Category: David

Stag beetle which was crossing bare earth, scurrying hurriedly for the cover of a clump of grass.

Gatekeeper butterfly systematically working on feeding on every flower on an old man’s beard.

Seven green acorns (with an eighth almost hidden) at the end of the same low twig on an oak tree.

This July, large white butterflies have been around in numbers I don’t remember in over 60 years of noticing the garden pests. Here are some on purple flowers: a patch of verbena at the back of Toposcope Hill, a thistle, and purple loosestrife.

Dead nettle, a cultivated variety with variegated leaves and purple flowers.

Tortoiseshell butterfly resting on the ground, warming itself in the morning sun. As it did do, it was gently folding and unfolding its wings.