Insects

Golspie Insects

BUTTERFLIES

 Small blue, Cupido minimus, Golspie Links, 29 May - 1

Small blue, Cupido minimus, underside, Golspie Links, 29 May - 2

Common blue, Polyommatus icarus, male, Dunrobin Castle 22 June

 Painted lady, Beinn Bhraggie forestry, 22nd September

Dark green fritillary, Speyeria aglaja, Littleferry 3 July

High brown fritillary ??, Fabriciana adippe, Balblair Wood 12 July

Small copper, Lycaena phlaeas, Littleferry links, 1 June

Small heath, Coenonympha pamphilus, Littleferry links, 1 June

 Small white, 25 April

Green hairstreak, Loch nan Coarach track, 6 May

Speckled wood, Pararge aegeria, Dunrobin woods, 31 May.

Speckled wood underwing, Dunrobin Castle, 25 July.

Ringlet M, Aphantopus hyperantus, Balblair Wood, 12 July

Ringlet F, Aphantopus hyperantus, Balblair Wood, 12 July

Ringlet, Aphantopus hyperantus, Dunrobin Castle, 27 June

Meadow brown, male, Dunrobin Castle, 6 July

Meadow brown, female, Dunrobin Castle, 6 July

Peacock, Aglais io, Golspie golf course.

Small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae, Backies, 10 April - 1

Small tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae, Golf course 8 July - 2

MOTHS

Six-spot Burnet moth, Zygaena filipendulae, Dunrobin Castle, 27 June

CATERPILLARS

Dark tussock moth, Dicallomera fascelina, Golspie golf course.

Garden tiger moth, Arctia caja, Golspie Links.

Peacock, Aglais io, Dunrobin Castle

DRAGONFLIES

Four-spotted chaser, Libellula quadrimaculata, Loch Unes, 1 June

Common darter, Sympetrum striolatum, Loch Farlary, 6 August

Ruddy darter, Sympetrum sanguineum, Loch Farlary, 6 August

 Large red damselfly, Pyrrhosoma nymphula, Loch Unes, 1 June

Blue-tailed damselfly, Ischnura elegans, Loch Unes, 1 June

Common blue damselfly, male, Enallagma cyathigerum, Loch Farlary, 6 August

BEETLES

Two-banded longhorn beetle, Rhagium bifasciatum, Golspie Links, 29 May

Tiger beetle, Cicindela campestris, Loch nan Caorach track, 6 May