Glanville Fritillary

[Roger Gibbons]

This may brighten up a damp October weekend:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4WA_Yt18kk

All of the filming is undertaken in the wild.

Roger

[Tony Moore]

Really brilliant, Roger - many thanks for the link,

Tony M.

[David M]

Top quality stuff, Roger. These mini-documentaries are really quite superb. I noticed more links in the you tube side window and will take in a few more when I get chance.

[Goldie M]

That video was fantastic Rodger Goldie

[Chris Jackson]

A very interesting film Roger, by motivated and dedicated people
Chris

[Padfield]

I agree with all the comments - wonderful observations and filming. I learnt a lot.

Guy

[Roger Gibbons]

Another video has been posted, this one on the weird Nettle-tree Butteffly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls5KJfDiQHg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEOyZN8QU4g

Roger

[Tony Moore]

Absolutly coruscating, once again. I loved the casual way the young larva flicked away his empty head case - headcase?

This must be the future - thanks for the link.

Tony M.

[Roger Gibbons]

The most recent video, on Large Tortoiseshell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhrTWN_FXJw

[Pete Eeles]

What a superb video, and I can only admire the amount of dedication required to get the footage! Just stunning .. and informative!

Thanks for posting, Roger!

Cheers,

- Pete

[Goldie M]

Fantastic Video Rodger, I enjoyed it so much Goldie

[PhilBJohnson]

Thanks for posting, Roger.
Until watching that Large Tortoiseshell video, I knew practically nothing about that butterfly.
A nice bench mark set for presentation etc. It has given me some ideas and inspiration for my videos.
I don't think that people generally understand how much time and effort is involved in producing something like that, making sure edits are correct and names are spelt correctly, etc
well done,
Philip

[Roger Gibbons]

Two new videos have been added, on White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album) and Black-veined White (Aporia crataegi).

The links are here:

w-album: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdDNGF2HDr0

crataegi: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExcXuU3GW4M

Curiously, w-album is rather scarce in southern France, given that the place is covered in Satyrium hairstreaks in June (Ilex, False Ilex, Sloe, Blue-spot). Not Black, though.

Roger

[Pete Eeles]

Thanks Roger - yet more stunning footage!

Cheers,

- Pete

[Vince Massimo]

Brilliant, as always

All credit to those involved, particularly in getting the White-letter Hairstreak sequences. None of my books show that the larva sometimes pupates in leaf litter at the base of the plant.

I would like to open new posts under the appropriate species headings for all the latest links, because they are all presently under Glanville Fritillary. Will do this shortly

Vince

[Essex Bertie]

Thanks for sharing this, Roger. Tremendous work. Interesting how the eye spots on the emerging Glanville formed a little face before the wings fully unfurled. Quite useful in that first minute.