Portsdown Hill comps 1 & 2

A quick walk on Portsdown Hill this afternoon, going through Comps 1 & 2 produced singles of large white, small white, brimstone, speckled wood, holly blue, small tortoiseshell and brown argus; two each of red admiral and common blue, along with 20 meadow brown. A couple of distant unidentified whites completed the haul.

Portsdown Hill - butterflies and occasional moths

A few butterflies and moths from a morning spent on Portsdown Hill - most are from the transect undertaken in Compartment 1 and 2, the last three are from the Paulsgrove Chalk Pit.

From Compartment 2:

Nemophora degearella

green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)

common blue (Polyommatus icarus) male

common blue female

orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines) male

red admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

small blue (Cupido minimus)

small blue

small white (Pieris rapae)

speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)

From Paulsgrove Chalk Pit:

Mother Shipton (Callistege mi)

small blue

small blue

On the wing at Portsdown Hill

green-veined white (Pieris napi)

speckled wood (Pararge aegeria)

comma (Polygonia c-album)

mint moth (Pyrausta aurata)

knot grass (Acronicta rumicis)

orange tip (Anthocharis cardamines) ♀

early grey (Xylocampa areola)