Carcassonne 2013

[Charles Nicol]

Am off to Carcers again in a few days. Will post any interesting butterfly pics as and when.

[Charles Nicol]

here we go:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2248312@N20/

any suggestions for the hairstreak ?

a bientot

Charles

[David M]

I clicked on the link, Charles, but there are no images apparent there.

[Charles Nicol]

I clicked on the link, Charles, but there are no images apparent there.

sorry for that David... i saved my pics on the private setting....hopefully you will see more now

[Padfield]

Toujours rien ...

Guy

[Charles Nicol]

Yesterday i went up the opposite side of the valley to the campsite... very peaceful & rural; all the way up were Satyrs as in the pics. No fritillaries apart from one or two SWFs. Marbled whites outnumbered other whites including Large, Small & Wood & Cleopatras. At the top there was a small wildflower meadow packed with butterflies. Large, Small & Silver spotted Skippers as well as the grizzled in the pic.
A delightful afternoon.

[Charles Nicol]

Toujours rien ...

Guy

nil desperandum

should be 61 pics there now

[David M]

Still zero when I look!

Stop teasing us

[Charles Nicol]

Hopefully it is working now...

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2248312@N20/

Plenty of butterflies ... even at the swimming pool you can't avoid them

Charles

[Charles Nicol]

i have set up a new group :

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2248312@N20/


hopefully this one will work properly

[David M]

hopefully this one will work properly

Still not seeing anything.

Your Hairstreak is satyrium invisibli

[JKT]

I would say that the pictures are visible only to members of the "Group". I have no idea what group that would be. There is an icon to join, but I'm not on Flickr, so didn't try.

[Padfield]

I just signed on using my Google ID - as JKT says, you have to join the group to see the pictures.

Lovely pictures of a good selection of species! The hairstreak is false ilex.

Guy

[Reverdin]

I love the Southern White Admiral !! nice one!

[Charles Nicol]

Thanks Guy & Reverdin !!

I am not sure why you have to join the group... i specified that non-members could see the pool pics

i will try to find a more user-friendly solution

Charles

[Charles Nicol]

this group may be easier to access:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2248312@N20/

Charles

[David M]

Ah, THAT'S done the trick!

Thanks, Charles.

[Charles Nicol]

this holiday i have been following the pattern:

one day exploring / taking butterfly pics

next day in Carcassonne posting pics / having restaurant meal / visiting market etc

this has worked fine apart from days when the weather discourages the papillons from emerging

So far i have seen three new species without being able to photograph them:

i) small butterfly about the size of a Large Blue but much deeper blue colour with white "frill" around trailing edges of wings

ii) Large butterfly in pine forest about size of a Two Tailed Pasha

iii) Large butterfly with coloration similar to Red Admiral and size and flight characteristics of a Great Banded Grayling

having a great time.... hopefully will get pics of the mystery creatures !!

Charles

[Charles Nicol]

Went on longest walk so far yesterday... discovered several new wildflower meadows full of butterflies.

Any suggestions for this tiny blue ?

Also i saw a skipper like a Small Skipper but half the size... very plain beige colour

[Charles Nicol]

Went on a fabulous walk this morning starting at Pomas and heading towards Couffoulens. After 4 miles it linked up with a path i used in previous years. Unfortunately there was NO SUN so just a few Walls and Gatekeepers

Will try this walk again when the Soleil has got his Chapeau on

Any ideas about this little Blue butterfly ?