Butterflies at the School

Just a quick one today to talk about the butterfly life at the spoil heap. So far we have seen these species.

Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus
Speckled Wood - Pararge aegeria
Large White - Pieris brassicae

The Common Blue butterlfies were using the site for breeding as can be seen in this fantastic (even if I do say so myself) picture.

The male is the blue one on the right and the female is the brown one on the left.

Here is a close up of the male. You may think that this is pretty, but you wait until you see it with its wings open!

The female however looks quite different with her wings open. She is more of a brown colour.