Ciao! :) I've been chasing butterflies in Moravian Wallachia for three days, visiting traditional meadows called polany :D generally situated in a pretty difficult ground. The meadow slopes were sometimes so slope that even communists, a well-known environment vandals, failed in fertilizing it durin...

It's probably the best Purple Hairstreak shot I've ever seen and best of June 2011 as well (I didn't vote though). And it's definitely "book-worthy" (or at least Wikipedia upload-worthy). Fresh imago + photographer's patience -> win. P.S. I haven't seen this Hairstreak since cca 2000. (Oka...

Since I finally found the colony and not only dispersing females, I spent the morning with observing Large Copper(s) . It's possibly both the most worthy and the most beautiful species present in my village (I myself see Large Copper , Scarce Copper and Lesser Purple Emperor as best-looking butterfl...

Hello. 1) I am the father of seven Small Tortoiseshells 8) I think only three of them were ready enough to survive out there, though. http://s1.postimage.org/4gko6jzl6/bobockyyy.png 2) I am still snapping, actually to get more familiar with manual sharpening. Also, I snapped Lesser Marbled Fritillar...

Back to normal, back to my village. I realized that Swallowtails are actually making hilltoping in the highest spot of the place (384 m above the sea level). This male was particularly on a lookout for at least two days. I strongly believe he eventually found a "Swallowgirl", since he was ...

Four days ago (2011-07-07) I made a trip to "Lusova valley" in Halenkov, CZE and "Little Vranca" in Novy Hrozenkov (where the weather went absolutely wrong). It took me only about 1.5 hour by car including straying and ignoring some speed related traffic rules :) Plus like 16 Eur...

Guy, thank you very much. I initially wanted to drop you a line via PM, but the result here is pretty much the same :) And I already erased the last two photos in dispute. But this is not the end... Please... Is this all Melitaea athalia only? http://s2.postimage.org/9f8mt7gy5/browns.jpg And the Lyc...

http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/5329/frittilaries.png Goddammit, how to start... Guys, I had a great trip (2011-07-07). I was literally attended by hundreds of Frit's. Now I'm desperate, and ashamed :D I mean I only identified Argynnis Paphias and one Argynnis Niobe that I'll be posting in my th...

I thank you both

Also, I have three more moths to identify. It would be all for now, I promise



I'm sure they're all extremely rare!

http://s3.postimage.org/lvwidj7e3/vretenuska_2011_06_28.png 1. Some Zygaena sharing the biotope with Parnassius Apollo , where's very abundant. Yesterday's photo. After a very small and boring research, I already have fantastic four (candidates) :) • Zygaena angelicae • Zygaena lonicerae • Zygaena ...

Depsite a quickly changing weather, I had three great & funny sightings in Stramberk *) [/color] (28.6. - relevant for first 6 butterflies) and my home village (23. 6.; 27.6. - the second six butterflies). Stramberk is basically a small city on the other edge of the Beskydy Mountains with a very...

I can understand your wish to see the Poplar Admiral. I am going to Bulgaria next week and have a vague hope that I will see one, but they are more difficult to see than the Emperors. Even some of our experts here have only seen them a few times after years of searching and seeing many, many other ...

http://s2.postimage.org/de0vost3d/czechbutterflies6.png I'm enjoying a fairly good numbers of butterflies these days. I saw four Emperors during my last three tours, two Apatura Ilia and two Apatura Iris (no Apatura Metis though; it's not Hungary :D). All males. They seems to be solitary but widesp...

Looks like I'm falling deeper and deeper in chasing butterflies. I'm also planning some trips. http://s3.postimage.org/r37kxn53y/czechbutterflies5.png Today, I met Mr. Lesser Purple Emperor while hoping to see Purple Emperor . So there are two Apatura butterflies around my village, then. It was basi...

I returned to chasing butterfiles in the past few days. Good weather for me around here, lets say from 19 to 23 C. Not that good for butterflies, though. http://s4.postimage.org/od34duwec/czechbutterflies4.png As you probably noticed, I've met the first Large Copper this year - a lady :D (in a horse...

Thanks for the ID and so.

The weather, ha? 28C today. Chequered Skippers might love it. I myself don't.

There's actually still 18C, somewhat cloudy - in the midnight

It looks like I'll have to shift my great chocolate reserves before its meltdown

Lovely shots, and of landscape I fear might not exist at all in the UK. You think the nature and landscape is that different? Anyway . . . . . http://s2.postimage.org/4auo34zgo/czechbutterflies3.png I have no clue what's the moth in the bottom left corner. Any ID maniac here? Around my village happ...

I see you want Chapter two, so here are another b'flies with Czech passport :P http://s3.postimage.org/kh8zn3c89/czechbutterflies2.png It's all today's, saving Camberwell Beauty and Peacock . This day mightily rocked, some places were dead, but sometimes I didn't know what the hell shoot first. Achi...

Howdy! Lets just pretend we know each other for ages :D I live in Sedliste, CZE; have been interested in b'flies since childhood, when I was pretty much obsessed with hunting Papilio machaon ; recently bought a reflex camera. Here's my start to the season. Lets say I'm learning (to shoot). http://s3...