Category: woodland&hedges-bm

  • Purple Hairstreak

    Purple Hairstreak

    This pretty butterfly is not uncommon, but hard to spot as it spends most of its time flying at the tops of oak trees. You might see one in July […]

  • Silver-washed Fritillary

    Silver-washed Fritillary

    The Silver-washed Fritillary is the largest of the UK Fritillaries. Look out for it at the height of summer, in July and August. Photo: Ray Surridge

  • Emperor Moth

    Emperor Moth

    The spectacular Emperor moth is on the wing in April and May.  Photo: Emily Hobson

  • Comma

    Comma

    The delightful Comma butterfly, with its raggedy wings, can be spotted through the summer months and into early autumn. Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Garden Tiger

    Garden Tiger

    Garden Tiger caterpillars are known as Woolly Bears, for obvious reasons. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Gatekeeper

    Gatekeeper

    Late July and early August is the peak time for the chocolate and orange Gatekeeper butterfly. Look out for them round hedgerows and scrubby areas. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Privet Hawk-moth

    Privet Hawk-moth

    This lovely Privet Hawkmoth was spotted at Caerthillian, resting on a fence. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Peacock

    Peacock

    Peacock butterflies emerge into the sunshine from their winter sleep in the spring. Photo: © Natural England/Paul Lacey

  • Small Tortoiseshell

    Small Tortoiseshell

    Small Tortoiseshells usually produce two broods in a year, and so a second-generation of adults emerges in August. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Common Blue

    Common Blue

    The Common Blue is one of the butterflies counted annually in Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count. Photo: Dougy Wright

  • Buff-tip

    Buff-tip

    Adult Buff-tips may be experts at disguise, but the brightly coloured caterpillars can’t be missed. Photo: Ben Sale

  • Large Skipper

    Large Skipper

    Watch out for Large Skippers from May to September in meadows, and in woodland rides and glades. Photo: Steve Townsend

  • Lackey moth

    Lackey moth

    June is the main time of year to watch out for webs of Lackey moth caterpillars: hawthorn and blackthorn shrubs are good places to look. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • The Drinker

    The Drinker

    Caterpillars of the Drinker moth can be seen emerging in the spring, getting ready to pupate in June. Look for the tuft of hair at each end. Photo: Charles J […]

  • Red Admiral

    Red Admiral

    The migratory Red Admiral butterfly can be spotted from spring until winter in the milder climate of the south-west. Photo: Amanda Scott

  • Small Copper

    Small Copper

    The fast-flying Small Copper is on the wing into autumn; watch out on warmer days for its coppery colours. Photo: Ray Surridge