Butterflies & Flies

As well as the dragonflies and damselflies I also photographed a couple of butterflies and flies at Blashford Lakes nature reserve. The first butterfly was this Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) which was flying around madly for quite some time.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F5.6

There was also this Scorpion Fly (Mecoptera) close by.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F4

and this very small Cloeon dipterum mayfly, which I thought at the time was a mimicking predator until id’ing properly back home.

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F4

The last is the 2nd butterfly, a Green-veined White (Pieris napi)

Olympus OM-D EM-5 DSLR & Zuiko Olympus 90mm Macro F2 lens at F4

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