I've noticed that this crescent is visible in both these individuals...padfield wrote:In chalkhill, these are typically bordered internally with a relatively well defined black crescent. Guy
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I've noticed that this crescent is visible in both these individuals...padfield wrote:In chalkhill, these are typically bordered internally with a relatively well defined black crescent. Guy
No, I meant chalkhill. It ticks many chalkhill boxes, even though it is Adonis, which is why millerd posted it. To me, only the features I mentioned give the game away - and both are things that contribute to 'jizz' (I know you hate that word, Piers! ).Piers wrote:you mean adonis surely...padfield wrote:That's an intersting individual, millerd. It ticks many of the boxes for chalkhill.
The nearest Adonis site to Aston Upthorpe is mentioned in the next post down on the Upper Thames sightings - Moulsford Down, where a female was reported on the same day. No more than a couple of miles away. So this one might well have been Adonis...Pete Eeles wrote: And what about Jim Asher's "Chalkhill" from the 14th August at
http://upperthames-butterflies.org.uk/b ... tings.html (pic at http://upperthames-butterflies.org.uk/P ... JAsher.jpg)?
Sure looks like classic Adonis to me!
Cheers,
- Pete
That photograph is an adonis. I am certain that the differentiation between the two species is made far more difficult than it need be.pete wrote:Look like Chalkhill to me, and that first pic is stunning. And what about Jim Asher's "Chalkhill" from the 14th August at
http://upperthames-butterflies.org.uk/b ... tings.html (pic at http://upperthames-butterflies.org.uk/P ... JAsher.jpg)?
I knew I should have kept my mouth shut.... Sorry Celery.padfield wrote:I'm with the consensus (sorry Lee!). My immediate reaction was that they were all chalkhill blues, but I hadn't the heart to say so, especially after Lee's enthusiastic response!
Even after browsing through them more carefully I can't find anything to make me change that first impression.
Yes, there is that!celery wrote:No apologies required Lee - my lack of success in snapping a genuine adonis female gives me the perfect excuse for another excursion.
I can confirm that my son had a positive sighting of a male Adonis Blue at Aston Upthorpe (Juniper Valley) in 2010. At the time we suspected it had probably come from one of the established colonies just a little further East.millerd wrote:The nearest Adonis site to Aston Upthorpe is mentioned in the next post down
Not at all, Lee. You opened up an interesting discussion, which I personally found very helpful.Lee Hurrell wrote: I knew I should have kept my mouth shut