and a male Vagrant Emperor obliges

three female Red-veined Darters and 2 or 3 Vagrant Emperors at Rimac today increased the Lincs incursion count but this male was most welcome; after flying around within 4 feet of us catching insects it landed in the grass and allowed close approach --

Vagrant Emperors at Donna Nook

it took about 90 minutes before we found one of Chris's Vagrant Emperors but it landed in the open on the beach, first images, presumably a poorly marked male then we had at least 6 individuals and possibly up to 10 in the next 3 hours over 3kms of dune -- surely if we can find that many in such a small area they must be being overlooked elsewhere on the east coast -- second set of images a female taken after a torrential downpour

Vagrant Emperors and Spanish Festoon

it was good to see a lot of Vagrant Emperors at Atlanterra  and be able to look at them in a fly-by capacity as per a British encounter -- my thoughts are that you would know it was different but actually nailing an ID on a fly-by would be tricky -- Spanish Festoon was the most notable butterfly we saw, no pashas, but quite  a lot of Painted Ladies, various small blues, Wall Browns, Cleopatras and the usual unidentified

Spanish odes

Epaulet Skimmer was a new species for me; Broad Scarlet, Banded Groundling, Red-veined Darter, and I think female Vagrant Emperor bottom ?