If it was gorganus it should look slightly paler than britannicusP.J.Underwood wrote:As a clue-it seemed slightly darker than the Norfolk ones.Hankley Common is actively used by the army for training,and often on returning from overseas they,with their vehicles, are often seen playing their war games.They don't use live ammunition however.
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Re: August 2016
Here is a photo I took of a swallowtail in Mt.St.Jean,mid France,in our garden there.Does it not look dark?
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Re: August 2016
Certainly not in the same league as britannicus, in my opinion!P.J.Underwood wrote:Here is a photo I took of a swallowtail in Mt.St.Jean,mid France,in our garden there.Does it not look dark?
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Re: August 2016
Quite a fluke
Going through some recent photos I looked at this one of Swallows on the wires. What's that at the bottom? Despite a doom-and-gloom article in a newspaper today, Torties are as numerous in this area (north Scotland) as you might ever want them to be. Our highest temperature this year has been a very pleasant 27C, far more tolerable than the heat of the south. I guess Torties prefer that too.
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Going through some recent photos I looked at this one of Swallows on the wires. What's that at the bottom? Despite a doom-and-gloom article in a newspaper today, Torties are as numerous in this area (north Scotland) as you might ever want them to be. Our highest temperature this year has been a very pleasant 27C, far more tolerable than the heat of the south. I guess Torties prefer that too.
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Re: August 2016
There was a record with photo of a gorganus from newdigate, Surrey on Jun 10th this year, so it could be one of the offspring of that, or a recent migrant.P.J.Underwood wrote:As a clue-it seemed slightly darker than the Norfolk ones.Hankley Common is actively used by the army for training,and often on returning from overseas they,with their vehicles, are often seen playing their war games.They don't use live ammunition however.
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Re: August 2016
Apologies for the lateness of this post
On 22 August, I saw a Brown Argus on my local patch and noticed the black marks on the forewings ringed by white but thought this was natural variation. However, after reading of a similar individual seen in the Therfield Heath area in 2015 I was prompted to investigate further. It looked like the aberrant form snelleni.
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On 22 August, I saw a Brown Argus on my local patch and noticed the black marks on the forewings ringed by white but thought this was natural variation. However, after reading of a similar individual seen in the Therfield Heath area in 2015 I was prompted to investigate further. It looked like the aberrant form snelleni.
ATB
Peter
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