TIME FLYING FROM THE CLOCK

I hope you don't feel cheated but I want this to have its own post.

March 16th 2013

The dandelion clock is shaking its head in a mild breeze, sending its seeds spinning.

We'll pay a closer, more focused attention to these seeds in another post - to the bright yellow flowers of dandelions too. But I feel the spirit of the season in captured here and I want it to stand alone.

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THE SPECKLED WOOD'S BOTTOM

Speckled Wood Butterfly (Parage aergeria) on Brambles

May 16th 2013

I was photographing dandelions. I couldn't stop photographing dandelions. I love dandelions.

A sign came up on my camera to say the battery was almost spent.

When a butterfly arrived.

As I chased it around, it struck me that we are a bit conventional when it comes to butterflies.

We like to see the pretty side of their wings.

Speckled Wood Butterfly - Parage aegeria

May 16th 2013

We like them to stop a moment. Even the undersides of their wings are interesting.

But, just as I showed the face of the Red Admiral in the last post. (Did you notice its curled and withdrawn proboscis?) I thought you might like to see the rear end of this Speckled Wood butterfly. (Pararge aegeria)

Speckled Wood Butterfly - Parage aegeria

May 16th 2013

I wish I had such an elegant bottom!

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For the UK Butterflies Speckled Wood Page - click HERE.

And to go to its page on the Learn About Butterflies site - click HERE.
The links will take you to lots of information about the Speckled Wood but perhaps I should mention here that however dramatic it looks in the pictures, this isn't a large butterfly. I doubt each wing of this individual was as much as an inch from body to tip.

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