Filed Under : by Tom
Sunday 5 July 2009I took a group of Butterfly Conservation and National Trust members around the Obelisk Lodge meadow at Nostell Priory (NT), Wakefield today. In all we had twelve species of butterflies, three species of moths and six species of dragonflies. The highlight of the day was not one but two Hummingbird Hawkmoths nectering on bramble within a couple of feet of one another.
Ruddy Darter Sympetrum sanguineum (immature male).
Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum