Gatekeeper

This small butterfly was resting in the flowerbed this afternoon. It's a gatekeeper or Pyronia tithonis) , to be distinguished from the meadowsweet by it having two dots within the black dots. I know it's a pretty common butterfly all over Europe, but there aren't many of them in the garden this year.

Thanks so much for all the Abstract Thursday entries last week, you had some great entries ! This coming Thursday the optional theme is 'dots' and the tag will be AT266.

Here's the list of last week's specials:
craftylady                    quilted pattern
KangaZu                     steel art pattern
frani                             eyetwisting grid pattern
davidc                          bokeh pattern
AngelsShare               marine pattern

Thanks so much for your kind comments, stars and even hearts for yesterday's frayed hydrangea skeleton edges