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[2dognight]

wonderful photographs

i am sure it made your day

[lilys field]

Amazing.  How did you coax it on to your hand.

Most exciting!

[Calilasseia]

More butterfly photos!

This time from an expedition to a location called Flaxmoss, near Hatchmere in rural Cheshire (visited 2023/05/17). This is a peat bog with lots of Bilberry growing therein, which is the larval foodplant for the Green Hairstreak butterfly. I visit the site with a colleage on a regular annual basis (along with another site near Nunsmere, that also hosts this species).

Usually, we have to spend an hour or so tramping around the peat bog in our wellies until a specimen shows up, then hope that it remains still long enough for us to take photos. This year, we were extra lucky. A specimen appeared within about 30 seconds of our arrival, and posed for the camera for eight minutes!

Here's the photos of that specimen (part 1):

[Calilasseia]

And now here's Part 2:

[Calilasseia]

Also spotted at the same location was this Large Red Damselfly:

[Calilasseia]

And, some more shots of the same specimen of Large Red Damselfly:

[ridethetalk]

Don't know what this is but a friend just posted it on FB...

[pat]

There are lots of species of red dragonflies! If you wanted help with a more precise ID (which I wouldn't be able to provide) then its location would probably need to be known.

[ridethetalk]

Northern area of Western Australia is where my friend has been...

A stunning 18 day walk through the remote North and South Carr Boyd range in WA

[Calilasseia]

Here's a downloadable guide to Australian dragonflies.

[Calilasseia]

UPDATE: if you download that guide, and go to page 252, you'll find three species of red dragonfly that are found in that part of Western Australia (pp 252-255). Can't see your photo so I can't match it myself.

[ridethetalk]

Thanks Cal...