Not the usual colours

1st August 2007, Wednesday

In a shingle hollow today there were 2 uncommon species that are of different colours to the rest of their “group”.
The Carline Thistle has yellowish flowers that look like mini sunflowers.
Carline Thistle
The Brown Argus is a “blue” butterfly, but both sexes are brown with orange half moons along the wing margin and a black spot on the forewing.
For photo of Brown Argus
Brown Argus
These were both found at TQ 9376 1842.