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Mike Read
  • Homepage
  • ILLUSTRATED TALKS
    • Land of the Somer People
    • Wildlife of a Hampshire Parish
    • Travels with a Camera
    • Hampshire – Nature in Trust
    • Wildlife of a Working Forest
    • Corsica – Mountains in the Mediterranean
    • Aotearoa – Land of the Long White Cloud
    • The Falklands – Islands of Kings, Tyrants and Giants
    • France North and South
    • Nature of the Vercors – A Secret Corner of France
    • Rocky Mountain Magic.
    • Scottish Wildlife
    • The Art and Skills of Digital Wildlife Photography
  • GALLERIES
    • LANDSCAPES
      • England
      • New Forest – My Local Area
      • Scotland
      • Wales
      • France
      • Other European Countries
      • North America
      • South America including the Falkland Islands
      • New Zealand
    • DETAILS
    • WILDLIFE
      • BIRDS
      • FLORA
      • MAMMALS
      • AMPHIBIANS & REPTILES
      • BUTTERFLIES
      • DRAGONFLIES AND DAMSELFLIES
      • OTHER INSECTS
      • FUNGI & SEAWEEDS
      • MOLLUSCS & ARACHNIDS
  • BLOG
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Meadow fritillary Melitaea parthenoides on Scabious flower Gedre Pyrenees France
1-M-332 Meadow fritillary Melitaea parthenoides
Monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus showing underside feeding on thistle flower South West Head Grand Manan Island Bay of Fundy New Brunswick Canada August 2017
1MD00464 Monarch butterfly
Painted lady Vanessa cardui resting on house wall Ringwood Hampshire England UK September 2016
1MD00444 Painted lady
Small heath Coenonympha pamphilus resting on Red hemp-nettle Galeopsis angustifolia Stockbridge Down National Trust property Hampshire England UK August 2016
1MD00437 Small heath
Chalk-hill blue Lysandra coridon male feeding on Marjoram Origanum vulgare Stockbridge Down National Trust property Hampshire England UK August 2016
1MD00423 Chalk-hill blue
Silver-spotted skipper Hesperia comma Broughton Down Hampshire and Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust Reserve near Broughton Hampshire England UK August 2016
1MD00405 Silver-spotted skipper
Scarce swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius resting on pine tree Vercors Regional Natural Park Vercors France May 2016
1MD00368 Scarce swallowtail
Emerald swallowtail Papilio palinurus New Forest Wildlife Park near Ashurst New Forest National Park Hampshire England UK April 2016
1MD00353 Emerald swallowtail
Apollo Parnassius apollo freeding on Viper's bugloss Echium vulgare Route des Mercier Vercors Regional Natural Park Vercors France
1MD00347 Apollo
Grizzled skipper Pyrgus malvae Dingy skipper Erynnis tages and Mazarine blue Cyaniris semiargus at mineral lick Hauts Plateaux Reserve Vercors Regional Natural Park Vercors France
1MD00339 Mazarine blue, Grizzled skipper and Dingy skipper
Marbled white Melanargia galathea resting on grass stem Vercors Regional Natural Park Vercors France
1MD00333 Marbled white
Black-veined white Aporia crataegi showing underside Vercors Regional Natural Park Vercors France
1MD00330 Black-veined white
Brown argus Aricia agestis perched on grass stem Vercors Regional Natural Park France
1MD00298 Brown argus
Wall butterfly Lasiommata mergera pair mating Vercors Regional Natural Park France
1MD00294 Wall butterfly
Cardinal fritillary Argynnis pandora on Common carline thistle Carlina vulgaris Gennargentu National Park Sardinia Italy
1MD00289 Cardinal fritillary
Large skipper Ochlodes venatus male on Bracken Pteredium aquilinum Dartmeet Dartmoor National Park Devon England UK
1MD00270 Large skipper
Spicebush swallowtail Papilio troilus feeding on thistle flowers Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge Pleasanton Kansas USA
1MD00267 Spicebush swallowtail
Brown argus Aricia agestis underside Asco Valley Corsica France
1MD00043 Brown argus Aricia agestis
Red admiral Vanessa atlanta on Sedum spectabile brilliant Ringwood Hampshire England UK September 2012
1MD00258 Red admiral
Eastern tiger swallowtail Papilio glaucus resting on a leaf
1MD00245 Eastern tiger swallowtail Papilio glaucus
Small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae resting on a hand to drink mineral rich sweat
1MD00233 Small tortoiseshell Aglais urticae
Purple emperor Apatura iris freshly emerged male butterfly Bentley Wood National Nature Reserve Wiltshire England
1MD00209 Purple emperor
Silver-studded blue Plebejus argus male butterfly on bracken New Forest National Park Hampshire England
1MD00169 Silver-studded blue
Orange tip Anthocharis cardamines butterfly male on Cuckooflower Scotland May 2009
1MD00154 Orange tip
Comma butterfly Polygonia c-album on sedum flower in garden Ringwood Hampshire England
1MD00117 Comma
Clouded yellow Colias crocea Vercors France
1MD00075 Clouded yellow Colias crocea
Scarce swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius on broom Vercors France
1MD00070 Scarce swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius
Marsh fritillary Euphydryas aurinia on flower of hawkweed species, Martin Down National Nature Reserve, Hampshire, England
1MD00058 Marsh fritillary
Two-tailed swallowtail Papilio multicaudatus Arizona USA
1MD00042 Two-tailed swallowtail Papilio multicaudatus
Glanville fritillary Melitaea cinxia pair mating Loire Valley Centre Region France
1MD00011 Glanville fritillary Melitaea cinxia pair mating
Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris on thistle flower Ringwood Hampshire England
1MD00023 Small skipper Thymelicus sylvestris
Provence chalk-hill blue Lysandra hispana pair mating on Fragrant orchid Gymnadenia conopsea Vercors Regional Natural Park France
1MD00322 Provence chalk-hill blue
Purple emperor Apatura iris freshly emerged male butterfly Bentley Wood National Nature Reserve Wiltshire England
1MD00183 Purple emperor wing detail
Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus on bramble flower
1MD00243 Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus
Red admiral Vanessa atalanta on buddleia in garden Ringwood Hampshire England
1MD00088 Red admiral Vanessa atalanta
Common blue Polyommatus icarus male on flowers of umbelliferous plant Avon near Ringwood Hampshire England
1-M-256 Common blue Polyommatus icarus
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