This photo is causing a stir based on the number of retweets and Facebook "likes". Thought I'd make a point of pointing it out. Superb comparison shot!
https://twitter.com/ukbutterflies/statu ... 16/photo/1
Cheers,
- Pete
Large and Small Tort!
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Re: Large and Small Tort!
Brilliant!
I'll be back in Suffolk at the end of next week and will undertake my annual large tortoisesehell hunt with renewed optimism!
Guy
I'll be back in Suffolk at the end of next week and will undertake my annual large tortoisesehell hunt with renewed optimism!
Guy
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Re: Large and Small Tort!
Indeed, the legendary Suffolk LT's.....
Good luck; cycling round Suffolk can be very nice
...without that East wind. Take a jumper
Good luck; cycling round Suffolk can be very nice
...without that East wind. Take a jumper
"Conservation starts in small places, close to home..."
Re: Large and Small Tort!
And it is in Essex......Pete Eeles wrote:This photo is causing a stir based on the number of retweets and Facebook "likes". Thought I'd make a point of pointing it out. Superb comparison shot!
https://twitter.com/ukbutterflies/statu ... 16/photo/1
Cheers,
- Pete
"Conservation starts in small places, close to home..."
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Re: Large and Small Tort!
Now posted on the Cambs-Essex BC site:
http://www.cambs-essex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.php
http://www.cambs-essex-butterflies.org.uk/sightings.php
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Re: Large and Small Tort!
That's a lovely image!
Best wishes,
Lee
Best wishes,
Lee
To butterfly meadows, chalk downlands and leafy glades; to summers eternal.
Re: Large and Small Tort!
Certainly a very very lucky capture to have both species in the same image. 
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Re: Large and Small Tort!
Great to see them both together like that. I hadn't realised that there was such a difference in size.
Re: Large and Small Tort!
Agreed. This is a butterfly that may well be native again to the UK. Sightings appear to be on the increase so one hopes that at some point it may re-establish itself in these isles.
Re: Large and Small Tort!
It would be wonderful if the Large Tortoiseshell returned to the UK!
Re: Large and Small Tort!
What an amazing photograph.