ugh sorry lol still workin out the intricasies of this forum lol

errr try this (?) the second blue...

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Lee Hurrell wrote:Next batch....

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male Orisis Blue?

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Green Underside Blue?



Lee

veeeerrry similar to the second one hmmm...

not a large emerald

knida looks like adonis but with no black edge to it n possibly a bit bigger too

It was up in the shrubs and much much bigger and paler then a Holly Blue

I have found a site where you can get eggs, larva and pupa to breed yourself. It has in it's lists several butterflies with BAPs'. I also saw on telly today a man who is realeasing Fritillary he has bred in the Tamar valley. I am now looking for reasons not to breed them myself and I can't think of ...

I'm still trying to find out what this blue butterfly was I saw in my garden the other day. It was large, about 4/5cm across and a pale kind of baby blue colour with no real discernible wing edge colour.
Any ideas?

BTW, anyone know if its usual to start to see blackthorn with (sloe) berries starting to appear? The old blackthorn in the 3-4 acre area has berries starting to appear all over them. I have not seen berries before since not much blackthorn around my area, only one and its around 3 years old. the sl...

Today, out walking on the coastal path, I spotted dozens of Meadow Browns, a Comma, a Speckled Wood and 3 Ringlets having a fight but yesterday, in my garden, I saw a really big, pale blue butterfly, it was about 5cm across flitting around my privet and it had no marks on the edge of its wings, I al...

ok it was very very small (at this point everyone is thinking holly) about 18mm across, it had no distinguishing marks, no black tips on it and it wasn't that pale but it wasn't that dark
there have been lots of holly blues around here lately, if this is one, it is alot smaller

thankyou for clarifying that for me
those are all the issues that concerned me and they really would be very non native
i dont fancy keeping any captive permanently so i dont think i will do it tbh
thanks again

so, in theory, they would thrive in any area with similar qualities? And a whole stack of the larval food plant; Peucedanum palustre also known as (amongst other things) Hog's Fennel. Why do you ask Vawn? Planning an introduction somewhere? :shock: Felix. :blush: funny you should ask well I am into...

k cool so flat lands with plenty of watery areas, this being the typical habitat preferred by swallow tails, so, in theory, they would thrive in any area with similar qualities? eg if a population was introduced to somewhere in the south that is flat and watery, they wouldn't all just die straight a...

cool so are the Norfolk broads hilly or flat? I take it they won't particularly like coastal or wooded areas then?

Out walking the dog today in the town I live in(St. Ives, west Cornwall) we saw a Speckled Wood and 3 groups of 3 Red Admirals fighting and a Painted Lady

I was wondering where this species can be found in this country and how well the population is, are they thriving or rare?

in my garden today, my first common blue and cabbage white

my first meadow brown in my garden on the buddlia

2 tortoise shell together not fighting

cadbury camp nature reserve 2 little white 1 large white 3 ringlet couple of dozen spotted wood 2 common blue 6 little blue (2 female) and 1 of summat i don't know, very small orange upper wings with a pattern of black spots oh no found it my first copper woohoo :D ! http://i470.photobucket.com/albu...

this afternoon,

3 red admirals
6 large white
3 speckled woods and a little blue one less than 2cm across