{"id":3638,"date":"2016-11-06T10:33:21","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T10:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3638"},"modified":"2016-10-16T10:33:41","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T10:33:41","slug":"bucking-the-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=3638","title":{"rendered":"Bucking the Trend"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8352\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29342726693\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8500\/29342726693_a9ccb9e62f_c.jpg\" alt=\"Small Copper on some late flowering Hemp Agrimony\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A Small Copper on some late flowering Hemp Agrimony.<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/butterfly-conservation.org\/48-13538\/mystery-of-butterfly-disaster-summer.html\">On the back of a disastrous summer<\/a> for Butterflies\u00a0on reflection\u00a0I think we must have been lucky.\u00a0Certainly plenty around Durlston Country Park\u00a0in mid September.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8321\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29855511522\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/9\/8170\/29855511522_d7364db966_c.jpg\" alt=\"Small Copper Butterfly\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Great to see the sun really bringing out the iridescence of the Small Copper&#8217;s scale covered wings.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8300\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29886299121\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/6\/5717\/29886299121_64bb8e7241_c.jpg\" alt=\"Male and female Adonis Blue on Greater Knapweed\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Male and female Adonis Blues on Greater Knapweed.<br \/>\n An increasingly rare sight. Restricted to south facing chalk downs the Adonis Blue is\u00a0in rapid decline. Fortunately\u00a0where their habitat is\u00a0managed their numbers appear to be more stable.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8270\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29855451372\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8236\/29855451372_278a4b047f_c.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0Female Adonis Blue on a Greater Knapweed flower.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0Female Adonis Blue on a Greater Knapweed flower.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8372\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29969578485\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8555\/29969578485_381fd32ca5_c.jpg\" alt=\"A Small White feeding on Valerian\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0A far more familiar Small White feeding on Valerian.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8286\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29342674223\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/9\/8062\/29342674223_ac829d1082_c.jpg\" alt=\"Small Heath again feeding on Greater Knapweed.\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A Small Heath again feeding on Greater Knapweed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_8249\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29675771150\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c7.staticflickr.com\/9\/8074\/29675771150_fe5c9ba328.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Brown\" width=\"396\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_8229\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29969421035\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c4.staticflickr.com\/6\/5560\/29969421035_a83fd593ab.jpg\" alt=\"Small Heath\" width=\"396\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0The closely related Meadow Brown<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0Another Small Heath<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_8228\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29969417685\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c6.staticflickr.com\/9\/8197\/29969417685_3db39bfe62.jpg\" alt=\"Peacock Butterfly\" width=\"396\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<a title=\"DSC_8223\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29886230471\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/9\/8417\/29886230471_77c076dcf7.jpg\" alt=\"Painted Lady\" width=\"396\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\u00a0The widespread and familiar Peacock butterfly.<\/td>\n<td>\u00a0A Painted Lady on the same Buddleia bush<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"DSC_8241\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ianworsley\/29341965924\/in\/datetaken\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/c5.staticflickr.com\/9\/8084\/29341965924_8f75c85165_c.jpg\" alt=\"A female solitary wasp\u00a0hunting for a suitable victim\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>A female solitary wasp\u00a0hunting for a suitable victim.<br \/>\nSpiders and caterpillars are normally high on the list but in general most Solitary Wasps aren&#8217;t too fussy. Once their prey has been paralysed it then becomes a source of energy for the next generation of wasps.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Small Copper on some late flowering Hemp Agrimony. On the back of a disastrous summer for Butterflies\u00a0on reflection\u00a0I think we must have been lucky.\u00a0Certainly plenty around Durlston Country Park\u00a0in mid September. 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