I post this Large Heath, one of a pairing, photographed on 25th June in North Yorkshire, because it was very green to the eye, not a product of hue tampering in image development...

lastly then, the Blues, and skippers... Melissa Blue, Plebejus melissa , in Sagebrush ultra-dry scrub with buckwheats and Lupines, SSB sized... 2018a Plebejus melissa_6025.jpg 2018a Plebejus melissa_6046.jpg 2018a Plebejus melissa_6060.jpg The similar but slightly larger Acmon Blue, Plebejus acmon ,...

Thanks David, I love the description!! I didn't see as many Hairstreaks or Coppers as I had hoped for, these are what did present themselves, not a bad, if small, selection... Firstly, the Lustrous Copper.... 180608k Lycaena cupreus_ Beryl Spring WY_6194.jpg Then the lovely and intricate Western Pin...

Thanks chaps... every time I go, I marvel at the species similarities, and differences! I hadn't thought of warm enough polar regions and merely assumed stem species must have existed x million years ago on Gondwanaland, the Northern theory is more sensible :lol: btw, if Guy, you ever want to put th...

I suppose the tullia are more like the scotica form we have... they seem more active than ours! Nymphalids were not over-represented either, in my finds, but here are those I photographed... The Sagebrush Checkerspot.... 180605b Chlosyne acastus_ North Platte River WY_5157.jpg 180605b Chlosyne acast...

Thanks all! Guy - You made my day giving me a new species but threw me into confusion at the same time!!! :D Sure did LOOK like Small Apollo, but I'm happy it's not... Intuitively, none of these very widely separated species should be identical after eons apart! :? btw, no I never did get the photo,...

Thanks Charles... many more to come... 180605c Western White_ Devil's Gate Viewpoint WY_5035.jpg Western White About as easy to photograph as Peak White!! :roll: 180614 Euchloe ausonides_MO_7413a.jpg 180614 Euchloe ausonides_MO_7431.jpg Large Marble 180613 Anthocharis sara_ West Yellowstone 44.69695...

Firstly, Papilionids... Very strong flying, never settling for long, hence not ideal views and not many photos. Western Tiger proved impossible despite it's frequent appearance! 180607e Papilio multicaudata_Devil's Tower WY_5707.jpg Two-tailed Swallowtail 180612 Papilio zelicaon_ West Yellowstone 44...

I have just been lucky enough to spend two weeks touring Utah, Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana and Idaho in the US, centered on the Black Hills, Bighorn Mountains and Greater Yellowstone. I knew there was a big list of potential species to be seen, and on final count I think I saw between thirty and ...

I was always told that if the base of the leaf started on one side before the other, ie not symmetrical, as in your pic.... it was an Elm.

My first home Orange Tips of the year x2 in the garden today...... at long last!

Hi Guy,
Just read this, sorry to hear your sad news, hope you're OK,
Paul

out of interest, why not serratulae for the first?

Holly Blue??

Yep, it's pretty good out there, but it takes some effort to find good places in the sprawl that is human America :shock: The Red-banded is gorgeous, but it is tiny, about Small Blue size. It also tends to be a little difficult to approach! But then again, I'm starting to find they are all " a ...

Yeah, I get that, their uppersides sure are!!! Well, here are a few more from the last few days.... first, two different Red Spotted Purples... 170830 Limenitis arthemis. Red Spotted Purple. Blue Ridge Parkway__3535.jpg 170830 Limenitis arthemis. Red Spotted Purple. James River Crossing, Blue Ridge ...

Lovely fresh Silvery Checkerspots in the Blue Ridge Mountains... 170830 Silvery Checkerspot. Blue Ridge Parkway__3083.jpg 170830 Silvery Checkerspot. James River Crossing, Blue Ridge Parkway__3114.jpg Not to be confused with the Pearl Crescent... 170829 Phycoides tharos. Pearl Crescent. Great Smoky ...

Rather worn Great Spangled Fritillary..

Beautiful pristine Grey Hairstreak...

Ha ha... one or two!... a reserve yesterday warned of Cottonmouths, but I never saw (or heard) any. I suspect Rattlers are present in very small numbers in most wild places here... so always need to watch one's step! Several new species for me today, in the Smoky Mountains, Tennessee, but these phot...