Hi Shirley,
It's always nice to here from Wales...but with a surname like Jenkins I may be a little biased

Martin.

Mr Skipper from Lulworth



Martin.

On Amazon at the moment it is half price at £12:50...I have 5 butterfly books, but if I could only have one this would be it...bargain!

Martin.

Then it seems both Tolman and Lafranchis need modifying slightly...Tolman says 500-1600M when these are at about 100-200, and Lafranchis needs to extend his distribution map a little further south in the Malaga bay area

Martin.

Top is female SPBF and I'm guessing the bottom is the male...but it seems every time I take a stab at ID I put my size 10 in it.

Martin.

Similar anyway...

Wrotham?

Many thanks guy...you are a star

PS - for some reason I've only just noticed the underside, above. I checked from school and only saw the two uppersides, then wrote the reply without checking from home. Anyway, that looks like a sage skipper to me, and not a Carcharodus at all. Guy :oops: :oops: :oops: I added that one later :oops...

Re sent

I think the best description I've heard is that "it looks like the tips have been dipped in black ink". Once you've seen a few it's a lot easier.



Martin.

Thank for this Guy :)...I've sent the 2 files to guypadfield.com. Re the alceae/boeticus thing...it was just so different from the many (at least 50) others I saw...much more sandy coloured, and seemed much more aggresive. On reflection the one I have down as boeticus does look like alceae...the one...

Appologies for showing off, but this week I have seen:- Common Blue African Grass Blue Small copper Speckled Wood Brown Argus Southern Gatekeeper Mallow Skipper Lulworth Skipper Meadow Brown Wall Brown Lang's Short-tailed Blue Cleopatra Clouded Yellow Southern Marbled Skipper Spanish Festoon Swallow...

I don't have that problem...it's getting back up I find hard

I'd put my money on a Mediterranean Skipper, but one doesn't see too many of those around here

Woefully poor taste...exactly what I'd expect from an overpaid prima dona...

Well, only managed 4 x 3 hour hunting trips but I managed to bag 29 species, 2 of which were firsts (Cleopatra and Ilex Hairstreak) :) A few of my favourite photos... Spanish Swallowtail http://www.martins-photos.com/gallery/albums/userpics/10001/AAAA1986-1.jpg Spanish Festoon http://www.martins-pho...

Leaving in a couple of hours for Spain...see you all in a week

Martin.

I say it's our only butterfly that has bright warning colours as a caterpiller.

Martin.

Dave McCormick wrote:Large coppers Caterpillars

Great work Dave...over to you.