The Summer is drifting past and Marbled Whites are already coming to end of their brief fragile lives. This very ragged butterfly,fading to silvery and brown, looked strangely beautiful in the evening sun as it nectared on one of the last Pyramidal Orchids at Ragpits. It always feel slightly melancholic as the butterflies slowly fade away marking the passing of another summer. I hate to think that I will not see many of them until Summer comes around again.
Marbled White, Melanargia galathea on Pyramidal Orchid - Ragpits, Buckinghamshire, 05/08/2012
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