on the rocks

It's been a bumper summer for seeing butterflies, moths and skippers this year.  I can honestly say I've seen more in the past week than I saw in the whole of last year.  I've no idea why this should be so, other than maybe the warm, dry spring we enjoyed.

Anyway, I spotted this red admiral butterfly chilling on a stony pavement while on a regular nature stroll recently.  I thought it was a strange spot for such a creature, and even stranger when it didn't immediately fly away.

Thankfully it did finally remember that it was a winged insect and took off, landing on some nearby buddleia!

Fujifilm X-H2, TTArtisans 100mm f2.8 2x macro
1/200th of a second at f2.8, ISO 125
handheld

Fujifilm X-T2, Fujinon 100-400mm f4.5-5.6 @ 400mm
1/640th of a second at f5,6, ISO 200
handheld

Here's my latest macro montage: