Since the weather's still chaotic and I'm still out of a suitable zoom lens, no field trip was set for this day. Fortunately, I did make some notable observations whilst assisting my mother at feeding some goats.
The current owners of "! Former Village School !" are on vacation and tasked us to take care of their livestock for a week. Their garden mostly consists of decorative plants, however some alfalfa began to grow opposite of an apple tree.
Just before leaving I visited the garden to check on their impressive male fern (Dryopteris filix-mas), I spotted one V. atalanta resting on the path. When I accidentally disturbed it, it passed a single A. cyanea flying in the opposite direction. Waiting for the dragonfly to return, an unusually purple C. argiolus approached one of the alfalfas. It likely fed near berries before relocating.
Besides this, the single caterpillar in our yard, which popped up a few days ago, turned out to be a V. atalanta. Speaking of our yard, I caught a glimpse of what seemed to appear to be my first I. lathonia directly in my yard. Taking into account that it visibly got lost and found a way out while I was getting my glasses, I was only able to judge it based on the color of its upper wings and its size.
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Note (10 August): I initially suspected A. paphia instead of I. lathonia due to its size, however I did not discover a single individual during my Meisel trip on 10 August, thus making A. paphia entirely absent this year.