Hi everyone, Just a few words and some photos from my recent trip to Turkey 1st week in June. I stayed near Fethiye and saw Common Swallowtails regularly in my parents' garden, which I always think is a real treat. It had been raining and cool up until the day before I got there so everywhere was gr...

thanks Vince, yes I wasn't sure whether it was Levantine. I think the ones I saw at Kaya Koy were. I can see the kink you mention. I read your Turkey report before I went, wonderful report, I was almost bursting with excitement after reading it! I nearly asked whether you managed to get out there, ...

also have you seen this site?

http://www.kelebek-turk.com/index.php

rezamink wrote:Thanks Guy...

Slightly disappointed it's not a bit more exotic!

Definately behaved completely differently to the ones we see in the UK... but I guess it's never 36 degrees C in the UK!!!

they don't sit still in Turkey do they?

I was also in Mugla province last week, I thought this one might have been a Zephyr?

again, not the best angle.


060611-19 by legless2007, on Flickr

I'm so bad at blues.

Jo

thanks Vince, yes I wasn't sure whether it was Levantine. I think the ones I saw at Kaya Koy were. I can see the kink you mention.

I read your Turkey report before I went, wonderful report, I was almost bursting with excitement after reading it!

I missed your comment that it had a very blue upperside when I first looked at the pictures. So make it a male Loew's blue! The surface makes the underside look very brown... Guy yes it was blue enough for a male. Bright sun + point and shoot = dodgy colour balance sometimes. It (and others) were s...

Fabulous, thank you! Ah yes looking in Tolman I see now.

Thank you so much for your help.

Jo

Hi I'm a bit stuck on a few butterflies I saw in Butterfly Valley near Ölü Deniz on the South Western Coast of Turkey last week. Can anyone help? I do apologise that the photos aren't the best but I was travelling light and only had a point and shoot with me. 2 shots of the same blue, very blue uppe...

Some really good suggestions here, I'm in Cheltenham and a non driver so all of these are good for me too.

Further afield I went to the IOW last weekend completely on public transport to see Glanvilles, that was a surprisingly easy trip.

Hi, can anyone recommend a Glanville Fritillary site (on the IoW) easily accessible from public transport, i.e. not too far from a bus stop? I'm thinking of travelling down for the day from Brighton, either this weekend or next weekend. Cheers John Hi John a bit late for your trip but I went Glanvi...