Hello, 3 May 2009 Two species of butterfly were seen for the first time on the lower slopes of Mill Hill, Old Shoreham, Sussex. Just before midday the first male Adonis Blue was spotted settled with its wings folded and 25 minutes later my first definite Small Heath Butterfly was identified as it se...

Hello, 29 April 2009 Mike Parsons and his two colleagues from Butterfly Conservation in Dorset were bashing the Privet on the lower slopes of Mill Hill, Shoreham, in an unsuccessful attempt to find the caterpillars of the Barred Tooth-striped Moth, Trichopteryx polycommata . Mike identified for me a...

Hello, Horseshoe Vetch starts flowering in middle to late April, peaks in mid-May, continues in abundance for about a week and is prevalent for a few days each side of a week and is usually all over by the first week in June. http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Hippocrepis_comosa.html#Flowering http://www.gla...

Hello, 23 April 2009 http://www.glaucus.org.uk/GreenHairstreak391.jpg Green Hairstreak on Horseshoe Vetch http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Whites438.jpg Green-veined White and Orange-tip on page: http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2009.html http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Wall410.jpg My first ever confirmed...

Hello, 21 April 2009 A small and colourful pyralid micro-moth Pyrausta purpuralis amongst the Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis comosa , leaves on the lower slopes of Mill Hill was a first of the year. All the smaller white butterflies that settled proved to be Small Whites rather than Green-veined White...

Hello, 14 April 2009 Two small day-flying in moths put in their first appearance of the year on the lower slopes of Mill Hill (Old Shoreham): these were the pyralids, three Pyrausta despicata and two Pyrausta nigrata. Two Grizzled Skippers were recorded. The first yellow Horseshoe Vetch, Hippocrepis...

Hello, 13 April 2009 In the late afternoon, my first Holly Blue Butterfly of the year was seen fluttering over a garden overlooking the Waterworks Road. Two or three male Orange-tip Butterflies were seen over the Waterworks Road with a few Speckled Woods and one yellow Brimstone Butterfly in the dis...

Hello, 6 April 2009 Two further butterflies put in their first appearances of the year: a single Speckled Wood in the copse on top of Mill Hill, and a male Orange-tip Butterfly over the verges of Waterworks Road. My first trek was to the lower slopes of Mill Hill where five Peacock Butterflies were ...

Hello, 5 April 2009 The first four confirmed Green-veined White Butterflies of the year were seen on the verges of Waterworks Road, Old Shoreham, with a Brimstone Butterfly, and a Peacock Butterfly sparring with a Comma Butterfly. Other butterflies seen in town were a few Small Whites and a few Peac...

Hello, 30 March 2009 The first Grizzled Skipper of the year seen on the lower slopes of Mill Hill was a great surprise and the first one recorded in March. I also recorded my first Small Tortoiseshell of 2009 with two of them visiting the violets in the same location, as well as my first Small White...

Hello, BUTTER n.1 + FLY n.; with OE. buttorfléoe cf. Du. botervlieg, earlier botervlieghe, mod.G. butterfliege. The reason of the name is unknown: Wedgwood points out a Du. synonym boterschijte in Kilian, which suggests that the insect was so called from the appearance of its excrement.] I. 1. An in...

Hello, 16 November 2008 A Red Admiral Butterfly fluttered around the south-facing shop fronts at the western end of Shoreham High Street around midday. This was the last one of the year. heers Andy Horton glaucus@hotmail.com Adur Valley Nature Notes http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2007.html http://www...

Hello, 12 November 2008 A Red Admiral Butterfly fluttered over the twitten between Gordon Avenue and Nicolson Drive in Shoreham next to Hamm Road Allotments. It came as a great surprise to me to see a large yellow Brimstone Butterfly fly over the top meadow (north of the upper car park) on Mill Hill...

Hello, 7 November 2008 A single Red Admiral Butterfly arose from the Pixie Path to Mill Hill. 5 - 6 November 2008 No butterflies recorded over both days. 3 November 2008 Over the muddy outskirts of Shoreham as far north as Cuckoo's Corner on the west side of the river, there were no butterflies reco...

Hello, No butterflies yet seen in Adur in November, not even a Large White. Butterfly Flight Times by month in Adur http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterflies1X2007.htm Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2008.html Cheers Andy Horton glaucus@hotmail.com Adur Valle...

Hello, 27 October 2008 On the last fine day before the forecasted cold weather, there were no butterflies to be seen on Mill Hill, just two Red Admirals on the Ivy on the Pixie Path and the last butterfly was a good condition Speckled Wood in the Butterfly Copse next to the Waterworks Road. In the a...

Hello, 17 October 2008 Red Admirals were frequently seen over the town and outskirts of Shoreham including Mill Hill, running at about eight an hour. Large Whites were less at about five an hour. A midday visit to the lower slopes of Mill Hill was leisurely. There were hardly any butterflies, just o...

To Perseus, Having just had a look at your butterfly blog, on the 25th Sptember there is a Small Copper on what looks like Sea Pink but slightly different, is this flower what people called Field Scabious. I thought that Scabious was blue and sea pink comes out in the Spring ,I think. Thanks Shirle...

http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Caterpillar059.jpg This caterpillar was found on Shoreham beach at the beginning of October. Do you know which one it is please? Adur Moths http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Moths.html Hello, Brillant action pics in the Wall Brown sequence above. It could be the larva of the White...

This caterpillar was found on Shoreham beach at the beginning of October. Do you know which one it is please?


Adur Moths
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Moths.html