I wandered past the buddleia bush today with camera in hand, and half-raised it to point at a Red Admiral that was flittering past, before deciding it was too far away to make a good photo. Then I looked down, and this chap landed approximately three inches from the camera lens and began... well. Posing. Flexing his proboscis, strutting with his little spiky legs and waving his stalkeyes. So I photographed him.
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Edited at 2016-08-26 23:08 (UTC)
Do butterflies have stalkeyes like snails? I knew they smell with their feet, the oddballs.
Silly of me really, since I was quietly smug at how clearly his eye were visible in the last shot :-D
Red Admirals seem to be taking over... This year's Big Butterfly Count has consisted almost entirely of Red Admirals.
We too have unusual numbers of Admirals this year, but far fewer peacocks and torties.