Local insects...

Thanks to Dave Helliar for sending in some nice pics of insects seen locally in the Chard area over the last week including butterflies, dragonflies & damselflies:

Common Blue: D. Helliar

Pyrausta (aurata or purpuralis): D. Helliar

Marbled White: D. Helliar

Ringlet: D. Helliar

Small Skipper: D. Helliar

Small Tortoiseshell: D. Helliar

Comma: D. Helliar

Black-tailed Skimmer, male: D. Helliar

Black-tailed Skimmer, female: D. Helliar

Blue-tailed Damselfly: D. Helliar

Golden-ringed Dragonfly: D. Helliar

Pisaura mirabilis: D. Helliar

Meanwhile I found another Grass Snake at the weekend just outside Whitestaunton. This one had clearly suffered an injury to the neck but was none the worse for it, being quite active and hissing noisily the whole time. 

Grass Snake Natrix natrix: R. Harris