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i am off to Carcers in a few days. can anyone suggest which butterflies to look out for & good locations ?

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Re: any advice on the Carcassonne area of France ?

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well i have managed to find some excellent butterfly sites on my own !!

i have seen about 20 new species... the most spectacular being the Great Banded Grayling ( Brintesia circe )

i will put the pics up on flickr when i return

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Re: any advice on the Carcassonne area of France ?

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my butterfly pics are here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/809803@N24/

more general nature & scenery here:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/846563@N21/

enjoy !!

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Excellent pics, Charles! I thoroughly enjoyed browsing them.

Am I missing something or have you not had the courage to name them all yet? How are we pedants going to get our fun if we can't tut and say, 'Oh no, that's not a thingy, it's a whotsit!'?

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glad you liked them Guy :D

i will name them in due course... probably French names... the Clouded Yellow looks like a Jean-Paul to me

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Well done Charles.

Some brilliant shots there. I especially liked the Skipper pics. Is No P1010262 a Cardinal?
You must have had a great time. Thanks for sharing.

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thanks so much Denise !!

i had great fun taking the pics... most days the temperature was in excess of 100 degrees F :oops: :oops:

here is the pic you mentioned; maybe somebody would like to give their opinion:

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On the second time of looking, it seems more like a SWF. Still a fab pic.
The Skipper pics really are outstanding!
Perhaps you should put them in the photo gallery.

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Yes, that's a (female, I think) silver-washed fritillary.

Ah! That feels better!

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thanks Denise & Guy... glad i'm not the only one who finds it difficult to distinguish SWF & Cardinals :wink:

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i have put a selection of the pics in a photo album:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/g ... lbum_id=24

any suggestions of IDs are most welcome :)

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