CARDINAL BEETLE - PYROCHROA COCCINEA

Late in evening and losing light my brother spotted this Cardinal Beetle.

BLUE DAMSEL FLY FEMALE - ENALLAGMA CYATHIGERUM

What I now know to be a female Blue Damsel Fly which should have been obvious as I saw many of the males about!! Lol.

A DAY WITH ORCHIDS - BEE ORCHIDS - OPHRYS APIFERA

Some more shots of Bee Orchids along with wider shots and a few panoramic experimental shots.

VIDEO of BANDED DEMOISELLE DAMSEL FLY - CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS

...and how NOT to take a video of a Banded Demoiselle!!...

BANDED DEMOISELLE DAMSEL FLY - CALOPTERYX SPLENDENS

I do plan to get much better close ups of these guys as I now know they are currently around one of my Orchid sites! Spotted there literally a couple of hours after I took these shots, lol.

I have really been impressed with these lately and I have always admired Damsel Flies and the Blue Damsel Fly especially but confused how I have not taken more notice of these previously?!

COMMON BLUE BUTTERFLY - POLYOSTAMMUS ICARUS

The only shots I got of a Common Blue Butterfly before IT took flight too! LOL.

SMALL TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY - AGLAIS URTICAE

Only shots of a Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly I got before it took flight.