I tend to agree about the weather effects during Pupation. This Spring saw record temperatures and endless warm days down here in Devon. I have never seen so many Aberrations reported during the Spring and early summer finding a couple myself. As to your wonderful Small Copper Ab sighting all I can ...

Apologies for this late posting but I am afraid domestic chores have taken a precedence of the last couple of weeks. I spotted this unusual butterfly briefly on Bramble Blossom on a Devon coastal path on the 9th August whilst hunting for Clouded Yellows. At first in flight I thought it was a rather ...

In the sunny weather earlier this week I had spent over an hour searching bramble blossom under a Purple Hairstreak " infested" Oak tree to try and get a close up photo of one nectaring. Not one appeared and so I was about to set off home with a failed mission when a group of walkers appro...

Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell seen lying together like this on a Devon Costal path today. I have never seen two different species so close together resting , maybe they were they in Lockdown ? Reminded me of that 1967 song by the Turtles " Happy Together". ( Who was that guy in the group...

Hi All,
sent to me by a friend of a Butterfly or Moth he saw in his conservatory in June, and just got round to sending it me for identification. Its got me foxed,
any ideas out there ?

Many thanks indeed for your most informative reply, as with all walks of life one lives and learns,
Dave.

DSCN6180 (2).JPG Hi all, just seen and got a quick shot of this female ? Purple hairstreak taken in full sun at 6:40 this evening. I cant decide is she an Ab form with Purple only on left wing ? Or is it just the angle of the sun on her not illuminating the purple on the right wing. She flew off be...

Hi Chris, thank you for a most interesting Post. I live in Devon and one was seen here a couple of years ago, probably an import on a geranium plant. But I was lucky enough to see my first one in Seville this February ! I was not expecting to see Butterflies there so early in the year but it was a w...

Hi Dave, yes I usually see them high up in the tree tops but once in a blue moon one will come down to nectar and last year I got a great shot of one at eye level on an Elm leave as shown. But to come down on the grass and then climb on my hand was probably a chance in a life time. I Last year my wi...

A small group of us had a unique experience yesterday (28/06/20) whilst searching a local park for White letter Hairstreaks that are regular visitors there each year. It was a rather cool and windy day and all hopes seemed dashed by the weather. Suddenly one flew straight down from high up in a near...

Many thanks indeed with your help on that and clarification of gender appearance. She was very yellow which foxed me,
Dave.

Spotted this possible Aberrant Marbled With flitting around a local Devon meadow. Its upper wings were normal except for a noticeable thin yellow band to the upper forewings, buts its underside hind wings were patterned in yellow rather than Black and white. Any comments welcome.

Whilst strolling down a quite Devon Lane on the 11th June this year I spotted this beauty on Bramble blossom. A rare find I think making it a perfect summer day. What unusual colours this specimen proudly displayed.