July 2012
Re: July 2012
After having 3 weeks where I was not able to get out butterflying I finally had 3 hours on Sunday at the Wyre forrest. I saw lots of butterflies:
Ringlets ( slightly tatty)
Meadow Brown (very faded)
Hedgebrown / Gatekeeper (why are these very small this year compared to last ?)
Large Whites
and what I think is a Silverwashed Fritillary (photo attached - another first)
I am very keen to get a good photo of a female common blue this year? Is this still possible ???
Debbie
Ringlets ( slightly tatty)
Meadow Brown (very faded)
Hedgebrown / Gatekeeper (why are these very small this year compared to last ?)
Large Whites
and what I think is a Silverwashed Fritillary (photo attached - another first)
I am very keen to get a good photo of a female common blue this year? Is this still possible ???
Debbie
Re: July 2012
Yes, a splendid male, well endowed with sex-brands on the wings!Debbie wrote:what I think is a Silverwashed Fritillary
Second-brood Common Blues are just getting going in the South. I was several on the wing at Aston Upthorpe yesterday, amongst the Chalkhill Blues.
Mike
Re: July 2012
Could it be you're only seeing males? I'm seeing nearly all males at the moment - and they are a little smaller then the females. Generally they are all the size I would expect.Debbie wrote: Hedgebrown / Gatekeeper (why are these very small this year compared to last ?)
Adrian
Re: July 2012
Hi Adrian,
Thanks for that - I will look up how I can tell the difference between the boys and the girls hedgebrowns.
Debbie
Thanks for that - I will look up how I can tell the difference between the boys and the girls hedgebrowns.
Debbie
Re: July 2012
Unbroken orange on the upperwing if it's a female. The males have a heavy brown androconial stripe bisecting the orange patch.Debbie wrote:I will look up how I can tell the difference between the boys and the girls hedgebrowns.
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http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species. ... s=tithonusDebbie wrote:Hi Adrian,
Thanks for that - I will look up how I can tell the difference between the boys and the girls hedgebrowns.
Debbie
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Re: July 2012
Thank you David and Pete.
Debbie
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Re: July 2012
my hedgebrown (boy) from this year, not a good photo but he was not willing to come very close or stay still - how beautiful these hedgebrowns are
Debbie
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Re: July 2012
I have just had a couple of wonderful days at Arnside Knott.
Large numbers of Scotch Argus on the grassy slopes plus Dark Green Fritillaries still about. Most of the DGF males looking a bit tatty now but some of the females still look nice.
About half a dozen definite High Browns mostly looking in better condition than the DGFs.
Also Grayling, Meadow Brown, Gatekeepers, Small Heath, Specked Wood, Large and Small Skippers, Large Small and Green-veined Whites and a single very faded female Common Blue.
More photos will be on my diary later when I have sorted through them all.
Neil F.
Large numbers of Scotch Argus on the grassy slopes plus Dark Green Fritillaries still about. Most of the DGF males looking a bit tatty now but some of the females still look nice.
About half a dozen definite High Browns mostly looking in better condition than the DGFs.
Also Grayling, Meadow Brown, Gatekeepers, Small Heath, Specked Wood, Large and Small Skippers, Large Small and Green-veined Whites and a single very faded female Common Blue.
More photos will be on my diary later when I have sorted through them all.
Neil F.
Re: July 2012
Good stuff, Neil. I must try to get up there myself sometime.nfreem wrote:I have just had a couple of wonderful days at Arnside Knott.
Re: July 2012
A couple of weeks my little great neice adopted a adorable caterpillar and yesterday this beautiful butterfly was hatched and a quick picture was taken prior to releasing.
Debbie
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Re: July 2012
In my NW Norfolk garden this afternoon:
Large White 2
Small White 1
GV White 5+
Comma 5+ (some seemed NOT to be the pale summer form hutchinsonii but couldn't get a good underside view)
Hedge Brown 1
Meadow Brown 1
Holly Blue 1
Large Skipper 10+
Still amazingly,no Purple Hairsteaks on the oaks.
White Admirals seem to be over now; none seen for nearly a week.
Jack
Large White 2
Small White 1
GV White 5+
Comma 5+ (some seemed NOT to be the pale summer form hutchinsonii but couldn't get a good underside view)
Hedge Brown 1
Meadow Brown 1
Holly Blue 1
Large Skipper 10+
Still amazingly,no Purple Hairsteaks on the oaks.
White Admirals seem to be over now; none seen for nearly a week.
Jack
Re: July 2012
It is August, JackJack Harrison wrote:In my NW Norfolk garden this afternoon:
Large White 2
Small White 1
GV White 5+
Comma 5+ (some seemed NOT to be the pale summer form hutchinsonii but couldn't get a good underside view)
Hedge Brown 1
Meadow Brown 1
Holly Blue 1
Large Skipper 10+
Still amazingly,no Purple Hairsteaks on the oaks.
White Admirals seem to be over now; none seen for nearly a week.
Jack
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Re: July 2012
Well, I posted under a new thread that I started called August 2012. Mind you, I am not being all that successful at anything today. I am being "required" to visit an equestrian even on Sunday Well it's a bit mean to say "required" - I enjoyed it last time. Anyway, do you think I could book tickets on line? By comparison, a certain Irish Airline's on line booking is a piece of cake (but you try to opt out of travel insurance! That's as much as your headline ticket cost).
I managed to get my horsey tickets eventually. The events programme includes "duck herding"
Jack
I managed to get my horsey tickets eventually. The events programme includes "duck herding"
Jack