What is the food plant of this species? I am not sure from observation. I think that both Bird's Foot Trefoil and Horseshoe Vetch (especially the latter) have different populations that may look identical but one of their characteristics is that their leaves do not support all their butterflies and ...

Occasionally I get caught in the position of having a butterfly (or dragonfly) too close for my binoculars to focus (< 3m) and was thinking of getting an additional short focussing pair which can be in my pocket for such occasions. I've found the following http://www.eagleoptics.com/index.asp?pid=4...

Pete Eeles wrote:Hi Andy - are the 2006 sightings actually at http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2006.html?

Thanks.

- Pete

It is. Just one.

Adur Valley Butterflies (Sussex)

Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2005.html
Adur Butterfly Flight Times
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterflies1X.htm

17 January 2006 My first butterfly and my first large insect of the year was seen flying in of the beach and sea over the fringes of Widewater Lagoon at 2:00 pm. Alas, it was so sudden and disappeared so quickly I could not be positive of its identity. It was highly probably a Red Admiral. The air t...