Autumn Colours Of Nature

As the wet summertime came to a soggy end,a brief spell of early Autumn sunshine brought out a wonderful selection of Butterflies that have had a hard year due to the weather.Some of the summer flowers also showed their late blooms, to provide much needed food while the Butterflies were on the wing.

A Large Skipper On Knapweed.

A Peacock On Buddlia.

A Comma On Buddlia.

A Small Tortoiseshell On Buddlia.

A Holly Blue On Ragwort.
Most Butterflies die within a few weeks or months of hatching out but some are very hardy and will hibernate through the winter to emerge in the early spring sunshine,these include the Red Admiral,Peacock,Tortoiseshells and Comma.The earliest new butterfly to emerge is usually the wonderful yellow Brimstone and they can be seen from late Feb onwards in mild winters,lets hope next year is a lot better for these wonderful and vibrant insects.
Just a quick apology for my lack of posts recently but a family illness has really taken all my time up but things are looking so much brighter now,  hope you enjoyed this short post i will pop a in depth fungi one on in the next week ,take care and good nature hunting  Nature man Andy.