Can't believe this was 11 years ago!

Anyway, I eventually identified what I saw as probably a Silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia).

This year however I captive bred some large coppers. I only managed two adults, but they are a male and a female, so finger's crossed.

Nice one, thanks Dave!

Found this in some long grass on a Suffolk Heath.

The colours are very striking, luminous yellow and a pinkish brown - it was about 6cm long

Thanks

Another fabulous visitor to my garden, and I've only just realised why now.

I have one thundering great tree - and it's only a black poplar

Great photo of the Hornet Clearwing moth Doggie... Brilliant impersonation of a real hornet isn't it and most predators would steer well clear of this harmless moth. It won't have been far away from a Black Poplar tree which are pretty rare in the UK either, so well done. There is a tree outside my...

Bagged this a few minutes ago. What an amazing creature!

Ok, I've done some research into this and studied many images and videos. Having watched the following video I'm certain this is the species that I saw... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xls_6L7p-Nc Also this pic, the groundside which I got a really got look at. http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2552/39...

Would it by any chance be a large tortoiseshell? I know some have been spotted this year in UK, but if its not that either, then idk. Also agree with Guy: Perhaps we will never know what you saw - but I'm much happier with that result than knowing what it was because you caught it and killed it, li...

Seen lots and lots of Painted Ladies this year, it's been wonderful

Not one of those - not a Comma either.

In, oooo, thirty five years of chasing butterflies I have never seen this one.

Sorry, I should have posted this in 'identification' rather than sightings. :D I guess the odds of seeing a clouded yellow are much higher, but I have seen those before, this was a far more zingy orange and didn't fly like one of those. I got a good look at the underside or groundside, and it wasn't...

Well, the thing about this creature was how it attracted my attention. From some 20-30 metres away I remarked at it's bright yellowy-orange colour to my wife, who was wholly disinterested :lol: I immediately knew it was something I had never seen before however and chased after it for 5 minutes befo...

I'm happy for someone to tell me this was something different, but I'm fairly convinced this was a large copper, despite it's status. :? Anyway, to describe it - the open wings were entirely orange with no obvious pattern, with span of 4-5cm. I managed to approach it when resting, finally, and the c...