A short report from two monitorings of Czech Canada and Moravka valley in the northern Beskydy Mts. okac prosickovy, 6.7.2014, klenova.jpg hnedasek rozrazilovy, 6.7.2014, senotin.jpg Mr. machaon, if you meet many of those, you could get an overdose :D otakarek fenyklovy, 7.7.2014, landstejn (2).jpg ...

...butterfly releases at weddings... This has given me ideas. For my own funeral, I could have something plausible released, eg Arran Brown. I could have a good laugh from the grave :D Anyone know where I can source Arran Browns? Statistically my life expectancy (currently aged 75.7) is another 10....

This may be a little off-topic but this weird UK butterfly release wedding habit is highly idiotic indeed. I can somehow accept its wasted and lost life as they are bred to end up so (and I myself have to kill here or there too from time to time, if genitalization is needed), but impact on serious m...

Wow! Is Hungarian Glider a Czech species, Marek? Hi, most definitely. Probably an Austrian too, haven't checked it yet but makes sense. The species is very local but tend to be very common, if not dominant, in the area of distribution as its host plant, Spiraea sp., tend to be common (if not domina...

So I arrived to a selected cranberry moors at Czech Canada... As early as possible not to miss the best sunlight... 2014_06_27_klenova.JPG And not to miss some of its gems vulnerable, moveless, fresh and covered with dew... perletovec severni, 27.6.2014, klenova (2).jpg Of course many damn roads has...

Actually, I ask myself a question if anyone knows where its distribution range approximately ends. Given the fact everything eastwards from CZ is vaguely or poorly explored. According to my Tolman & Lewington, Yellow-Legged Tortoiseshell is very much an eastern European insect. It's permanent d...

Several YLT sightings has been reported in Czech Rep. after nearly a decade, mainly from south-eastern Moravia. So, I can confirm. Actually, I ask myself a question if anyone knows where its distribution range approximately ends. Given the fact everything eastwards from CZ is vaguely or poorly explo...

Another trip... was very variable on biotopes and species-rich, good for photography. This day's aim were limestones in Stramberk, Wallachian meadows and pastures of Lusova valley, and two various White Carpathian steppes, all along the Slovakian border. Early morning Stramberk was reasonably rich o...

Hi, David. Actually, there are Sooty Copper, Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Granville Fritillary, SPBF, Chequered Skipper, Queen of Spain Fritillary, Pearly and Chestnut Heaths, Heath Fritillary, New Forest Burnet, Woodland Ringlet and Lesser-marbled Fritillary on the photos (from top to bottom). Lots o...

Hi! :D Sorry for annyoing in this thread but it's probably useless to start a new one. The thing is I'm, again, looking for a Croatian resident familiar with their butterfly fauna. I'm seeking for a nice, butterfly-friendly place also suitable for a "normal" vacation (yes, in a coastal are...

cjackson wrote:Nice photos and comments Marek. One or two of the photos have a slightly blurred background, nothing to do with the Slivovitza by any chance?
Chris

So you know the local habits ...

Nothing important happened this days, I continue enjoying switching between my old lens. Also, hundreds of Lesser Marbled Frits have just emerged in the last couple of weeks, but females seems to have a pretty big delay so far. So many fresh males awaits! So I tried to shoot males under various circ...

It's great to be on the podium with lens for 29 Euros

Changing the guards !

Almost conquered the British Isles !

Those Sooty Coppers and Small Pearl Bordered Fritillaries are stunning Marek :D :D Thanks. It's butterfly conversation about butterfly conservation :D ! The southern trip I wrote about above was rather a photographical disappointment. Clouded Apollos were worn. I was worn. I fell asleep in a car un...

My macro lens is about to be repaired but for more than half of my monthly wage (it's app. 500 GBP, don't laugh :D) so I have to work more and elsewhere for extra cash. Also, my sleep routine is definitely gone, as I do some overtimes and lot of butterflying (which involves getting up VERY early, or...

I see you're enjoying yourself with your new photo kit. I did notice the images of your Russian equipment higher up - it does look like really solid stuff. That photo of the 2 minimu s is great but it makes me wince because coincidentally I had my first sighting of a minimus today, but the quality ...

Hi guys, today I'm about to post stuff made during my trip to Brno and Palava Mts., southern Moravia, as well as from sunny April/May mornings around my village. Since I suffered a couple of accidents, I've broken both my camera and two lens, including my 180mm macro Canon. It cost me app. 300 GBP i...

Hi, I went nuts and bought three new lens (I am especially happy to overbid Germans two times) but none of them has already arrived. So I have been practicing with my "old" stuff. darksir 5.JPG darksir 1.JPG 2014_04_19_strizovo.JPG tages.jpg otakarek fenyklovy, 20.4.2014, bruzovice.jpg ota...

Early and premature Czech Spring as I've seen it with my Canon 180/3.5 L Macro USM lens. babocka bile c, 12.3.2014, bruzovice.JPG babocka bile c, 22.3.2014, bruzovice (1).jpg babocka bile c, 22.3.2014, bruzovice (2).jpg babocka bile c, 30.3.2014, bruzovice.jpg 9.3.2014 - pink is the color (bruzovivc...

Winter's gone :D Today at 5 a.m. I had to scrape the frozen windows of my car. When leaving the work, it was already sunny, nearly 20C :shock: I'm also armed with Canon EOS 60D & Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM now. It cost me more than two monthly wages. I hope it'll help me with my long way to...