{"id":4770,"date":"2016-07-19T19:10:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T19:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?p=4770"},"modified":"2016-07-20T09:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-07-20T09:41:46","slug":"highland-heat-wave-butterflies-at-insh-marshes-and-feshiebridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/19\/highland-heat-wave-butterflies-at-insh-marshes-and-feshiebridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Highland Heat Wave: Butterflies at Insh Marshes and Feshiebridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4793\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7100-Dark-Green-Fritillary-at-Insh-Marshes-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4793 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7100-Dark-Green-Fritillary-at-Insh-Marshes-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Dark Green Fritillary at Insh Marshes\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7100-Dark-Green-Fritillary-at-Insh-Marshes-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7100-Dark-Green-Fritillary-at-Insh-Marshes-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7100-Dark-Green-Fritillary-at-Insh-Marshes-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dark Green Fritillary at Insh Marshes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4771\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4771\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7030-Ringlet-Butterfly.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4771 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7030-Ringlet-Butterfly-1024x898.jpg\" alt=\"Ringlet Butterfly\" width=\"474\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7030-Ringlet-Butterfly-1024x898.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7030-Ringlet-Butterfly-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7030-Ringlet-Butterfly-768x673.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4771\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ringlet Butterfly at Insh Marshes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4773\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4773\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7042-on-Tormentil.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4773 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7042-on-Tormentil-868x1024.jpg\" alt=\"on Tormentil\" width=\"474\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7042-on-Tormentil-868x1024.jpg 868w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7042-on-Tormentil-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7042-on-Tormentil-768x906.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4773\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cimbicid Sawfly on Tormentil. It&#8217;s a different species from<a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectsofscotland.com\/p\/beeswaspsichneumonssawfliesants.html\"> the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trichiosoma sorbi<\/span> shown on InsectsofScotland.com, a useful website, <\/a>but looks to be in that genus, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Trichiosoma<\/span>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4791\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7127-Hoverfly-cf-Volucella-pellucens-on-Meadowsweet.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4791 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7127-Hoverfly-cf-Volucella-pellucens-on-Meadowsweet-953x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Hoverfly cf Volucella pellucens on Meadowsweet\" width=\"474\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7127-Hoverfly-cf-Volucella-pellucens-on-Meadowsweet-953x1024.jpg 953w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7127-Hoverfly-cf-Volucella-pellucens-on-Meadowsweet-279x300.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7127-Hoverfly-cf-Volucella-pellucens-on-Meadowsweet-768x826.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insectsofscotland.com\/p\/hoverflies.html\">large, shiny, bumblebee mimic Hoverfly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Volucella pellucens<\/span><\/a> on Meadowsweet. The specific name refers to the pellucid (semi-transparent) white band at the front of the abdomen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4776\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7057-Chimney-Sweeper-Moth-at-Insh-Marshes.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4776 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7057-Chimney-Sweeper-Moth-at-Insh-Marshes-998x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Chimney Sweeper Moth at Insh Marshes\" width=\"474\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7057-Chimney-Sweeper-Moth-at-Insh-Marshes-998x1024.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7057-Chimney-Sweeper-Moth-at-Insh-Marshes-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7057-Chimney-Sweeper-Moth-at-Insh-Marshes-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7057-Chimney-Sweeper-Moth-at-Insh-Marshes.jpg 1771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chimney Sweeper Moth at Insh Marshes &#8211; common, but difficult to approach!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4778\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4778\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7072-Meadow-Pipit-with-food-waiting-to-fly-to-nest.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4778 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7072-Meadow-Pipit-with-food-waiting-to-fly-to-nest-728x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Meadow Pipit with food waiting to fly to nest\" width=\"474\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7072-Meadow-Pipit-with-food-waiting-to-fly-to-nest-728x1024.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7072-Meadow-Pipit-with-food-waiting-to-fly-to-nest-213x300.jpg 213w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7072-Meadow-Pipit-with-food-waiting-to-fly-to-nest-768x1080.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7072-Meadow-Pipit-with-food-waiting-to-fly-to-nest.jpg 1063w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Meadow Pipit with food waiting to fly to nest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4781\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7112-Insh-Marshes-panorama-with-Ruthven-Barracks.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4781 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7112-Insh-Marshes-panorama-with-Ruthven-Barracks-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Insh Marshes panorama with Ruthven Barracks\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7112-Insh-Marshes-panorama-with-Ruthven-Barracks-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7112-Insh-Marshes-panorama-with-Ruthven-Barracks-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7112-Insh-Marshes-panorama-with-Ruthven-Barracks-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Insh Marshes panorama with Ruthven Barracks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4783\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7144-Empid-fly-with-long-beak-on-Scabious.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4783 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7144-Empid-fly-with-long-beak-on-Scabious-981x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Empid fly with long beak on Scabious\" width=\"474\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7144-Empid-fly-with-long-beak-on-Scabious-981x1024.jpg 981w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7144-Empid-fly-with-long-beak-on-Scabious-287x300.jpg 287w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7144-Empid-fly-with-long-beak-on-Scabious-768x802.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Empid fly with long beak on Scabious at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4785\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4785\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7171-Conops-wasp-mimic-fly-on-Scabious.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4785 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7171-Conops-wasp-mimic-fly-on-Scabious-1024x973.jpg\" alt=\"Conops wasp mimic fly on Scabious\" width=\"474\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7171-Conops-wasp-mimic-fly-on-Scabious-1024x973.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7171-Conops-wasp-mimic-fly-on-Scabious-300x285.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7171-Conops-wasp-mimic-fly-on-Scabious-768x730.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4785\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Conops<\/span> wasp mimic fly on Scabious at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4800\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4800\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7118-Bilberry-Bush-at-Feshiebridge-e.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7118-Bilberry-Bush-at-Feshiebridge-e-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Bilberry Bush at Feshiebridge\" width=\"474\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7118-Bilberry-Bush-at-Feshiebridge-e-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7118-Bilberry-Bush-at-Feshiebridge-e-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4800\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bilberry Bush at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4787\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7137-grey-moth-on-bracken.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4787 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7137-grey-moth-on-bracken-1024x832.jpg\" alt=\"Foxglove Pug moth on bracken\" width=\"474\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7137-grey-moth-on-bracken-1024x832.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7137-grey-moth-on-bracken-300x244.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7137-grey-moth-on-bracken-768x624.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Foxglove Pug moth on bracken at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4789\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7138-Hoverfly-Chrysotoxum-bicinctum.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-4789 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7138-Hoverfly-Chrysotoxum-bicinctum-1024x837.jpg\" alt=\"Hoverfly Chrysotoxum bicinctum\" width=\"474\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7138-Hoverfly-Chrysotoxum-bicinctum-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7138-Hoverfly-Chrysotoxum-bicinctum-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/DSCN7138-Hoverfly-Chrysotoxum-bicinctum-768x627.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hoverfly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chrysotoxum bicinctum<\/span> (the specific name refers to the two yellow belts) at Feshiebridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[239],"tags":[1080,1087,1089,1088,1085,1079,1084,1086,1081,1082,527,815,1083,1090,780],"class_list":["post-4770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-love-of-nature","tag-chimney-sweeper-moth","tag-chrysotoxum-bicinctum","tag-cimbicid-sawfly","tag-cimbicidae","tag-conops","tag-dark-green-fritillary","tag-feshiebridge","tag-foxglove-pug-moth","tag-highlands","tag-insh-marshes","tag-meadow-pipit","tag-ringlet","tag-ruthven-barracks","tag-trichiosoma","tag-volucella-pellucens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4770"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4801,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4770\/revisions\/4801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}