such a thing as 2nd brood Green Hairstreak?

[ChrisC]

Standing outside work today and a butterfly landed about 10 foot away. My immediate thought was oh wow, a green hairstreak, what's it doing here? it didn't stop for long and only as i was walking back into work i thought hang on..... it's a bit late. Is it unheard of?

Thanks
Chris

[Neil Hulme]

Hi Chris,
Very rare, but not unheard of. Other spring species such as Orange Tip also surprise us occasionally at this time of year.
BWs, Neil

[ChrisC]

cheers Neil.... I thought i was losing the plot.

Chris

[Padfield]

In 43 years of butterflying I've seen exactly one, on 9th October 2010:



That was after early snow, followed by a warm period, so I put it down to the pupa confusing the cues. I revisited the same site several times afterwards and saw no more anomalous emergees.

Guy