Small white

[cmcmck]

This is a small white (unoriginal name, I know).

They're quite hard to get pics of as they rarely sit still for long and rarely unfold their wings while feeding.

This one did both for me!  :o)



And have some pretties too! I believe it's a species of mallow.

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[kotturinn]

Corn cockle?

[cmcmck]

Not known by that name over here.

Great name though! :o)

[kotturinn]

Ah, right, that'll teach me to check the continent! Pass rhen, except it doesn't look like the leaves of mallow as we know them here 🙃

[cmcmck]

There are numerous species of mallow which can cause further confusion! :o)

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

And here I'd only known cockle from Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore. But they are plumelike so cockadesque.

*And cockles of hearts, but that's poetic. ;)

[cmcmck]

She sells sea shells by the sea shore as it goes here. :o)

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

(I think Sally and a bunch of other Names got introduced in the production of picture books out of tongue twisters.)

[cmcmck]

Could be!

[ranunculus]

Pretty!

[cmcmck]

And helpful to the sanity in these 'interesting' times!

[earthspirits]

Lovey photos!

[cmcmck]

Thanks!

[elperian]

You have a great eye!

[cmcmck]

So people tell me but I generally just take what I see! :o)

[turlough]

What a pretty little butterfly!

That's a Great Hairy Willowherb (Epilobium hirsutum). I've never seen one here in Sweden but they're a relative of Rosebay Willowherb (Epilobium angustifolium aka Chamerion angustifolium aka Chamaenerion angustifolium) which is VERY common here.

[cmcmck]

Rosebay willowherb is also very common locally and they're in flower right now.

Also known in the UK as 'London pride' and 'fireweed'.

Such a pretty plant.

[yourlibrarian]

So soft and pretty.

[cmcmck]

So many lovely things at this time of year.

[rose_griffes]

Lovely! I like the delicate tall stems on the flowers.

[cmcmck]

It is such an attractive plant.

[pameladean]

Oh, both lovely!

My hiking partner and I recently saw a butterfly that was new to us. Its name? The eyed brown.

P.

[cmcmck]

Sounds like a good name to me! :o)

There's a similar looking species here called the Small Heath, because it's small and likes heathland!

[pameladean]

We also saw a Tailed Blue and a Red-Spotted Purple. At least they are fairly easy to remember. Oh, and Hackberry Emperors were abundant as well. That is a good name. They do frequent hackberry trees, and they are fancy enough to get a title.

My first serious interest in insects was in dragonflies, and dragonfly nomenclature is just absolutely wild compared to common butterfly nomenclature. So perhaps I'm spoiled.

P.

[cmcmck]

I do like that name!

My own all time favourite having grown up where I did down in Kent is the chalk hill blue.