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Comma

By D. Greenwood on July 23, 2012

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Tagged: Butterflies, Comma, London, Polygonia c-album, Sydenham Hill Wood, Wildlife

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Make hay while the sun shines! 🌾 . The meadows have been cut at @nationaltrust Woolbeding. Imagine the pics filled with people scything and raking, as this would have been done by local people once upon a time. Labourers would have roamed the countryside seeking work. They were often paid in beer 🍺 . Today there were loads of robberflies flying around the cut grasslands. Many of them, like the ones here, were mating 💓 . They are famous for eating other flies! I've never seen so many before. . . . #robberfly #olympusphotography #olympusomdem10 #southdownsnationalpark #southdowns #insectsofinstagram #nationaltrust #nationalparksuk
It's not a wasp! 🐝 . But it is pretending to be able to sting like one. Hoverflies mimic bees and wasps through their appearance, allowing them to frighten off potential predators. . They're vital pollinators. This little hoverfly was on a hebe in my front garden this morning. . . . #hoverflies #fliesofinstagram #diptera #insects #nikonphotography #macro #macrophoto #sussexwildlife #raynox
A brown lacewing on a purple loosestrife flower this evening 🌺 . The larvae of lacewings carry trash packets which I posted in May. Maybe this is one of those having progressed to full-on lacewing? . It was really windy and was very difficult to get a photo of this very small insect swaying. Thanks for staying put on the flower! 👍 . . . #lacewing #gardenphotography #macrophoto #nikonphotography #macro_love #macro #instanature #sussexwildlife #raynox
Some of the things we find most beautiful in nature are not so 'natural' 🌼 . Many European meadows originated as clearings in woods kept open by large herbivores like wild deer, horses and cattle and then enlarged by our ancestors 🐄 . I see so many ill-informed comments on social media about how unnatural cows and sheep are, when really we need them to keep our richest grasslands alive. After all, they are only the descendents of the wild animals that once roamed the landscape and helped flower-rich grasslands to flourish in the first place. . Meadows are human-made from annual cutting to feed animals. Everyone surely knows by now that we have lost most of them in the UK since 1945, much of that also because we have left the land to 're-wild' by accident. . People need to accept that we have a place in the landscape and that it is crucial to the preservation and reconstitution of biodiverse landscapes. We need to find closer ties with nature in our everyday lives than we currently have 🌍 . . . #southdowns #wildflowers #meadows #nationaltrust #woolbeding #instanature #butterfliesofinstagram #butterflies
Aaaaand relax 🦋 . A red admiral enjoying a bit of warmth on a footpath. . The underwing of this butterfly is really beautiful and subtle 🔍 . This was taken at Knepp where everyone is losing their 💩 over purple emperor butterflies just now, some at the expense of everything else. I was happy hanging out with a red admiral. . It might be a butterfly that had flown from continental Europe to join us here in Sussex 🇪🇺🇮🇹🇪🇸🇫🇷 . . . #butterflies #knepp #sussexweald #nikonphotography #instanature #insectsofinstagram #butterfliesofinstagram #redadmiral #vanessaatalanta
The magical willows in Dartmoor National Park 🌿 . Some of the most beautiful and unique British willows can be found on Dartmoor in Devon 🌳 . They thrive in the wet areas and they don't fight the wind! 🍃 . Sheep and cattle have kept the landscape open around them which has allowed them to grow without competition 🐑🐮 . #dartmoornationalpark #dartmoor #treesofinstagram #trees #willow #salix #devon #nikonphotography #instanature
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