A very fresh male Silver-studded Blue was flying amongst the Common Blue and Brown Argus butterflies at Glanville’s (Pennans) Field near Penhale Dunes on the 1st of June. This stunning butterfly stood out boldly from the already fast fading other … Read More
Silver-studded Blues appear to have a had a very good year at Penhale sands on the North Cornish coast in 2011. Following good counts of caterpillars reported in our searching for butterfly caterpillars post in early May we have in … Read More
Groping around on hands and knees searching for caterpillars is one of those activities that at the time feels perfectly normal behaviour to those taking part but not necessarily to any other member of the public out for a quite … Read More
Common name: Silver-studded Blue Latin name: Plebejus argus Family: Blues ( Lycaenidae >> Polyommatinae) Flies: July and August This photo Date: 8 July Location: Glanville’s (Pennans) Field, Penhale, Perranporth, Cornwall