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by traplican
Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:27 am
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

Thank you Guy, I just have corrected both the legend to the picture and my message.
by traplican
Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:21 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

Thank you Mark! On Thursday July 8th I have snapped a worn Heath Fritillary in our garden. On Saturday July 10th I have snapped: - a Nickerl's Fritillary (?) in our garden ( another photo of the same specimen ) In arroundings of the football pool at village Košíky I have snapped: - Heath Fitillary (...
by traplican
Wed Jul 07, 2010 7:54 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

On July 4th I have had a trip with my wife and daughter to the aeolic sands between towns Bzenec and Strážnice about 30 km from here. There were tons of Ringlets . Nine-spotted moths occur in plenty count of specimens. Both were sucking the nectar from the Linden flowers. I have recorded also a vide...
by traplican
Tue Jul 06, 2010 10:20 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

On July 3rd I have visited the top end of Jankovice. Between the last house and the fire reservoir there is a place overgrown with the Meadow Geranium where I reliably use to find the Geranium arguses - Eumedonia eumedon . This once there were about ten specimens, they occur also in arroundings and ...
by traplican
Sun Jul 04, 2010 10:10 am
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

On Friday 2nd July I have shortly visited our neighbour's meadow (only 300 m from our house) and snapped : - Large Skipper at the school garden fence - Marbled Whites - Nickerl's Fritillaries - Mellicta aurelia - Zygaena loti - Zygaena minos - Zygaena viciae - Emmelia trabealis - Jordanita sp. - at ...
by traplican
Fri Jul 02, 2010 6:52 pm
Forum: Overseas
Topic: This year first Nickerl's
Replies: 2
Views: 203

Re: This year first Nickerl's

Today I have visited our neighbour's meadow (only 300 m from our house) and there were tens of Nickerl's!
by traplican
Thu Jul 01, 2010 8:14 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

Today was a sunny day. It seems that the weather has returned to the normal pattern: Thunderstorms are everywhere around but here is sunny. I have seen: - Map Butterfly - Arashnia levana , the summer phenotype prorsa , here is an interesting form of one with large underwings surfaces - New Forest Bu...
by traplican
Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:17 pm
Forum: Overseas
Topic: This year first Nickerl's
Replies: 2
Views: 203

This year first Nickerl's

Today I have snapped this-year first Nickerl's Fritillaries (I hope that the determination is correct):
by traplican
Mon Jun 28, 2010 7:11 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

Today I saw - Essex Skippers - Small Skippers - Large Skippers - Small White - Common Blues - Silver-studded Blue - Reverdin's Blue - Short-tailed Blue - Geranium Argus ( Eumedonia eumedon ) - more specimens but I haven't succeeded in shottimg none of them :( - Eastern Short-tailed Blues ( Everes de...
by traplican
Mon Jun 28, 2010 6:17 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: Lee Hurrell
Replies: 1025
Views: 78474

Re: Lee Hurrell

I am interested by the picture of the butterfly taken on Saturday 22nd May 2010 bellow the photos of the Red Kite. The butterfly looks like the Common Blue but the root spot(s) on the forewing are missing.

Chapman's Blue - Agrodiaetus thersites lives in the UK?
by traplican
Thu Jun 24, 2010 7:23 pm
Forum: Overseas
Topic: Unknown caterpillars and Fritillary
Replies: 6
Views: 310

Re: Unknown caterpillars and Fritillary

Very nice photos, Guy! I hope I shall sometimes shot similar. :o
by traplican
Thu Jun 24, 2010 6:36 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

On June 22th I have snapped a Buff Ermine - Spilosoma lutea (most probably) caterpillar in my garden. Today I have watched a Large Copper female in my garden but until I returned with the camera she was away. :x There was only a Comma there. One sat on the our neighbour's breast wall and then re-sat...
by traplican
Sun Jun 20, 2010 7:16 pm
Forum: Personal Diaries
Topic: traplican
Replies: 125
Views: 14767

Re: traplican

I am very busy so I complete my diary with delay. Last weekend was sunny so I have trips both on Saturday and on Sunday. On Saturday June 12th: Before the lunch I arroundings of football pool at Košíky : - Pearly Heath - Coenonympha arcania - moth Penthophera morio matting (fly-disable female has dw...
by traplican
Tue Jun 15, 2010 7:19 pm
Forum: Overseas
Topic: Moth and caterpillars for ID
Replies: 5
Views: 237

Re: Moth and caterpillars for ID

Thanks, Chris. Maybe that's just the thing. But because it is very difficult to determine Noctuidae after caterpillars, I have added the question mark to the legends.
by traplican
Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:11 pm
Forum: Overseas
Topic: Moth and caterpillars for ID
Replies: 5
Views: 237

Re: Moth and caterpillars for ID

Cat #2 is Muslin Moth - Diaphora mendica, the 3rd instar. Determined by Jiří Beneš.
by traplican
Mon Jun 14, 2010 7:52 am
Forum: Overseas
Topic: Unknown Lycenids and burnet caterpillars
Replies: 1
Views: 133

Re: Unknown Lycenids and burnet caterpillars

I just have obtained a message from CEI: Blues are argyrognomon and the Copper is hippothoe.
by traplican
Sun Jun 13, 2010 8:34 pm
Forum: Overseas
Topic: Unknown Lycenids and burnet caterpillars
Replies: 1
Views: 133

Unknown Lycenids and burnet caterpillars

This weekend was rich of Lycenids that I probably never saw before: The Blue on the photos http://traplican.rajce.idnes.cz/Motyli_2010-06-12/#10612_013.jpg - http://traplican.rajce.idnes.cz/Motyli_2010-06-12/#10612_025.jpg is probably P. argyrognomon or idas but it seems different in comparison P. a...
by traplican
Fri Jun 11, 2010 6:51 am
Forum: Overseas
Topic: Moth and caterpillars for ID
Replies: 5
Views: 237

Moth and caterpillars for ID

Yesterday I have snapped two moths and two caterpillars wich I cant determine. Can you help me please?
Moth #1
Moth #1
Moth #2
Moth #2
The caterpillar on the Meadow Geranium:
Cat #1 Fig.1
Cat #1 Fig.1
Cat #1 Fig2
Cat #1 Fig2
The caterpillar on the Water Mint:
Cat #2
Cat #2
by traplican
Fri Jun 11, 2010 5:30 am
Forum: Identification
Topic: Moth for i/d please
Replies: 4
Views: 295

Re: Moth for i/d please

Four-spotted moth - Tyta luctuosa?
http://www.ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?id=685

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