Agreed.millerd wrote:For me, that Spotted Fritillary is just beautiful. An unbeatable image.
Lovely shot.
Agreed.millerd wrote:For me, that Spotted Fritillary is just beautiful. An unbeatable image.
Hi Guy - sounds superb! The initial sightings of Woodland Grayling were confirmed by Rob (the first and second images below). Both individuals were comparable with Great Banded Grayling (in size) and seen in heavily wooded areas (i.e. woodland for at least 10k). However, I'm not sure if size or locality are good diagnostics. And I definitely don't want to dissect anything to gain conclusive evidence to distinguish between Woodland and Rock Grayling!padfield wrote:I'd love to see stills of the undersides of those woodland graylings, alongside the rock graylings you posted earlier. Were they definitively identified or was there some speculation in the ID? I'm building a picture in my head of how to separate woodland and rock but it's good to get illustrations from as wide a range as possible.
Great stuff, PetePete Eeles wrote:.......... I decided to visit the few Small Blue larvae that I've been monitoring locally (being inspired by Vince's exploits!)...... I find them very difficult to find, even though they're now feeding on the outside of the Kidney Vetch seedheads.......... I managed to find one earlier this week moving around (first photo below), but they generally feed, "arse up" (sorry, "head down") on a seedhead!
Brilliant report Pete thanks for sharing.Pete Eeles wrote:Cotswolds Large Blue Reintroduction
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Although I didn't get to see an ant adopting a larva (this is a very rare sight indeed!), I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dave and Sarah for their generosity in letting me into their world at such a busy time in their project. "Top" people whose work and results are influencing conservation projects around the world. Most definitely the highlight of my butterfly year.
Cheers,
- Pete