September 2009 Sightings

[Zonda]

Thanks for the info Misha. What is needed now then, is a warm and still autumn day, or two.

[NickB]

Thanks Misha! Nice shots - must be nice to have a "local patch" like that!
Meanwhile Small Tortoiseshell from earlier this week...

[Dave McCormick]

Red admiral and Speckled woods galore here, never seen so many I found a few speckled woods as I left my house and about 5-6 not far away, along with about 10 red admirals and 1 Painted Lady, looking still a bit fresh, it was an ab though as it did not have any blue spots and was a bit dark, no photo though. Saw 20 more red admirals in a place that used to be used for keeping pigs, thats now overgrown and has a new wytch elmo growing there. Fueling up for hibernation?

Speckled wood males were chasing the red amirals about, I saw one male speckled wood chase 3 red admirals out of its territory, one after the other. Here is two shots I managed to get today. The red admirals seemed flinchy and some were hard to get close to.

Red Admiral on Ivy

This one is on a wall where there is virgina creeper growing:

Red Admiral Resting

[Mikhail]

Most interesting, don't you sink, Dr Freud?

[Piers]

This one is on a wall where there is vagina creeper growing

Well spotted Mikhail.
Dave - you might want to edit that last post..!!

[Zonda]

It's a Lepidopteran slip,,, Pete was slow with his xxxxx there.

[Gruditch]

Crying

Gruditch

[Denise]

Dave, Edit your post before I curl up!

[Neil Hulme]

Just changing my trousers now. Top effort Dave!
Neil

[Zonda]

it was a great shot of a Red ad's underwing. Which is something that has foiled me thus far.

[Jack Harrison]

This one is on a wall where there is vagina creeper growing

LEAVE IT. DON'T EDIT and spoil things.

Damned speil chuckers - always making a cock-up

Jack

[Piers]

Nice one Jack.

I've just lost a bet on two words that I gambled I'd never see together in a UK Butterflies post...

[Dave McCormick]

oops my spellings bad today, I didn't even notice until someone actually said, its actually virgina creeper, probably guessed.

it was a great shot of a Red ad's underwing. Which is something that has foiled me thus far.

Thanks, for me its really easy to get an underwing shot with the abundance of Red Admirals here, just getting the whole butterfly in focus without a slight bit of it unfocused is not easy for me.

[Neil Hulme]

Hi all,
I've had a word with Dave's agent and booked him for the BC Sussex AGM. Roy 'Chubby' Brown's going on first as the warm-up.
Neil

[Neil Hulme]

Just for Zonda - a September Comma.
Neil

[Piers]

Nice picture Kipper, not a blackberry in sight but still somehow it has a real autumnal feel to it.

[Rogerdodge]

Can I suggest that Dave edits his post back to how it was.
I had a really awful day at work, and that post gave me the first smile I have had all day.
Thanks Dave.

[Pete Eeles]

The word you're looking for, Dave, is "Virginia". Thought I'd better mention it since your correction is just as hilarious as the original

Wasn't "wytch elmo" one of the muppets?

Oh boy - I think I'm going to have to ban myself at this rate.

Cheers,

- Pete

[Dave McCormick]

The word you're looking for, Dave, is "Virginia". Thought I'd better mention it since your correction is just as hilarious as the original

Wasn't "wytch elmo" one of the muppets?

Oh boy - I think I'm going to have to ban myself at this rate.

Cheers,

- Pete

Oh for the love of...I do suck at spelling sometimes!

[NickB]

Red Admiral for Zonda...

(Keep it up Dave )