Ringlet, [female with an Ant up her abdomen]

A rather uncomfortable female Ringlet thanks to the Ant, which has managed to get up this poor butterfly's abdomen......

You can just make out the Ant at the entrance to this female's abdomen

Ringlet, Male....

Another butterfly that can be found over most of Britain, and flies in the same habitat as the meadow Brown.

Open winged male Ringlet

Closed winged male Ringlet

Meadow Brown, male

A very common insect, which can be found almost anywhere in Britain. The males being quite drab...

Open winged male Meadow Brown

Closed winged male Meadow Brown

Dark Green Fritillary, male bedding ......

Male Dark Green Fritillary bedding down for the night......

Large Skipper, the difference between.......

When the Large Skipper is sitting with it's wings closed, it can get rather confusing when trying to  identify between male and female. Back in 2006 as a newcomer to the world of butterflies, i  too would often be totally perplexed as to which was which with the sexes of this species, along with the Small Skippers. After closely studying these two species, i found that the antenna were completely different from the males and the females. I also found that the males have larger eyes than the females in this species, as do many males of other species of butterfly.

The antenna of a male Large Skipper being orange and black

The antenna of a female Large Skipper being black and white

Large Skipper female, here's look....

Here's looking at you........

Female Large Skipper

Large Skipper, on Bird's.....

Female Large Skipper on Bird's-foot Trefoil