The first Speckled Wood of the season in the garden today. Though a shade loving butterfly, frequently found in woods as its name implies, the males do come out from the more overgrown parts of my wildlife garden and bask in the sun like this one. With a season extending from April to October the Speckled Wood is seen for longer than most butterflies, but individuals are only likely to live about a week.

                                                           Speckled Wood

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