Photo Gallery - Marsh Fritillary Courtship

During a visit to the Butterfly Conservation reserve at Lankham Bottom on 25 May 2006, Dorset, I was fortunate enough to witness the courtship and mating of a pair of Marsh Fritillaries. A sequence of photographs recording the event is shown in this gallery.

Click on an image for a larger, higher resolution version, together with some observational notes and elapsed time indication.