Butterfly Glades
Butterfly Glades – Great Breach Wood, Somerest, UK. ID JB_8867
Great Breach Wood is a Somerset Wildlife Trust woodland in the middle of the county south of Glastonbury. It still has lots of ash and oak trees, but today I wanted to explore its network of butterfly glades. I was hoping to find a brown hairstreak, but had no luck. Still it was a beautiful day.
Butterfly Glades – Great Breach Wood, Somerest, UK. ID JB_8857
Plenty of painted ladies feeding on the thistles.
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) – Great Breach Wood, Somerset, Uk. ID JB1_9249
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) – Great Breach Wood, Somerset, Uk. ID JB1_9213
And the common large whites.
Large White (Pieris brassicae) – Greate Breach Wood, Somerset, UK. ID DSC_2552
Large White (Pieris brassicae) – Greate Breach Wood, Somerset, UK. ID DSC_2588
The butterflies do not have the glades to themselves. At this time of year migrant hawkers and common darters are everywhere.
Migrant Hawker (Aeshna mixta) – Great Breach Wood, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_9027
Common Darter (Sympetrum striolatum) – Great Breach Wood, Somerset, UK. ID JB1_8957
And Finally…
This was one freaky looking caterpillar.
The Vapourer (Orgyia antiqua) catapillar – Great Breach Wood, Somerset, UK. ID DSC_2491
