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The orchids are out on the Yorkshire Wolds now. I photographed these alongside the very busy A166.
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Hundreds of people drive past them every day. I wonder if they give them as much as a second glance.
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There is almost an acre of wildflowers here. When the top soil was scraped off to build the road, the chalk that was left behind made a perfect habitat for them to flourish in.
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I spent a little much-needed down time there just after the exhibition and watched as the insects gorged. This is a six-spot burnet moth on a common spotted orchid.
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And here he is again on a southern marsh orchid
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I loved this harvestman taking shelter in the common spotted orchid.
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I managed to catch the burnet moth as he took off. The common spotted orchids are so large this year they remind me of cathedrals.
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I also saw this pyramidal orchid.
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And these common blue butterflies, pictured here on mouse ear hawkweed with another male flying in.
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Fabulous photos, Robert. Thank you for posting them. How was the show?