I realise this cannot be proved either way but am interested in your views of the possibility of Silver Washed Fritillaries colonising Lincolnshire.
One was seen at Chambers today and another not too far away,
Recently I saw one in a nearby Limewood. Saw one in the same wood last year. Now I discover that someone released pupae there earlier that year. However the year before(2011) I saw and photographed one in the same wood.
This area gets a fair number of species introduced by human means such as the now well established colony of Marsh Fritillaries at Chambers. In recent years there has been Black Hairstreak and even Scotch Argus!
In the past three years only once have two SW Frits been seen at the same time = all the other sightings have been singles.
It seems highly likely that these have appeared by human means but I am interested in the odds that they may have appeared naturally?
Many thanks
Hugh
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Re: Human or natural reasons for Siver Washed Fritillary in
For Silver-washed Fritillary, the only answer is "you'll never know"Hugh Middleton wrote:It seems highly likely that these have appeared by human means but I am interested in the odds that they may have appeared naturally?
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As for the other species, Marsh Fritillary, Black Hairstreak and Scotch Argus are 100% introductions.
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