Must be this one, both for the lighting and will of the imago to stay extremely still even under the strong sun.

Since my 2011s Duskies were nothing but average, badly postprocessed crap, I'm adding the ancestors. In 2012 I've seen Duskies flying from Burnet to Burnet at up to 10 sites, making tons of shots. Mostly crap as usual :D but these ones are one of the best achieved. This season I want to be better ag...

I like my Brimstones as deep as possible, preferably males, with very contrasting background; unfortunately this one moved his head out of focus. So although I've species from March to September, another photos were just a waste of time. In late March '13 I'll be certainly lurking in the same place,...

Although not yet present in my village, I've met HBF in most of the faunistic squares I've been monitoring. The species is evidently able to survive in a modern countryside (in rather low pop. densities), while in old-fashioned areas can be present in huge numbers. I have a strong suspicion the butt...

It's really hard to catch somebody's eye after Nigels's stuff. Anyway: http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/3893/hnedasekjitrocelovy2012.jpg Heathie is reasonably common in all Czech mountains, rather local in low altitudes and sometimes bivoltine. The photo was taken in May 27, 2012 in the first days...

padfield wrote:This year is a different kettle of fish. It is quite possible I have seen my last butterfly of the season.

So did I, no matter how hot was today (16 C), first snow seems to be a dividing line.

Some October photos of mine, including non-butterfly stuff. http://imageshack.us/a/img21/9729/mura20121017sedliste.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img803/81/zejkovecpozdni20121018s.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img4/3000/zlutasekcilimnikovy2012.jpg Croceas are dominant now. http://imageshack.us/a/img854/553...

I got a job today and already went on my first shift!

I work manually and probably for a ridiculous money, but much less ridiculous than by now. Hopefully my astonishing intellect will not be wasted and my hands survives the shock

This icarus pretty much represents where the season is going. http://imageshack.us/a/img442/3182/modrasekjehlicovy201210.jpg Coilas crocea , "Punk Head Yellow" http://imageshack.us/a/img59/7012/crocea.jpg After that I pinned a rusty nail right into my sole. We still heat the house with the...

I sought for lifespan of some (charismatic and here living) species of my interest: Duskies (P. nausithous) - 3 days (6 in captivity, 2 - inbreeding); same for P. teleius, I think Meadow Brown, Dingy Skipper - 3 to 10 days Melitaea and Brenthis Nymphalids - around 2 weeks Apollo - up to 1 month (IIR...

Those close-ups are very impressive, Marek! Is that really a short-tailed blue, with those conspicuous discal marks? If so, that rather scuppers upperside ID of this species (separating it from Eastern STB, that is)! :D Guy It's possible, but not probable, both species are present round about, both...

Great pictures Marek. I enjoy your mix of quality butterfly pictures, close-ups and landscapes. I hope you manage to sort out a job somewhere. If you come to Scotland it rains all the time and you will only see about 20 species of butterflies. Everywhere is flooded today after a very stormy night! ...

Enough of personal bullsh.. and back to butterflies. I took advantage of two confused Clouded Yellows . http://imageshack.us/a/img31/3000/zlutasekcilimnikovy2012.jpg For me, Yellows are the most common Fall butterflies. http://imageshack.us/a/img809/3000/zlutasekcilimnikovy2012.jpg A forgotten Purpl...

:) It's my long-term nightmare to be time-rich during the Winter . Tour companies: IIRC, there isn't such a thing in CZE, I even lost the wwws of the UK one. It sounds great, imagine the possibilities. It also sounds very Summer-oriented. I just need to settle in some proffesion / at some place wher...

The season's more or less over (last transect: 34 animals only). Since I counted a bit this year, I summarized and matched the abundances for my village and 5 other in the closest neighbourhood. The data are biased for many reasons, but still quite true and no one does the same thing in my area :) h...

Guys, nothing is off topic in my thread until I say the opposite :D I tried some carryings-on as long as the weather is still reasonable. The sky was so bright and the temperature so high that it was pretty clear it'll be still something on flight, including newly hatched animals. Proved to be true....

David, Mike: thanks. Indeed. Eg. my great grandfather, allegedly second biggest kulak in the village, had lost of the land he traditionally owned and have tried to hang himself. Download Czech movies like Ucho (Ear, 1970; obviously banned in 70s) or Pelíšky (Cosy Dens, 1999) if you like the "th...

I believe Maps are very modest butterflies in some parts of the Central Europe, with literally no biotope management needed. Kind of like Festoons in the south. Some species actually present in the UK are ten times more exacting and complicated than Maps in CE. Speaking of which, I just uploaded one...

An Autumn "landing run", nothing more, nothing less. http://img832.imageshack.us/img832/2444/babockabilec20120904bru.jpg I like the background here, but the sunshine seems to be now too weak for my style of shooting. http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/2444/babockabilec20120904bru.jpg Same ...

Half of the meadows around my village are burnt by the sun and half is mowed or full of teazle! So sad. At least two Autumn Swallowtails has occured. http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/6074/machaon.jpg Just as majority of late Summer butterflies, this Small Copper has never seen the rain. http://img...