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So many big beautiful Peacock butterflies around at the minute - they're loving the knapweed as you enter the bog meadow. #mayo #irishbutterflies #rewilding
August 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
annbruen.bsky.social
A small cabbage white butterfly feasting on an English Lavender flower. Photos taken in Timahoe, Co. Laois yesterday morning.
#irishbutterflies #cabbagewhitebutterfly #englishlavender #ireland
July 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
Slightly battered Ringlet stopped for a rest before flying on... #IrishButterflies
Photo of a ringlet butterfly resting on Bob's hand. It's brown with several eye like markings on its wings.
July 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
Today in the 'pond meadow' (we haven't built the pond yet but it's coming...) - my first spot of a Common Blue on our land plus lots of Meadow Browns... #IrishButterflies #IrishWildlife #IrishFauna
Photo of a Common Blue butterfly resting on a grass. It's very blue! Photo of a Meadow Brown on a buttercup. It's brown & orange with a distinctive black spot on the top wing.
June 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
And today's 'New in the Bog Meadow' is... Peacock Butterfly caterpillars! Appeared overnight in one of our nettle patches... Hopefully some make it to be next year's butterflies... and the others will keep the young birds happy... #Rewilding #IrishFauna #IrishButterflies #Caterpillars
June 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
Another new spot on our walk down to the bog meadow this afternoon - my Irish fauna group say it's a Marsh Fritillary - which is Ireland's only legally protected insect apparently! So I'm gonna cuddle it very carefully... biodiversityireland.ie/surveys/mars... #IrishButterflies #IrishFauna #Mayo
Photo of a brown and cream patterned butterfly resting on grass.
May 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
Walked the dogs. Spotted a Small Copper butterfly on the bog meadow. Dogs waited patiently in the shade whilst I followed it around the field for a photo... #BobLife #Mayo #IrishButterflies
Photo of a Small Copper butterfly. It's a burnt orange colour with brown wing tips and black spots. Photo of two dogs lying on grass in the shade.
May 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
Coffee-break butterfly action... #IrishButterflies #PeacockButterfly #IrishWildlife #Mayo
Photo of a peacock butterfly sunning itself on grey gravel
April 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
alastairrae.bsky.social
Zooming unsexed pix of Cryptic WW, I can see some have similar white patches. #irishbutterflies
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Cryptic Wood White
The Cryptic Wood White only occurs in Ireland, where it is widespread. It was discovered to be different from the Wood White in 2001 and, more recently, its identification was changed again to this ne...
butterfly-conservation.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
pocket-ireland.com
So many colourful butterflies and moths in Ireland. #butterflies #moths #ireland #irishbutterflies #irishmoths #butterfly #nature #insects #photography #smartphonephotography
July 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
pocket-ireland.com
Ringlet on Irish Green. #RingletButterfly #IrishWildlife #Butterfly #Nature #Wildlife #Insects #Fern #Green #Macrophotography #NaturePhotography #IrishButterflies #Summer #BeautifulButterflies #Outdoors #smartphonephotography #photography
A detailed close-up of a dark brown Ringlet butterfly with characteristic eyespots on its wings, settled gently on the vibrant green fronds of a fern. The scene captures a peaceful moment of Irish wildlife in dappled sunlight.
June 23, 2025 at 8:29 AM