Definately traffic casualty, the right wing appears to be broken or damaged judging by the way it's hanging limply away from the body.

John

Malcolm, Great list but for me you missed off two important Nikon lenses, the 300mm f/2.8 VR and the 300mm f/4 AFS. The latter is arguably the finest butterfly lens on the market. I still miss mine but I had to sell to get the 300 2.8VR lens, though a friend of mine bought a 300/2.8 VR but kept the ...

Cistus Forester (Adscita geryon) UK MOTHS..These photos are incredible!!! And by the way I only took about 2 minutes of my time to research this answer so ...who knows.. just an idea. Thanks IAC - cistus forrester it is. I should have had a look at UK moths - never knew we got them in the UK - a ne...

Pete Eeles wrote:Hi John,

I think this is a Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis daphne).

Cheers,

- Pete

Whoohoo! a new species for me Unfortunately I didn't get a shot of the underside - it was either flying or wingspread like this. I've had a dig a round and I agree with your id.

Thanks for the info.

John

The first two are burnet moths of some sort - I have tried looking on this link to identify them: http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/ZygaeFilip.htm The second picture looks like Zygaena fausta. The third picture looks like a species of forester moth. Thanks for the info. I thought the same...

I'm rubbish at moths as well as butterflies

Any ideas on these three?

Sorry to be so rubbish at butterflies Took this in France a few days ago - I have an idea but need someone to confirm it. I have a few more in addition to this that need a positive id too

TIA

John

Ok it's a moth but it's my first clearwing and I thought it was exquisite! Shot in France last week on a very cold and overcast day.

D2Xs, 90mm f/2.8 macro ISO400 1/20 @ f/22

Went to Carsington Water (Derbyshire) today and it was very mild after a cold start. Saw my first to butterflies of the year - Small tortoishell and a really tatty red admiral, both on heather at the nearby Hopton Hall.

sorry for the delayed reply, not been back here for a while. No extension tubes. This was taken using the Nikon 300mm f/4 AF-S lens which focusses down to 5ft without any tubes! Combine this with the 1.5x factor of the Nikon chip and you get a 450mm lens at 5ft - awesome for butterflies, moths and f...

Again in France, Dordogne region.

A couple done in France, though did have them in the garden here in 2006.

Taken in France using a 300mm lens

Thanks guys. I was searching the web for id (which is how I found this excellent site) and from another site figured it was spotted fritillary but I wasn't convinced from the photo id in the other site. You've confirmed my suspicions.

Many thanks

John

Thanks Roger. I'd got it labelled up as Bergers CY but I wasn't sure I'd got it right. It was taken not far from Bergerac and I agree it is worn but is was October time when I took this one. I'll go along with BCY until someone say's different.

Thanks for your input.

John

Here's one from France in October. Is it just a clouded yellow or pale CY or what?



Thanks again

John

Hi all

Taken in France in June 2006. Any ideas? There were heath frits around but is this one of those? I thought I had a European field guide but can't locate it.





TIA

John