
Essex Skipper. Photo: Brian Arnold

Comma. Photo: Brian Arnold
A couple of photos from Brian sent in telling us:
I took this photo of an Essex Skipper at our house in Harman’s Cross on 17/07/2022 but have only just looked at the photo in detail. Its proboscis looks very long in this photo and can obviously reach a long way down to find nectar. It is on our Marjoram which is also attracting lots of other butterflies.
You may also remember from a year or two ago that we used to find a Comma on our yellow hosepipe, usually at about 4pm in the afternoon. This one was in our garden at 5pm today, 19/07/2022 and has obviously learnt from its predecessors how to “Pose on a Hose”.