Thanks Mark .
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Please can someone confirm that this is a Privet Hawk Moth.

Out and about in Somerset,One Painted Lady (Vanessa carduior) or as they are known in France La Belle-Dame here in my Garden, last one seen was the great influx 2009,first of many perhaps ? elsewhere on my local reserve Ham Wall ,Somerset good numbers of Peacock (Aglais io), a few Red Admiral. (Vane...

Hello Roger, thank you for your observations,Dappled Mountain White (E. simplonia) is a new species for me, a very worn specimen, it is listed on the website of the Atlas des Papillons de Midi-Pyrenees and was found at 1500 m on the 1 July above Gedre.The Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino) sam...

Hello all, another very successful Butterfly Safari in France, despite the heat I found and photographed my principal target species for July plus many others, C oedippus was by far the most challenging of the species seen requiring a chase across terrain that would have been fit for a commando trai...

Hello all, I have just returned from a visit across the south of France, the Var, Bouches-du-Rhone,and the Pyrénées-Orientales, where I managed to see my target species for the year,the Violet Copper (Lycaena helle). After two days searching I finally found this little beauty perched on my wife's hi...

MAY_2395 Twin-spot Fritillary (Brenthis hecate) Lot,France..jpg Photos and Video taken during recent visits to France. http://jamesgibbs6929.zenfolio.com/f775683009 A selection of Butterfly photos taken in May 2014,featuring Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthamelii) Large Copper, Chequered Skipper,Twin...