When it comes to the move make sure that the trees are well watered a few days before you lift them. I know it makes the root ball heavier but it reduces one of the stresses.

Looks like a Mullein Wave to me, but then I have been known to be wrong.

The problem I have is that I only have access to the 2009 records-on the website-so how can I get these more recent ones? You could either ask the county recorder malcolm.bridge AT ntlworld.com or trampling on the vegetation and killing or maiming the very butterflies they are trying to photograph ...

Here is what I think is a new one for Oaken Wood-a Dark Green fritillary seen today. P.J.U. 'fraid that the 2010 Species distribution map and report from Malcolm Bridge says "Occasional, but reliable sightings, from Chiddingfold continue ... " but I am sure that he will be delighted with ...

I was trying to get a photograph of this Golden-ringed dragonfly when the Meadow Brown turned up closely followed by his friend. Why is it that butterflies are never around when you want them but always appear when you don't want 'em.

Paul Wetton wrote:Thanks for the info guys. Better get me some o them there tic removers.
My mrs works at a vets so might the doggy version ones. hmmmm.

The dog and I share those tic removers, except he needs a muzzle when his under parts are being investigated.

I did have the wood burner going last night, but is the forecast weather bad for butterflies? It would certainly seem that it's bad for watching them but that's not the same thing. The drought in the south has been broken and the wild flowers have come on considerably since the first rain about 10 d...

Though the young caterpillars eat the leaves of the hedge garlic, the mature ones rest along and appear to eat the end of the seeds pods. Do they actually eat any of the unripened seed. I cannot tell from the few that I have in the garden but the top 4 or 5mm of the pod seems to have disappeared.

I re-buried it. I suppose that I can dig it up again and see what hatches but it's probably better to let nature take its course.

I have taken Poplar Hawk Moth in a Heath trap this year and I do have a small patch of Rosebay Willowherb.

This turned up in some old builder's sand in the garden. It ain't a butterfly, I suppose it could be a larger moth. What else has a pupa of about 50mm?

Certainly in the south recent activity in the fields has been haymaking and this year's hay crop looks to be less in volume than last year's disastrous season. Hay will be in short supply and more livestock will have to go to market in the autumn. Farmers need all the silage and hay that they can ge...

IAC wrote:OH PLEEEEEESE let that be true....!!

Oh Pleeeeese let in not be true, here in the SW corner of Surrey we've only had 9mm of rain in the last two months.

If I walked through someone's front door when it was left open and sat down in the lounge in front of their television, does anyone really think I'd be treated more sympathetically than if I'd have broken a lock to get there? Then the householder could sue you for trespass, but that is all, the pol...

Why does no-one use the old action of Forcible Entry and Detainer, gets them out in no time. Works on squatters, just got to show that some force was used to enter the property.

Rats .... right for the butterfly. I fear it says something about lepidopterists who can identify butterflies by their bums; I can't identify them when they are prostrate in front of me. The plant was in fact Bird's Foot trefoil with a shoot of probably Bedstraw, just to confuse. Green Hairstreak 2....

Sent you a p.m.

I am looking for a copy of Parenti, Guide to the microlepidoptera of Europe.
If anyone is giving up moths and pursuing a more worthwhile occupation I shall be happy to buy a copy from you

There is no prize for the winner beyond the usual derision found on this forum. For once I know the answer

He was a fast flyer, faster than me.

Can anyone help me with this past-its-sell-by-date butterfly?