Friday, 20 May 2011

Speckled Yellow moth mating shots.

Still sorting through my early May highlights here. As always, please click on image to enlarge, cheers.

Ive seen a few of these Cardinal beetles around, this one being the black headed variety, and i was lucky enough to capture it in "take off mode".

A well hidden male Slow Worm, showing his blue dots.


I have seen numerous Speckled Yellow moths, but i was pleased to capture some shots of these pair mating.



Two of the 4 Common Lizards i saw that day.


And to finish off, 2 new Adders to add to my year list. The 1st being a Female, which i found basking on a log pile. The 2nd being a male, some distance from the female.

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  1. Greenie20 May 2011 at 23:00

    Paul ,
    Another great set of shots .
    Really like the Pyrochroa coccinea , caught lifting off .
    I'm amazed the Speckled Yellow stopped , even if it was to mate . Well caught .

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  2. Warren Baker21 May 2011 at 09:39

    Nice set of may delights Paul :-) Like the Adders best!

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  3. Paul24 May 2011 at 16:24

    Greenie, cheers for that. I have other pics of both red headed and black headed cardinal beetles too.
    Your right about those Speckled yellows mate, they are flighty for sure.


    Thanks Warren, The month of May seems an interesting one so far.

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