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- Sun Aug 18, 2024 8:16 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Female Common Blue - Odd behaviour
- Replies: 2
- Views: 165
Re: Female Common Blue - Odd behaviour
A still from the video
- Sat Aug 17, 2024 7:05 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Female Common Blue - Odd behaviour
- Replies: 2
- Views: 165
Female Common Blue - Odd behaviour
I watched a female Common Blue through my close-up binoculars this afternoon flitting low to the ground and was expecting it to lay an egg. It landed on a plant with very sharp spines on the leaves (Bristly Oxtongue) and seemed to be testing the leaf with its ovipositor. Strange I thought as I didn'...
- Tue Aug 13, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: August 2024
- Replies: 99
- Views: 3432
Re: August 2024
Queen of Spain?... Scarce Swallowtail?.. Very likely to be releases, but what next I wonder? - How about a genuine UK Ghost Orchid?
Yes, apparently, the first UK Ghost Orchid seen for 30 years has been found. Now THAT really IS news![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
Yes, apparently, the first UK Ghost Orchid seen for 30 years has been found. Now THAT really IS news
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- Fri Aug 02, 2024 2:14 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: A mating pair - but which species?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 625
Re: A mating pair - but which species?
According to the Butterflies of America Glossary of Buttefly Terms, Nudum means: The scaleless area on the tip of the antenna, especially in hesperiids, where scent detectors are common. See: https://butterfliesofamerica.com/glossary.htm
- Sun Jul 14, 2024 6:59 pm
- Forum: Identification
- Topic: Caterpillar
- Replies: 5
- Views: 258
Re: Caterpillar
Pine Beauty moth
- Tue Jul 09, 2024 11:33 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Bilateral Gynandromorph pupa?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 324
Re: Bilateral Gynandromorph pupa?
Good thinking Dave. I'll try to leave it alone outside in a little protective pot until early April and then inspect it daily until it colours up. Oh the joys of retirement
I'll let everyone know what (if anything) happens - watch this space... for 9 months![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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I'll let everyone know what (if anything) happens - watch this space... for 9 months
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- Tue Jul 09, 2024 9:00 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Bilateral Gynandromorph pupa?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 324
Re: Bilateral Gynandromorph pupa?
There you go Paul - Potential Bilateral Gynandromorph pupa on the left and a "normal" one on the right... The forlegs don't sit quite centrally in the "gynandromorph" pupa and there is a "step" in the gap between the left and right wing cases to cater for the larger win...
- Mon Jul 08, 2024 6:52 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: Bilateral Gynandromorph pupa?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 324
Bilateral Gynandromorph pupa?
One of the 3 Green Hairstreak pupae I finished up with during my efforts to record the sound they make is this one... Gynandorsal.jpg Viewing it from above, it is lighter coloured on the right hand side than on the left and slightly smaller on that same side. On the underside, it has a larger wing a...
- Sun Jul 07, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: Butterfly Conservation Magazine wrapper
- Replies: 3
- Views: 225
Butterfly Conservation Magazine wrapper
I was rather surprised to learn that one of the top 10 butterflies seen in last years Big Butterfly Count as shown on the wrapper of the latest copy of the BC magazine was a butterfly normally seen in Sri Lanka. The "Small White" looks suspiciously like a Psyche butterfly to me (Leptosia n...
- Fri Jun 28, 2024 6:28 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Stridulation of Green Hairstreak pupae
- Replies: 5
- Views: 315
Re: Stridulation of Green Hairstreak pupae
Before you try Iain, please note that I accept no responsibility if the ants run off with your mobile phone and bury it ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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- Sun Jun 23, 2024 7:34 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Stridulation of Green Hairstreak pupae
- Replies: 5
- Views: 315
Re: Stridulation of Green Hairstreak pupae
Yeayyy! I have managed to hear (and record) the sound that these pupae make. Just amazing.
Here is the video
https://youtu.be/keD1xwFAPXc
Here is the video
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https://youtu.be/keD1xwFAPXc
- Fri Jun 21, 2024 8:15 pm
- Forum: Conservation
- Topic: Rescuing Purple Hairstreak eggs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2215
Re: Rescuing Purple Hairstreak eggs
The final rewards of my rescue attempt - Worth every minute. Thanks to Chris for the advice ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Re: June 2024
The previous time I went butterflying with only my mobile phone rather than my "proper" camera I saw a Large Tort Rosalyn... So I'm tempted to try for a third time to see what turns up
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Good job you got a shot before it flew off![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
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Good job you got a shot before it flew off
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- Tue Jun 18, 2024 5:31 pm
- Forum: Photography
- Topic: Stridulation of Green Hairstreak pupae
- Replies: 5
- Views: 315
Stridulation of Green Hairstreak pupae
Having read that Green Hairstreak pupae are able to produce noises to appease/attract ants which are audible to the unaided human ear, I decided to try to photograph the part of the pupal case they use to do this... Never having seen a pupa before, I was surprised at just how obvious the flexible jo...
- Tue May 21, 2024 4:25 pm
- Forum: Conservation
- Topic: Rescuing Purple Hairstreak eggs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2215
Re: Rescuing Purple Hairstreak eggs
Thanks to Chris' advice, I am now the Obstetrician responsible for looking after 8 Purple Hairstreak pupae arising from the eggs rescued from the fallen Oak detailed above. I believe 5 are male and 3 female. Fingers crossed they emerge and inflate their wings as they should. I hope to release them b...
- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:29 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: 2024 - Large Tortoiseshell
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4072
Re: 2024 - Large Tortoiseshell
One photographed in an unspecified Bedfordshire wood as reported in the 'other' UK butterflies Facebook group. To avoid any confusion, that is the same butterfly (and venue) as Saturday - I was with the reporter on Sunday when his photo was taken (I had gone back with my "proper" camera a...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: 2024 - Large Tortoiseshell
- Replies: 46
- Views: 4072
Re: 2024 - Large Tortoiseshell
I saw a Large Tortoiseshell today in Potton Wood Bedfordshire (see April 2024 sightings forum post). Someone else must have seen it just before or afterwards as they posted on the Beds & Northants branch BC Facebook page...
https://www.facebook.com/groups/659226225199279
Trev
https://www.facebook.com/groups/659226225199279
Trev
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 7:04 pm
- Forum: Sightings
- Topic: April 2024
- Replies: 112
- Views: 6139
Re: April 2024
A strange day where fate played a HUGE part... My wife and I were going to look at the bluebells in one of a number of local woods. The first 2 were still closed due to flooded paths. We ended up at Potton Wood in Bedfordshire and after seeing the bluebells, we decided to wander along the rides as t...
Re: Awesome
When I was a young child during the 1960's, I spent many hours scanning the flowers on the Buddleia bush in my back garden - fully expecting that if I did so for long enough, I was bound to be able to spot every British species of butterfly as listed in my Observer's Book of British Butterflies :lol...
- Mon Jan 15, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: Conservation
- Topic: Rescuing Purple Hairstreak eggs
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2215
Re: Rescuing Purple Hairstreak eggs
Thanks Chris
I'll never have a better chance, so fingers firmly crossed!
I'll never have a better chance, so fingers firmly crossed!