Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
Morecambe Bay, based at Arnside, July 2007 with fellow traveller David Dennis
![Morecambe Bay](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_2b7e9a0829994f04b2842aeceefb6fbb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_2b7e9a0829994f04b2842aeceefb6fbb~mv2.jpg)
from Arnside Knott, 27 July
![Erebia aethiops](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_161d58af164948c18d4cdd6cd9d8809a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_784,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_161d58af164948c18d4cdd6cd9d8809a~mv2.jpg)
Scotch Argus, Arnside Knott, 27 July
![Erebia aethiops](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_cbfee6e450a441f499bf49b42e326430~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_786,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_cbfee6e450a441f499bf49b42e326430~mv2.jpg)
Scotch Argus, male, Arnside Knott, 27 July
![Argynnis adippe](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_01de8e30dcaa48af8440a2eeb439628f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_967,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_01de8e30dcaa48af8440a2eeb439628f~mv2.jpg)
High Brown Fritillary, female, Arnside Knott, 27 July
![Aglais io](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_b70fc7edb17a4405b25f38dcbbf4b660~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_1019,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_b70fc7edb17a4405b25f38dcbbf4b660~mv2.jpg)
Peacock, en route to Meathop Moss, 28 July
![Meathop Moss](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_0bdfd63be76d4961abce7f621f77478d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_0bdfd63be76d4961abce7f621f77478d~mv2.jpg)
28 July
![Coenonympha tullia ssp. davus](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_e5777bff135e4166ab04e19295c6eca3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_949,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_e5777bff135e4166ab04e19295c6eca3~mv2.jpg)
Large Heath, Meathop Moss, 28 July
![Meathop Moss](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_7462c496063941088274a04e3924792e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_7462c496063941088274a04e3924792e~mv2.jpg)
vegetation detail
![Pararge aegeria](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_d6ddf3de3ead4dab8744c8a949211ecc~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_861,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_d6ddf3de3ead4dab8744c8a949211ecc~mv2.jpg)
Speckled Wood at the woodland edge out of Meathop Moss, 28 July
![Hipparchia semele](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_1faf7a9da2dc48aa98d8d42e2d23702e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_880,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_1faf7a9da2dc48aa98d8d42e2d23702e~mv2.jpg)
Grayling, Whitbarrow, 28 July
![Sunset](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_07bc4592d0074ca889263165dae5eb22~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_07bc4592d0074ca889263165dae5eb22~mv2.jpg)
across Morecmbe bay from Arnside, 28 July
![Smardale entrance](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_96041183de784b9f9f3c2cb1ffe12f1d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_96041183de784b9f9f3c2cb1ffe12f1d~mv2.jpg)
29 July
![Smardale](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_d384539f2af84002a7a863f4c60e272c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_d384539f2af84002a7a863f4c60e272c~mv2.jpg)
stream from the edge of the viaduct
![Smardale](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_daf698c5d27e4a8fa47caf4f0081b62a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_daf698c5d27e4a8fa47caf4f0081b62a~mv2.jpg)
course of the old railway line
![Argynnis aglaja](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_ab5205b52dcb45758fae052614587094~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_820,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_ab5205b52dcb45758fae052614587094~mv2.jpg)
Dark Green Fritillary, female, Smardale, 29 July
![The Lake District](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_04ecd169b51a402ca929e278d8d0c1d6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_04ecd169b51a402ca929e278d8d0c1d6~mv2.jpg)
to the north as seen from Arnside Knott, 30 July
![Erebia aethiops](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_c454be0eae50487384666e4e4d44ff31~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_709,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_c454be0eae50487384666e4e4d44ff31~mv2.jpg)
Scotch Argus, female, Arnside Knott, 30 July
![Erebia aethiops](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_24d67cfcd73f4b93954f090b3c1d6c3f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_672,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_24d67cfcd73f4b93954f090b3c1d6c3f~mv2.jpg)
Scotch Argus, female, Arnside Knott, 30 July
![Erebia aethiops](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_ab77772ba8554dbc816a0981a403452d~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_854,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_ab77772ba8554dbc816a0981a403452d~mv2.jpg)
Scotch Argus, male, 30 July
![Pyronia tithonus](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_ef0113b404a34959867d3d16b85b75cb~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_722,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_ef0113b404a34959867d3d16b85b75cb~mv2.jpg)
Gatekeeper, female, Arnside Knott, 30 July
![Argynnis adippe](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_f57e1f8c1c16440d82fa23357b3b4d25~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_784,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_f57e1f8c1c16440d82fa23357b3b4d25~mv2.jpg)
High Brown Fritillary, female, Arnside Knott, 30 July
![Argynnis adippe](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_bafe0ac597134a9c8011c3177e15d24a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_740,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_bafe0ac597134a9c8011c3177e15d24a~mv2.jpg)
High Brown Fritillary, female, Arnside Knott, 30 July
![Arnside](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_c783a8f3f36b4d328c058630332e53ed~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_c783a8f3f36b4d328c058630332e53ed~mv2.jpg)
across the bay, 30 July
![Aeshna cyanea](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_27f63fcfa01649d8aac78af644bc2fb6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_859,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_27f63fcfa01649d8aac78af644bc2fb6~mv2.jpg)
Blue Hawker?, Gait Barrows, 30 July
![Gait Barrows](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_235097a939a04124b92c9232c3b994c2~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_235097a939a04124b92c9232c3b994c2~mv2.jpg)
floral bank, 30 July
![Lycaena phlaeas var alba](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_8231c89d8a884ea48cd39ac3bcefabec~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_885,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_8231c89d8a884ea48cd39ac3bcefabec~mv2.jpg)
Small Copper alba, Gait Barrows, 30 July
![Lycaena phlaeas var alba](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_b36ab61a8c3e4c01bcaf527da07ef22f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_880,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_b36ab61a8c3e4c01bcaf527da07ef22f~mv2.jpg)
Small Copper alba, on hemp agrimony, the same insect as shown in the previous photo
![Whitbarrow](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_2aec9da5a71f465db0f508cf92cb4677~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_656,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_2aec9da5a71f465db0f508cf92cb4677~mv2.jpg)
limestone outcrops on the summit, visited twice, on 28 and 31 July
![Hipparchia semele](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_a2d6dfbe168142f2aaecd51129916b5a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_710,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_a2d6dfbe168142f2aaecd51129916b5a~mv2.jpg)
Grayling, atop Whitbarrow on 31 July
![Argynnis paphia](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a74cf6_32319df3864746f9abc3d17bfcb608b7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_818,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/a74cf6_32319df3864746f9abc3d17bfcb608b7~mv2.jpg)
Silver-washed Fritillary, male, Whitbarrow woods, 31 July