I've posted a video of a male small tortoiseshell trying (vainly) to get a response from a female (I'm just guessing the sexes, to be honest) here:
http://www.guypadfield.com/movies/urticaecourtship.wmv
The other human in the video is Matt Rowlings - the voice is mine. The video was shot last weekend.
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Small tortoiseshell courtship
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Re: Small tortoiseshell courtship
Nice video Guy - thanks for sharing!
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Re: Small tortoiseshell courtship
Yeah, Nice video. I am hoping to see that myself again, but courtship usually takes place around start-mid April here.
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