They seem to like odd years at the moment, 2013,2015, &2019 dont know why they missed out on 2017, there were a few in 2014 and other years, but only in ones and twos.

But at Denbies the Belted Galloways have eaten most of the Horseshoe Vetch on the hillside and there are very few 2nd Brood Adonis flying there now, it seems the Chalkhills were pupae, when they started Grazing the hillside, but being later the Adonis larvae were Galloway Breakfast, we shall see if ...

Surrey People missed out on the last two LTB years, so its good to have them this far inland again, ive dug out two pictures taken at Denbies Hillside in 2003 of various sized larvae, so people know what the early and late stage larvae are like. LTB1.JPG Denbies 12.9.2003 LTB2.JPG Denbies 13.9.2003 ...

A lot of Migrants turned up that weekend, including some QoS frits, even Bedstraw Hawks went far inland, and up to Orkney, so again it cant be ruled out, from the dates, as mass imigration occured on 3rd August, the best for many years.

Wasn't 1947 the year of The Clouded Yellows? I think recall my Dad 1935-2009 telling me that in '47 he saw "clouds' of them - it was an amazing summer (after a VERY cold winter) The Summer of 47 was great for migrants but the Winter 47/48 was very cold, its what killed of the Gorganus Swallowt...

Was the Hibernation web near to the web that was abandoned, as thats may be where the larvae moved too, they do like to go into longer growth to hibrnate, with the strong web and protection from wind. They were flying later at Wrecclesham, so probably will all hibernate, if its a mild winter and war...

All alone in the cutting at Hutchinsons Bank this lunchtime, in full sun and warmth, i was monitoring a female Glanville, she was showing interest in a plantain, she sheltered for a short while in thick growth on the lip of the scrape and went back and laid a batch of eggs, she went off to feed afte...

The only other Blue with a similar underside in the UK is the Small Blue, which the upperside is dark brown. Ive seen Holly Blues the same size as Small Blue, but opened up to the Blue upperside. Holly Blue is a treetop species that does come down to lay on shrubs like Dogwood or feed on flowers.

Hi Trev A Long-tailed Blue came in at Saltdean today! I'm hoping there'll be more to come. BWs, Neil There was one way inland at Caterham Surrey on Aug 4th a female probably egg laying. https://butterfly-conservation.org/sites/default/files/styles/srcset_medium_sa/public/2019-08/lt_blue_fem_2019-08...

I wonder what else will have 2nd Broods this year, 3rd August was when the first 2nd Brood Glanville was also seen, hope the violet conditions are still reasonable so any SPBF offspring can get to hibernation size before the autumn. We should be looking out for Dingy, Grizzled, Dukes and Orange Tips...

I dont know where they get this info from, its been one of the worst years for Common Blue ive known in 2018 i had 667 on the Hutchinsons Bank Transect, so far in 2019 its only 104. it needs a massive August and September to match last years total. 2017 388 were seen, although in 2016 only 84 were s...

Its always good to have good contacts. I remember years ago the Bird Pagers going off with Camberwells at Mill Hill.

The 2nd First Sighting this year in Sussex [23rd February] one of these years they will get to breed in the UK.

2nd Brood Glanville Fritillaries at Hutchinsons Bank, the last 2 days, hopefully will get a picture this week, this is what it says in the Glanville Fritillary action plan "The butterfly is univoltine in Britain and bivoltine in southern Europe. Rarely, in good years in Britain there is a parti...

The Antennae stalk is orange nearly all the way up on an Essex, and Black banded on a Small, whatever the tip is, as the orange often wears off on the Small Skipper leaving the black tip.

you can clearly see this in your photos.

You can check suitable blackthorn for last years eggs they are still visible, on the joins to the main stem, they should have a hole in where the larva hatched in March/April. The Butterflies are out now, so you may be lucky again on a trip in early august.

Like the other Melitaea fritillaries, the female lays in batches upto 200 eggs, after 2 days she can lay another batch although they tend to be smaller in size about 60-100 eggs.

The winter web is stronger dense silk as it has to last the winter, there is a mass of black larvae in the middle.

The other reason they might have left is the temp may be too hot at the moment, in our scrapes its well over 50 oC at the moment, with their thermo propeties they can increase their body temp by another 20 oC which would make it far too hot. So probably like a lot of other insects have gone into dee...

Of the 2 Glanville Webs i found at Hutchinsons Bank, both have moved from where they were laid in the last week, [Web 2] they are 3 ft away and now spun the hibernation web for the winter, low down in the scrub. [Web 1] have done a runner in the last 2 days, although i found a smaller larva on it to...

I'm only casual on here, (mainly a birder), but surprised there's no mention of the Pale Clouded Yellow that was present the other day. Likely to be the real deal or not? Probably just another Helice [Pale white form of the female Clouded Yellow], even in books eg "Devon Butterflies" it s...

The Glanville Fritillary larvae in the Cutting at Hutchinsons Bank have grown near to hibernation size in the 2 webs found so far, here is a picture from today. There is a very small chance of a few 2nd brood as they were flying early this year. HBWeb2b.JPG 23rd June 2019 GlanvilleWeb2c.JPG 15th Jul...