When I was a child I didn’t like butterflies or moths. I somehow was scared of their fragility if they fluttered around inside the house. Now I’m fascinated by them and happy to observe them out in the open. Here are a selection which were photographed on a morning walk at Aberlady Bay in East Lothian. The one on the bright blue “Viper’s Bugloss” flower head is a type of burnet moth, not a six spot one but a five spot one.
This bright orange one is the “Dark Green Fritillary”.
I think this one is a meadow brown.
And here is a small heath, one of Europe’s most common butterflies.
This dark coloured on is a ringlet. I’ve seen loads of them so far this summer.
I didn’t see the more familiar peacock and tortoiseshell butterflies at Aberlady but this lovely red admiral was sunning itself on a branch.
Sarah's Wildlife Watch 