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Here's a rather smart Peacock, taken on 12th August this year, NE Scotland #butterfly #peacock #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Marbled White roosting - taken back in June in Devon handheld stack of 56 shots in natural light #lepidoptera #butterfly #Melanargia #Marbled #White #insect #devon #nature #iainlawrie #ukwildlife

first frost here in NE Scotland this morning, had to scrape the car windscreen - and still a couple of butterflies are out braving the colder temperatures to feed - had a Small Tortoiseshell and this Red Admiral today #butterfly #redadmiral #ukwildlife #insect #nature #macro

Pearl-bordered Fritillary - taken back in May focus stack of 29 shots handheld using natural light #pearl-bordered #fritillary #nature #butterflies #ukwildlife #aberdeenshire

Common Blue from back in June, sitting on a wee bit of Yellow Rattle focus stack of 27 shots handheld using natural light #butterfly #commonblue #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Scotch Argus (Erebia aethiops) One from the vaults (August 2024) handheld focus stack of 4 shots using natural light #butterfly #scotch #argus #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

here's a Small Copper I've just got around to stacking, taken at the beginning of August hand held focus stack of 11 shots using natural light #butterfly #small #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

I think this might be my favourite butterfly of the year - he's called Woolliam Wallace #butterfly #small #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Cynomya mortuorum This Yellow-faced Blowfly paused for about 30 seconds before zooming off to do whatever it is they they do (probably best not knowing..) focus stack of 38 shots - handheld and captured in natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #bluebottle #photography #macro #nature #scotland

Happy to see around a half dozen Red Admiral in the garden in NE Scotland today. Also had 2 Small Tortoiseshells, 2 Small White, 1 Painted Lady and 1 Peacock handheld focus stack of 24 shots using natural light #butterfly #redadmiral #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

A Marbled White roosting on some Cock'sfoot #lepidoptera #butterfly #Melanargia #Marbled #White #insect #devon #nature #iainlawrie #ukwildlife

This Peacock butterfly was caught out when the sun went behind some heavy cloud and so just sat on the apple mint, not moving for ages. handheld focus stack of 19 shots using natural light #butterfly #peacock #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

So after a (Small Copper) season, I think we're down to the last one here - this guy's called Woolliam Wallace and he's the only one I've seen over the past few days. And it's his 2 weeks old birthday today! #butterfly #small #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Butterflies are getting a wee bit thin on the ground and harder to find around the garden - found this Small Tortoiseshell on the mint today though hand held focus stack of 22 shots using natural light #butterfly #small #tortoiseshell #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

well I certainly didn't expect to be seeing any of these guys again this year - a freshly emerged female Common Blue putting in an appearance in the garden in NE Scotland today #butterfly #commonblue #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

The mugshots of the Small Coppers in the garden this year (so far) - I'd probably have managed a few more earlier in the year but I wasn't switched on to their small copper ways back then... #butterfly #small #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

I've been attempting to identify the different Small Coppers in the garden this year - this one's called Abigail, nice and easy one to identify as she's recognised as an unusual aberration (ab. parvipuncta) #butterfly #small #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Sun Fly (Helophilus pendulus) Resting is much easier than flapping around. But... the flaw in that plan is that it can be a wee bit lonely, and man, I'm starvin' handheld focus stack of 53 shots using natural light #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #photography #macro #nature #scotland

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) I thought you said the shredder wasn't plugged in... handheld focus stack of 17 shots using natural light #butterfly #small #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Peacock and Small Copper butterflies time for a game of "spot the difference" between these 2 butterflies... #butterfly #small #copper #peacock #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) A fairly decent looking Small Tortoiseshell put in an appearance yesterday... hand held focus stack of 22 shots using natural light #butterfly #small #tortoiseshell #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) an afternoon wander around Pitfour Lake just looking for beasties - found many, including this one handheld focus stack of 16 shots captured using natural light #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #photography #macro #nature #scotland

A Small Copper aberration in the garden - this one's oblitera as far as I can tell handheld focus stack of 62 shots using natural light #butterfly #small #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

This particular Small Copper has been around for quite some time now, it's no wonder he's developing a few grey hairs handheld focus stack of 18 shots using natural light #butterfly #painted #lady #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

A Red Admiral butterfly sitting amongst what I think is some sort of Potentilla handheld focus stack of 31 shots using natural light #butterfly #painted #lady #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Small White (Pieris rapae) ♂ A male Small White butterfly sitting on some garden plant or other, no idea what handheld focus stack of 24 shots using natural light #butterfly #painted #lady #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Finally caught up with a Painted Lady that was in pretty decent looking condition - and seems to have a wee bit heavier black markings than usual handheld focus stack of 41 shots using natural light #butterfly #painted #lady #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

