Hi Jack,
You stated that the dead Tortoiseshell found on the Shetlands had no antennae. Look just above the thorax and you will see that both of them are still attached.
All the best, Nick.
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Re: November 2013
Hawk-eye !hideandseek wrote:Hi Jack,
You stated that the dead Tortoiseshell found on the Shetlands had no antennae. Look just above the thorax and you will see that both of them are still attached.
All the best, Nick.
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I can see the antennae now. But we do seem to agree that it is dead.
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I missed this post yesterday.
It certainly appears to be a yellow-legged tortoiseshell (xanthomelas), which as Jack says is recorded from Finland and even a few places in Sweden. What a very strange discovery in the woodpile. It's not impossible there were others with it, so worth keeping an eye out in April.
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It certainly appears to be a yellow-legged tortoiseshell (xanthomelas), which as Jack says is recorded from Finland and even a few places in Sweden. What a very strange discovery in the woodpile. It's not impossible there were others with it, so worth keeping an eye out in April.
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Re: November 2013
padfield wrote:It certainly appears to be a yellow-legged tortoiseshell (xanthomelas), which as Jack says is recorded from Finland and even a few places in Sweden.
It might just be stunned, or pining for the fjords...............Jack Harrison wrote:I can see the antennae now. But we do seem to agree that it is dead
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Not according to the original post on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid ... =1&theaterJack Harrison wrote:I can see the antennae now. But we do seem to agree that it is dead.
"Liz Watt it was still alive, we put both of them in the green house when we found them and they have both disappeared, there is another photo of the peacock on the site as well it looks in better condition"
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Would one emerge this early in a place as cold as the Shetland Isles?padfield wrote:...so worth keeping an eye out in April.
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They have been recorded in Moscow In April.David M wrote:Would one emerge this early in a place as cold as the Shetland Isles?padfield wrote:...so worth keeping an eye out in April.
http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesP ... hXanth.htm
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If anything, the winters on Shetland would be TOO mild for their survival - certainly very damp unlike dryer cold Scandinavian winters. It has often been speculated that Camberwell Beauty is unsuited to our mild damp winters so hasn't become established. I presume Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell is similar.Would one emerge this early in a place as cold as the Shetland Isles?
I am currently unsuited to damp winters myself having somehow lost my rain hat - essential in these parts - during a visit to Oban today (dentist).
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Re: November 2013
Found this item whilst visiting the Gloster Birder web site. Not my sighting but, a Clouded Yellow seen deep in the Forest of Dean ( Glos ) on 30th November 2013.
So, with a few nice days well into December, a Gloucestershire sighting of a Clouded Yellow could be easily on the cards. Latest I've seen them locally is late September, early October.
One of my favourite butterflies along with the Brimstone.
No Red Admirals seen on the Arbutus ( Strawberry Tree ) Blossoms so far. The large potted bush in my garden has put on a fine display of both flowers and ripening fruits this winter. They usually attract any still active Red Admirals most winters.
So, with a few nice days well into December, a Gloucestershire sighting of a Clouded Yellow could be easily on the cards. Latest I've seen them locally is late September, early October.
One of my favourite butterflies along with the Brimstone.
No Red Admirals seen on the Arbutus ( Strawberry Tree ) Blossoms so far. The large potted bush in my garden has put on a fine display of both flowers and ripening fruits this winter. They usually attract any still active Red Admirals most winters.
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