of our commonest butterfly species but is no less attractive for that. It can be found across a range of habitats including downland, woodland and field margins during July and August. It is very common in my local wealden woods.
Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
(males)
(female)
(mating pair with female on the left)
Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus) (male)
Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) (male)
Brown Hawker (Aeshna grandis) (female)
Wasp Spider (Argiope bruennichi) (female)
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