The Small Coppers are still around and seem to be enjoying the Scentless Mayweed that's growing in a wild bit of the garden #butterfly #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Migrant Hoverfly (Eupeodes corollae) ♂ handheld focus stack of 17 shots captured using natural light #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #eupeodes #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland

Nice to see loads of hoverflies appearing in the garden over the past week or so, this one's the Eurasian Smoothwing (Scaeva pyrastri) #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #scaeva #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland

🦋 Peacock (Aglais io) Nice natural lighting around for photographing these beasts yesterday handheld focus stack of 22 shots using natural light #butterfly #peacock #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) seems a good year for them locally, or I'm just getting better at looking handheld focus stack of 23 shots using natural light #butterfly #copper #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

There are heaps of Peacock butterflies around the buddleja in the garden and there are plenty that are looking really fresh at the minute. focus stack of 10 images using Zerene Stacker #butterfly #peacock #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Here's a nice wee fly called Shaggy St Mark’s Fly (not sure if that's because it's hairy or just over passionate) - Bibio lanigerus #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #bibio #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland

Emerald Damselfly (Lestes sponsa) ♂ a male Emerald Damselfy clinging on to a wee bit horsetail. #damselfly #ukwildlife #emerald #odonata #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland

🪰 Argyra diaphana ♂ - Long-legged Fly a gorgeous, but rather small, fly handheld focus stack of 57 shots in the field using natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #argyra #insect #photography #macro #nature #scotland

A Scotch Argus lurking in the undergrowth at Dinnet NNR - the weather wasn't great, so pleased to get this shot. handheld focus stack of 43 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Went over to Pitmedden Gardens, Aberdeenshire to have a quick scratch around - plenty of Small Whites, this one's a male although no idea what plant it's sitting on handheld focus stack of 31 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #insect #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

This one's an Emerald Damselfly trying to hide behind a rush. A handheld focus stack of 15 shots using natural light #damselfly #ukwildlife #odonata #insect #emerald #photography #macro #nature #scotland

An Orange-bearded Bluebottle which has the charming scientific name Calliphora vomitoria. One of the more "common" Bluebottles throughout the UK a handheld focus stack of 20 images in the field using only natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #bluebottle #photography #macro #nature #scotland

A nice obliging Small Copper yesterday was happy to sit while I rattled off quite a few stacks handheld focus stack of 14 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Happy to see there are quite a few Small Coppers around - usually I just see one or two a year around the garden but they seem to be a daily occurrence this year. hand held focus stack of 19 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #nature #photography #wildlife #macro

Greenbottle (Lucilia sp) ♂ Found this guy sitting right in the middle of a leaf of Lady's Mantle, I rattled off a few stacks and then left him to get on with his day. focus stack of 23 images using Zerene Stacker #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland

A stack of flies (Empis livida and some poor unfortunate) What happens in the under shrubbery stays in the under shrubbery focus stack of 23 shots - handheld and captured in natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland

Small False Greenbottle (Neomyia cornicina) ♀ These guys seem to have increased in number this past week and happy to see them - probably my favourite fly. handheld focus stack of 66 shots captured using natural light #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland

A wee hoverfly - this one's a female Marmalade Hoverfly (Episyrphus balteatus) #hoverfly #ukwildlife #diptera #syrphidae #photography #macro #nature #scotland

A Marbled White roosting on a wee bit of grass (Cocksfoot, I think) #lepidoptera #butterfly #Melanargia #galathea #Marbled #White #insect #canon #R5MarkII #devon #macro #Zerene #photography #nature #iainlawrie #NaturalLightPhotography #ukwildlife

a selection of Common Blue images from the last few weeks - we've been trying to encourage them into the garden, so quite excited that they've finally arrived #common #blue #butterfly #nature #macro #wildlife #ukwildlife #photography

🪰 Coenosia tigrina - Common Tiger Fly The Last Dance Common Tiger Fly with prey - check out the way it's caged the food in with its legs handheld focus stack of 55 shots captured in natural light NE Scotland #fly #ukwildlife #diptera #tiger #photography #macro #nature #scotland

🦋 Pieris napi - Green-veined White handheld focus stack of 59 shots using natural light #butterfly #ukwildlife #nature #photography #wildlife #macro