LYCAENIDAE - HAIRSTREAKS, SMALL COPPER
Brown Hairstreak Thecla betulae
Female, Grafton Wood, Worcestershire. 3rd September 2012
Female, Grafton Wood, Worcestershire. 3rd September 2012
Female, Grafton Wood, Worcestershire. 19th August 2012
Female, Bernwood Meadows, Bucks. 19th August 2011
Male, Kithurst Hill Meadow, East Sussex. 6th August 2023
Purple Hairstreak Quercusia quercus
Male, Fermyn Woods, Northants. 4th July 2011
Female, Havant Thicket, Hampshire. 18th July 2021
Male, Prees Heath, Shropshire. 13th July 2017
Male, Prees Heath, Shropshire. 23rd June 2020
Male, Prees Heath, Shropshire. 2nd July 2023
Seems to be feeding on something on the surface of the leaf, possibly honeydew.
Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi
Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire 21st April 2015
Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire 21st April 2015
Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire 3rd May 2023
White-letter Hairstreak Satyrium w-album
Hollingbury Park, Brighton 7th July 2017
Hollingbury Park, Brighton 7th July 2017
Hollingbury Park, Brighton 7th July 2017
Hollingbury Park, Brighton 7th July 2017
Black Hairstreak Satyrium pruni
Female. Glapthorn Cow Pastures, Northants. 4th July 2013
Female. Glapthorn Cow Pastures, Northants. 4th July 2013
Female. Ditchling Common, E. Sussex. 20th June 2019
Male. Ditchling Common, E. Sussex. 20th June 2019
Small Copper Lycaena phlaeas
Male, Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire. 24th May 2010
Longstone Edge, Derbyshire. 21st August 2013
ab. caeruleopunctata. Kithurst Hill, West Sussex. 14th August 2021
ab. caeruleopunctata. Longstone Edge, Derbyshire. 26th August 2016
Underside, Cissbury Ring, West Sussex. 16th August 2021