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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Young Flower Crab Spider enjoying the sun in the garden this afternoon 🕷️

Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This Long-tailed Blue is looking very warn and tired which is not surprising really as he has been on patrol for at least two weeks and has mated with at least three different females. He was desperately trying to find nectar today and sadly I think his days are numbered.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yet another pair of Long-tailed Blues today - very worn male taking some sun after his dalliance with a fresh female

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Spitfire over the Solent this morning

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Mating Long-tailed Blues on Portsdown today

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

TWO pairs of Long-tailed Blues in cop on Portsdown this afternoon and a lovely fresh female - possibly seven in all. Looks like a migrant male got lucky with a stunning fresh female. A bumper crop will be due in October if the weather allows.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The normally manic Clouded Yellows on Portsdown Hill were stopping for photos in the warm overcast conditions this morning- including a nice helice.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Red Kite with its lunch today - think it’s a Rat from the length of tail?

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Only managed to find a handful of Autumn Ladies Tresses on my local road verges today. I think the dry weather has really suppressed them this year.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Had some on the garden a few years back - sadly the slugs ate them!

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Oh indeed sir good spot - she kept it well covered by the hiding mist of the time 👍

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

My grass is absolutely parched but the BFT seems more resilient - I hadn’t noticed the marking but you are right the spots are large and close. She was very small which I find quite common in later broods and had nicely marked uppers with a good dusting of blue but I couldn’t capture it.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I planted some BFT deliberately but only occasionally do the blues visit so very lucky to spot her. She hung around for 30mins or so and laid quite a few eggs. Hopefully I will be able to find some caterpillars.V lucky 👌

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Common Blue egg laying in my garden

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Long-tailed Blue on guard duty in Hampshire today

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

This is the tenth Hummingbird Hawkmoth that I have rescued from my kitchen this year

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Had an audience with the Queen of Spain today 👸

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Paid a visit to the M C Escher exhibition at Somerset House. Fascinated with his work since i was a kid, but even after all these years his drawings still bamboozle me even though I now know how they are done 🤷‍♂️

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Long-tailed Blue in Hampshire today - one of about half a dozen sparring males all in similar condition which suggests to me that they are probably recent arrivals?

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Today I visited a footpath alongside a large field sown as a herbal ley. The extensive clover has attracted hundreds of whites, Common Blues and no less than 43 Clouded Yellows. Given the field size I would think several hundred are present. I also counted at least ten Hummingbird Hawkmoth.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Oh yes UV is a game changer! I have found BH larvae, whilst looking for Purple Emperor pupa in N Hants👍

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A lovely morning spent on the Hants/Wilts border with good company and plenty of Brown Hairstreaks

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

It’s Agrimony time of the year, now where’s that brush? 😂

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Intriguing find in the garden Purple Hairstreak hind wing - has been crunched by something. I can’t think of any Oaks in the local vicinity 🤔

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Holly Blues, which seem to be having a great year, taking ‘nutrients’ - horse poo 💩

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Butterfly Emergency? On this small patch of Bramble we’re no less that eleven species of butterfly including multiples of several species. Reminded me of the ‘olden days’ 😀

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Some nice spikes of Broad-leaved Helleborine in the woods today - they normally get nibbled by the deer.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hummingbird Hawkmoth in my garden today

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Spotted this huge Hawkmoth on our hotel wall in Mexico - Fig Sphinx - Pachylia ficus

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A Purple Emperor pupa, that I took into protective custody as it was in a vulnerable location, emerged today as a beautiful empress. I returned her to her home wood and she flew straight up into an oak spray to await her suitors today.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Nice female Stag Beetle in the garden tonight

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Was fortunate to find a brand new Purple Emperor during my wander through the woods today

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

A wander in the woods with UV last night revealed that seven out of twenty Purple Emperor remain giving a predation rate of 65% - it’s amazing that we ever see any adults! Some nice surprises included a stunning Puss Moth caterpillar and some final instar Brown Hairstreak.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Nice clutch of orchids on Thursley Common Surrey this morning

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Here is my garden ‘pest’ very content and very welcome

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Some orchids from Kent at the weekend

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Did some night time wandering in the woods to look for Purple Emperor pupa with UV and found eight. We also came across some Brown Hairstreak larvae and a beautiful White Admiral pupa.

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Three species of orchid growing on my local verges including a veritable swarm of Bee Orchids. Some of the bees have tiny flowers this year- about half normal size, I suspect caused by the dry weather?

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Where is a Song Thrush when you need one? 🐌🐌🐌🐌

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

A nocturnal trip into my local woods with a UV torch turned up half a dozen Purple Emperor pupa shining like led’s

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Broad-bodied Chaser egg laying in my garden pond

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Found a grounded Swift? Here’s what to do

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I planted mine a few years ago now and regularly get Brimstone - at least five caterpillars at the moment - every little helps 👍

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Fresh arrival in my garden at 07:15 this morning taking on more fuel before moving north again

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Brimstone caterpillars are doing well in my garden - at least five

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Hairy Dragonfly drying off before taking its first flight this morning

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

My local fox was very content yesterday evening - soaking up some warmth from the paving

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Oh the irony - the steep bank on the left is being left as a ‘biodiversity strip’ probably because it is difficult to mow? The flat area on the right, which has dozens of Bee Orchids, is mowed within any inch of its life!

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Mark Tutton @marktutton.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I found a Spaniel nesting by the lake 😂

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