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Re: July 2012
One of my Essex girls from today......
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Re: July 2012
Managed a quick trip out before work today - lots of Essex Skippers about, several Whites (various), a few aged Ringlets and still lots of MB. Managed to catch a Hedge Brown or two basking....
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- Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:33 pm
- Forum: Books, Articles, Videos, TV
- Topic: Butterflies with darker wings are better fliers
- Replies: 4
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Re: Butterflies with darker wings are better fliers
I read that article (following Gruditch's link) in a meadow near Geneva, watching butterflies enjoying their liberty, and my first thought was that it was the kind of thing I'd rather not know if the price of discovering it was tethering wild creatures to a flight mill. :( Guy Indeed! I don't like ...
- Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:31 pm
- Forum: Foodplants and Gardening
- Topic: Longer term plans.
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Re: Longer term plans.
That's encouraging for me: I planted out 3 small seedlings of AB this Spring, in a place close to me, but with no other AB, though I do see plenty of Brimstones there. At present they are all doing well, about 2 feet high, in amongst the edge of some brambles and I will keep them clear of other over...
- Sat Jul 28, 2012 8:18 pm
- Forum: Books, Articles, Videos, TV
- Topic: Butterflies with darker wings are better fliers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 392
Re: Butterflies with darker wings are better fliers
That does sound interesting....
Yet many of our Large Whites, for instance, do come over here from the Continent......
Presumably, if it were an advantage, then would we would find our Whites becoming darker?
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Yet many of our Large Whites, for instance, do come over here from the Continent......
Presumably, if it were an advantage, then would we would find our Whites becoming darker?
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Re: Large, Small or Essex skipper?
Some ID for you. :?: :?: Ian Hi Ian - I'd go with: Small (distinctive sex brand) Small (brown antennae) Essex (black antennae) Essex (black antennae + distinctive sex brand) Small (brown antennae) Small (distinctive sex brand) Cheers, - Pete I agree - but wasn't sure on 2 - which I may have said Es...
Re: July 2012
Nice abs! Worth the wait, eh?
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Re: July 2012
Yes - nice one, Trev! Your panning practice has paid-off :wink: Beautifully set. I started off early today - but not early enough, as everything was going at 90mph when I arrived. Nice to see a lot more whites; Small and Essex Skippers too. One very fresh Peacock and a Red Admiral were welcome addit...
Re: July 2012
iole bait, perhaps?PhiliB wrote:..... renders his life forfeit.
Re: July 2012
Not quite the mass emergence I witnessed with PhilB and Sussex Kipper last year - but not bad! Phil stopped me treading on one......which turned-out to be this abs ... PE_abs_Composite_low.jpg With females around now, the males were quickly up in the trees after picking up their salts from....well, ...
Re: July 2012
More People than PE's at Fermyn today! Saw about a dozen or so down on the tracks (I missed spotting a Matthew Oates by minutes!) Saw no females down myself; one or two spotted elsewhere.... At one point I had 5 males down in front of me; it settled down to just 3 in the scrum.... PE's_1_low_Fermyn_...
Re: July 2012
Looking for PE bait, Pete?
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Re: July 2012
Saw a GVW, several Essex Skippers and Meadow Brown, a Large Skipper, a Comma and the first 2nd brood Holly Blue in the Cemetery after work todayJack Harrison wrote:So the rule of thumb: Essex man's is short and straight![]()
Jack
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Re: July 2012
Nailed-on contender. No way to argue about that one!Hoggers wrote: ... and this contender for an Essex Skipper
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How come when I work on Saturday and Sunday, the weather is ALWAYS good???
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- Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:32 am
- Forum: Overseas
- Topic: French Alps - July 2012
- Replies: 45
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Re: French Alps - July 2012
Good man, Paul! Well played....saved the camera! Bones DO mend....but £2K worth of kit..... :( (Tho' I can see Roger's thought bubble, as you went over the edge.... " Oh, shit! Paul....Noooo!!!!" "How long will it take to explain all this?.... ...I've only got 4 days left :twisted: !!...
Re: July 2012
Thanks for that succinct summary, Jack...Jack Harrison wrote:So the rule of thumb: Essex man's is short and straight![]()
Jack
Re: July 2012
Tristan Lafranchis says that the small skipper has a well defined black marginal border whereas the Essex skipper has a balck marginal border which is usually diffuse along the veins. This is clearly shown on the photos above. :) Ian Also the sex-brand in the Small is usually slightly curved, where...
- Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:52 am
- Forum: Overseas
- Topic: French Alps - July 2012
- Replies: 45
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Re: French Alps - July 2012
Fabulous images, guys!
I can imagine the routine quite well
The Harding "Hire-cars CAN go anywhere....." approach certainly worked for us....
I noted the resting Peak White
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I can imagine the routine quite well
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The Harding "Hire-cars CAN go anywhere....." approach certainly worked for us....
I noted the resting Peak White
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Re: July 2012
Made a couple of composites.... Small Skipper.... Small_Skipper_Composite_low.jpg Essex Skipper.... Essex_Skipper_Composite_low_July_2012.jpg It is not always possible to get the right angle to see the orange or black tips properly ... :( ...nor are they as orange in some Small Skippers as others......