Butterflies, white

Butterflies, white

A small white butterfly feeding on a thistle flower, and a green-veined white (somewhat the worse for wear) resting on a,leaf.

Meadow brown summer

meadow brown summer

Meadow butterflies have been quite common round here this summer. The other browns, less so.

Common spangle galls, oak leaf

Common spangle galls, oak leaf

Looking like circles of rust on the underside of an oak leaf, these are galls, protective covering for the larvae of a tiny wasp, the common gall wasp.