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Thanks for the comments. I apologise for the size of the picture but it is our first attempt at posting a photograph and I think we have now worked out the proper way to do it!! Pete, we have another emperor picture 'mineralising' which might find its way into the behaviour category!!
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Hi David
Put a date in your diary now - second week in July, Fermyn Woods, near Oundle, Northants - you'll be falling over them!! On one day in July this year, a dozen were seen on the ground in half an hour!!
Alex.
Put a date in your diary now - second week in July, Fermyn Woods, near Oundle, Northants - you'll be falling over them!! On one day in July this year, a dozen were seen on the ground in half an hour!!
Alex.
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Thanks for the tip Alex. Another forum user, Trev Sawyer, has also mentioned Fermyn Woods. I reckon it is just about viable for a day trip from Harrogate - I'll be there next July!
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Luckily I didn't have 8 people trying to get a snap of this lesser purple emperor - I took the picture myself. I had taken my white hat off and put it on the ground to attract emperors - they like both white and the scent of sweat. Instant reaction: this male clytie immediately landed on the nearest sweaty white patch.
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Hello Guy,
Welcome to the forum - I've enjoyed very much the postings that you've already made.
Curiousity took me to your web site - boy, your year lists make me green with envy. Got any tips for Swiss hot-spots, ideally in the German speaking part, so I can start planning next year's holiday
Simon C
Welcome to the forum - I've enjoyed very much the postings that you've already made.
Curiousity took me to your web site - boy, your year lists make me green with envy. Got any tips for Swiss hot-spots, ideally in the German speaking part, so I can start planning next year's holiday
Simon C
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Thank you for the welcome! Simon, you wanted tips for Swiss butterfly sites. My 'local patch' is mainly in the French-speaking part, though the Rhône Valley extends eastwards into German-speaking territory and I do visit the nearby Bernese Oberland occasionally. In general, the Alps have a far higher density of species and butterflies than the Plateau, which has gone the way of all industrialised, sprawlingly urban regions. In July and August, head up to the mountain passes - in June keep nearer to the valley floors. The Rhône valley, from Martigny eastwards (and including its tributary valleys), is one of Europe's great butterfly playgrounds - quite spectacular. I would be delighted to show you particular sites if you came out this way, but my policy is only to show, never to publish, otherwise my favourite meadows would be trampled to death. An excellent website is this: http://lepus.unine.ch/carto/. You will find maps of the distribution of all Swiss species (watch out for some strange names - so all Everes come under Cupido, for example, and Agriades under Plebeius).
You might think we expats join UK forums just to gloat - but that is not the case. It is because, for many of us, our love of butterflies began in Britain and the British butterflies have a very special place in our hearts. I have thoroughly enjoyed browsing this forum, with a real feeling of nostalgia.
Guy
You might think we expats join UK forums just to gloat - but that is not the case. It is because, for many of us, our love of butterflies began in Britain and the British butterflies have a very special place in our hearts. I have thoroughly enjoyed browsing this forum, with a real feeling of nostalgia.
Guy
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Um... lovely butterfly, but not to sure about the sweaty head situation.Luckily I didn't have 8 people trying to get a snap of this lesser purple emperor - I took the picture myself. I had taken my white hat off and put it on the ground to attract emperors - they like both white and the scent of sweat. Instant reaction: this male clytie immediately landed on the nearest sweaty white patch.
Only joking!!!!!!!!!
I loved reading your posts