High Elms, June 10th

Large Skipper, Ochlodes sylvanus.  Hesperiidae.  High Elms Country Park, 10 June 2014.

I have been out to High Elms several times recently, always rewarded with good things to see.  This one is a female Large Skipper, one of the more moth-like of our butterflies.  It's small, and skips around the flowers at a low level.  There are two similar, but smaller species that I will probably get shots of later on.

Oedemera lurida.  High Elms Country Park, 10 June 2014.

This Oedemera lurida is a close relative of the shiny green flower beetle I showed recently.  It doesn't seem particularly lurid to me, certainly not compared to its iridescent green relative.

Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus.  Nymphalidae.  High Elms Country Park, 10 June 2014.

Not a brilliant photo; I could not get a really good angle on this butterfly, but it was the first Ringlet I saw this year.  Since then I have seen lots. 

Common Froghopper, Philaneus spumarius.  High Elms Country Park, 10 June 2014.

This weird-looking creature is a Common Froghopper, the creature than makes the foam we call Cuckoo-spit.  That's where they live as nymphs.  This is an adult.  That think that looks like a walrus' moustache is a mandible.

Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata.  Geometridae.  High Elms Country Park, 10 June 2014.

Finally, a day-flying moth.  I had to chase this Yellow Shell for some while before it found a place it was happy to settle and stay put for my camera.  They are small, but nicely marked.  Their patterns vary and some of them are a lot darker than this.