Meadow Brown (female) back lit feeding on Creeping Thistle, Dorset

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Meadow Brown (female) back lit feeding on Creeping Thistle, Dorset - INSECTS
Seacombe Bottom, Dorset, England, UK (August 2022)

For more information on this species of butterfly see:
Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina / Butterfly Conservation

Plant is Creeping Thistle. For more information on this species of wild flower see:
Creeping thistle Cirsium arvense / Wildlife Trusts

Shooting Time 10:12
Tv(Shutter Speed) 1/640
Av(Aperture Value) 11
Exposure Compensation -1/3
ISO Speed 2000

Latitude 50 35 27.4 N
Longitude 02 01 23.5 W
Altitude 28.30 m


Small Heath (female) resting on ground, Seacombe Bottom, Dorset

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