Black hairstreak flight period finishing dates?

[nick patel]

Hi,

Does anyone know the VERY LATEST dates at which Black hairstreaks are reported each year. I understand the time between when they hatch out to when they die is short. Any info would help me massively.

Thanks,

Nick.

P.S. can anyone help me with my Fermyn woods thread on the sites forum:

(http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... f=9&t=2173)

thanks again.

[Padfield]

I didn't answer because as I don't live in the UK I thought someone else would have better info. But for the record, the rather tatty creature in the ancient and awful picture below was flapping around on 15th July 1986 in Oxfordshire. That's my latest record, I think.



Twenty years later, in 2006, I saw plenty of black hairstreaks in Oxfordshire haunts on 29th and 30th June. Some of these were worn but others were still relatively fresh:



Guy