Excellent - thanks for your help. Fwiw, only recently have I re-kindled my interest in butterflies - about 50 years ago I used to know all this stuff! My mobile phone - a Samsung Galaxy Note 3, which is now about 4 years old - is capable of taking reasonably good photos, but you do have to get super...

What are these butterflies, please! #1. Common blue (that's had a very tough life?! - But if so, where are the white fringes?) blue01_w1920.jpg *** #2. a) Common blue male? common-blue02b.jpg #2. b) [Same butterfly!] delme-blue01b.jpg *** #3. Female common blue (if so why not remotely blue in colour...

When I read the OP the first book that sprung to mind was the same as Guy's suggestion. However one (very minor) complaint I would say is that the illustrations, whilst excellent and probably unsurpassed in detail and accuracy, are mostly in the unnatural 'set' position that can make field identifi...

Hello I am looking for a book to help me QUICKLY identify British Butterflies. I have just bought: A) a second hand "Collins Butterfly Guide - The most complete guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe " by Tom Tolman and Richard Lewington published in 2008. It's well illustrated and...

Ah..... yes, it looks like you are correct. What put me off is that this one is very orange and does not have that green/silver shade that some of them seem to have... Also most photos seem to be of the males for some reason! It was certainly quite large as you can see form the relatively small size...

Hello What is this butterfly? PDSS-fritillary.jpeg It is some sort of fritillary presumably, but which species? From the relative size of the bumblebee, you can see that it's fairly large... Unfortunately this is the only photo. Fwiw, photographed in a garden in Berkshire, UK. Thanks J PS Note what ...