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:padfield wrote:That's an intersting individual, millerd. It ticks many of the boxes for chalkhill.you mean adonis surely...
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