Thanks Oy

Is there a campsite any of you would recommend near Arnside Knott?

I'm popping over there on thursday 27th July and staying over til the Saturday.

(or is there a forest I can hide my tent in? hehe)

Thanks

Aye Pete I think you are right. Looking through photos of Common Blue females, and they also have the spots on the forwings like the Argus. I have noticed that some Brown Argus do have a hint of Blue, but not when they are as worn as this one in question :-) Dave you will know you've found a Brown A...

I agree with Pete, definately a DG Fritillary. Check it against the photos of HB and DG: http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/image.php?path=species/High%20Brown%20Fritillary/imago/images/High%20Brown%20Fritillary%20-%20imago%20-%20Arnside%20Knott%20-%20Jul-05.jpg http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/image.php?...

I quite fancied visiting at the beginning of august for the Argus, thats if I can get the time off work....

Let us know how it was Oy

I met his brother-in-law up in northumberland:

sorry to contradict but my opinion is the second one is also a Northern Brown Argus, you can see the spots on the forwings. Dave did you take the photo? You can be sure it is a NB Argus by its size, they are much much smaller than common blue! Here is a similar pic: http://www.wayno.myby.co.uk/album...

Hello!

I like the Cinnabar caterpillars!

I was really struggling to find the NB Argus at Bishop Middleham Quarry in Durham, spent quite a few hours there. It wasnt until my second visit that I thought I would search the Rock Roses more closely, and sure enough there was quite a few of them. I had missed them because I didn't realise how sm...

Thought it looked a bit different!

Yeh its the wrong colour for a small skipper.

Nice composition though!

Wondering if anyone can help...

I found a Peacock caterpillar wandering about in a picnic site and adopted it.

He turned into a pupa within a couple of days, now I'm wondering how long before he emerges?

Also, will he emerge in the morning?

Thanks in advance!!

Yeh Dormouse, click the UK Butterflies pic at the top of the page!

Update... This year I've also been using ISO 200 and shutter priority (keeping it to 200-250). I'm taking better photographs, I think practice and my new lens (and white t-shirt!) contributes :-) I've experemented with flash a bit, but I dont yet have a speedlite, just the onboard flash. It does sti...

Being so far up north I dunno if this counts for me, but I've seen 1 painted lady and 1 red admiral

Martin, It all depends what sort of photograph you are looking to take. If you want a textbook type of photo then I agree with you, the plant is in the way and you cant see all of the butterflies markings etc. However, from a different point of view it is a really nice photograph showing the butterf...

Thanks

Now I can stop wondering!

Wow Pete, I love the Blue, well done with the Berger's Clouded Yellow photo too!

Good to hear you had a great time!

Finally found the Northern Brown Argus at Bishop Middleham quarry in Durham. All the ones I seen were a bit battered, and my photos of it are not great but it was still a nice feeling spending hours looking and finally finding it! http://www.wayno.myby.co.uk/album/Butterflies/slides/IMG_1733.JPG Wit...

Forgive the terrible photo, but is this Green Veined White or Large White?



Initially I thought it was a Green Veined... its a bit early for the Large Whites.

Thanks in advance!