Hello, 16 July 2009 My first Clouded Yellow Butterfly since 2007 flew over Frampton's Field, Old Shoreham, and disappeared from sight amongst the Creeping Thistles. On Mill Hill in the early afternoon the count of male Chalkhill Blue Butterflies was 30. As expected at this time of the year, Large Wh...

Hello, 14 July 2009 A visit to Tottington Woods, Small Dole, with Jan Hamblett, resulted in the sightings of two butterflies not recorded personally in the Lower Adur Valley area before. Silver-washed Fritillary White Admiral There were frequent flights under the canopy of Oak and Willow of the larg...

Separate thread for Chalkhill Blues:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... f=8&t=3353

Hello, 2 July 2009 The brilliant sky blue of the first Chalkhill Blue Butterfly of the year rose from the lower slopes of Mill Hill just before 11:00 am in the humid sunshine. 14 July 2009 On Mill Hill, Old Shoreham, the male Chalkhill Blue count was now 14. Butterflies on an overcast day numbered a...

Hello, Shoreham, chalk downs and town fringes, coastal 17 species in the first two days of July: Large White Speckled Wood Gatekeeper Small Blue Marbled White Small Skipper Meadow Brown Small Heath Painted Lady Chalkhill Blue Comma Small Tortoiseshell Red Admiral Large Skipper Ringlet Small White Co...

Hello, 2 July 2009 The brilliant sky blue of the first Chalkhill Blue Butterfly of the year rose from the lower slopes of Mill Hill just before 11:00 am in the humid sunshine. http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Chalkhill2404sm.jpg Mill Hill Reports 2009 http://www.glaucus.org.uk/MillHill2009.html First Adur ...

Hello, 29 June 2009 I suspected that the small brown butterflies blown about in the breeze of the last few days were Gatekeepers , but a female settled for confirmation for the first definite of the year. On the Adur Levels, Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet Moths , Zygaena lonicerae , visited Tufted...

Hello, 22 June 2009 A cycle ride from Old Shoreham to Annington Sewer along the Coastal-Downs Link Cyclepath produced frequent butterflies including at least two of my first Ringlet Butterflies of the year and six other butterfly species. Correction: Original 12 June 2009 On the Coastal Link Cyclepa...

Hello, 19 June 2009 Thirteen species of butterfly were seen on a visit to Lancing Clump where I discovered my first Small Skipper of the year as well as occasional Large Skippers . Also, a few Marbled Whites that would not keep still and a Wall Brown . http://www.glaucus.org.uk/LancingRing2009.htm A...

Hello, Does anybody have any papers on wasp predation on caterpillars please? On Mill Hill there has been a dramatic decline of the Chalkhill Blue Butteflies in the last two years since the wasp nests were discovered. On the first occasion when they attacked and stung me repeatedly ! Mill Hill Repor...

Hello, 14 June 2009 Privet was flowering in profusion and intruding on the lower slopes of Mill Hill in a damaging way (damaging to the long term prospects of the butterflies). Another noteworthy observation was a nest of the Common Wasp , Vespula vulgaris , in a small hole and scores of wasps were ...

Hello, 14 June 2009 Privet was flowering in profusion and intruding on the lower slopes of Mill Hill in a damaging way (damaging to the long term prospects of the butterflies). Another noteworthy observation was a nest of the Common Wasp, Vespula vulgaris, in a small hole and scores of wasps were se...

Hello, 8 June 2009 An afternoon outing on an overcast day on the southern side of Buckingham Cutting, the small blue butterflies amongst the Brambles were all Small Blues and the estimate was 75+ in this small area. My first Marbled White Butterfly of the year made a sudden appearance. There were ei...

Hello, 26 May 2009 The mass immigration of Painted Lady Butterflies was astonishing, throughout the morning over east Shoreham, Southwick and Portslade the Painted Ladies exceeded two a minute for an hour and were over one a minute the rest of the time, with large numbers (100+) in Portslade Cemeter...

Hello, 24 May 2009 An influx of Painted Lady Butterflies occurred with three seen by the early afternoon and three later on in Shoreham. The small verge area at Buckingham Cutting on the southern side produced a dozen or so Small Blues scattered over a larger area than the three days ago plus a male...

Horseshoe Vetch on Mill Hill, Old Shoreham

http://www.glaucus.org.uk/MillHill2009.html

Hello, 21 May 2009 In the late afternoon there were about twenty Small Blue Butterflies in a three square metre patch of Buckingham Cutting south, north Shoreham, all fluttering about before they settled down to roost. http://www.glaucus.org.uk/SmallBlue635small.jpg Thirteen butterfly species were s...

Hello, 20 May 2009 The Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa , was more spectacular than three days earlier on the lower slopes of Mill Hill. Many of the flowers (> 5%) were seen already to be withering. The count of Adonis Blue Butterflies was 52 males and 8 females, of which 39 males and 7 females w...

Pete Eeles wrote:A week or so ago I had a Green-veined White ovipositing on some Garlic Mustard in the garden. I've been keeping an eye on the eggs, and today they hatched

Canon 30D, Sigma 105mm lens with extension tubes. ISO 200, f16, 0.5s, tripod.

Cheers,

- Pete

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Brilliant photograph.

Hello, 17 May 2009 Horseshoe Vetch in flower on Mill Hill On the lower slopes of Mill Hill, the Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa , was at its peak on a blustery (Force 5 gusting to Force 6) late morning but the Privet could be seen to be making serious inroads compared to previous years. Because ...