Butterflies and Moths at Troublefield
I visited Troublefield a nearby Dorset Wildlife Trust Reserve on Sunday afternoon. This is a tiny reserve not too much bigger than a small field but it was full of summerflowers and butterflies.
Armed with my Canon 100mm F2.8 USM macro lens I managed to find a nice male Fox Moth (Macrothylacia rubi ) in the grass, and also capture a pair of mating Small White butterflies. In addition to these I also managed to get some shots of a couple of the many Common Blue butterflies that were about. Lastly and on my Canon MPE-65mm I photographed an type of shield bug that I had not seen before a “Tortoise Bug” (Eurygaster testudinaria).
The shots are shown below. I hope you enjoy looking at them as much as I did taking them.
A close up of the Fox Moths head (This acutally taken on the MPE-65mm – F11 ISO 100 with flash).
Canon EOS 50D (65mm, f/11, 1/250 sec, ISO100)Full length shot of the Fox Moth clinging to the grass. (100mm F11 ISO 400 with flash).
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO400)Another pose from the Fox Moth (100mm F8 ISO100 with Flash).
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO100)Mating Small Whites (100mm F11 ISO400 with Flash)
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/11, 1/250 sec, ISO400)Common Blue on pink flower (100mm ISO400 F5.6 with flash)
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/250 sec, ISO400)Common Blue preparing to take off (100mm ISO 400 F5.6 with flash)
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec, ISO400)Common Blue posing on flower (100mm ISO 100 F8 with flash)
Canon EOS 50D (100mm, f/8, 1/250 sec, ISO100)Tortoise Bug – a large shield bug – Eurygaster testudinaria (MPE-65mm ISO 100 F11 with flash)
Canon EOS 50D (65mm, f/11, 1/250 sec, ISO100)Map of Location:
A small DWT wildlife reserve.
