Good evening good people…

#theBeeAt3 bee facts will return tomorrow folks.

In the meantime here’s a stunning wee Small Copper butterfly hanging out with me earlier.

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🇩🇪 Gute Nacht und schöne Träume. #KleinerFeuerfalter #Insektsamstag
🇬🇧 Good night, sleep tight. #SmallCopper #InsectSaturday
🇨🇿 Dobrou noc a hezké sny. #OhniváčekČernokřídlý
#LycaenaPhlaeas

Cutting of the semi-natral grassland areas in the campus, always feels like a definitive sign that Autumn has arrived. However, with the dry summer it is definitely needed (grasshoppers have all but disappeared) and a later cut last year did the herbs no favours this year.

There are still enough patches left for me to find 4 butterfly species this morning. Fewer flowers for nectar does help!

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Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

Photographed on a sunny summer day, this Small Copper butterfly rests on a yellow wildflower. The vivid orange patterns and worn wing edges reflect a season of activity and survival in the wild.

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This is the Lycaena phlaeas butterfly (The small copper, American copper, or common copper) The Small Copper is a fast flying butterfly that, once settled, is unmistakable with its bright copper-coloured forewings. It is a widespread species and a familiar and welcome sight for many naturalists throughout the summer months.

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Kleiner Feuerfalter / Small copper / Cuivré commun : Harry Göhde : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Der Kleine Feuerfalter (Lycaena phlaeas) ist ein Schmetterling (Tagfalter) aus der Familie der Bläulinge (Lycaenidae) Wikipediaweitere...

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A superb Small Copper at Brandon Marsh, at the end of last month. My sightings of this species are much less frequent than I'd like, and always so fleeting as they don't seem to hang about in one place for very long before flying off at speed!

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