Queen of Spain Fritillary

Although these butterflies are fairly common in Europe, Wikipedia tells me, “This butterfly is an extremely rare immigrant to the British Isles with the first record from Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire, in 1710. It was first noticed in numbers in 1818 and was seen every year until 1885 - with the highest total of 50 records in 1872. Since then there have been less than 400 sightings in total since it was first discovered.” I found this quite a startling statistic. Anyway they are alive and flying in Antagnes now which is just as well as I’m not getting further than the garden just yet. 


Hope everyone has had a good weekend.