Week 10
So continues sequence of posts giving one and all the opportunity to showcase their favourite shots of 2014 (or the last time you saw one)!
Please could I ask that everyone waits until a topic has been opened by me for a particular species before posting photos? Of course our overseas members are very welcome to fill in the obvious gaps relating to rare UK migrants. As like last year details of locations, dates, times and circumstances would be welcome as would any accompanying stories and anecdotes or other observations of behaviour and interesting other points.
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
- Chris Jackson
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Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
You're very kind Wurzel, you open the subject on the Sunday evening earlier than Vince did
Here is my Large White.
Down in the South of France this year the winter was very mild. Temperatures often reached 16 °C in the afternoon, especially in January (a bit colder in February) and no doubt encouraged this LW to appear early. January 14th: I love mild winters.
Chris
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Here is my Large White.
Down in the South of France this year the winter was very mild. Temperatures often reached 16 °C in the afternoon, especially in January (a bit colder in February) and no doubt encouraged this LW to appear early. January 14th: I love mild winters.
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Chris
Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
This species was one of the big 2014 losers for me on my patch. I reckon I saw fewer than 50 and quite a few of the ones I DID see were fluttering around my neighbours' cabbages in August.
The best shot I got all year was of this female at the West Williamston Brown Hairstreak site on 21st September:
The best shot I got all year was of this female at the West Williamston Brown Hairstreak site on 21st September:
Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
Very few around my patch either, David, so I had to rely on a couple of visits to Yorkshire in late July and late August for any photos at all.
Here are a selection showing all four life stages.
All from a garden in Wilberfoss.
Dave
Here are a selection showing all four life stages.
All from a garden in Wilberfoss.
Dave
Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
My Photo's were taken, one in my Garden on the 9th Sept and one in Bently Wood on the edge of a puddle, 11th July
The weather had been very wet that day but quite hot before that ideal really for Butterflies to do some puddling
No sign of the Butterfly I'd traveled so far to see though PE, try again next year Goldie![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
The weather had been very wet that day but quite hot before that ideal really for Butterflies to do some puddling
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
No sign of the Butterfly I'd traveled so far to see though PE, try again next year Goldie
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Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
I haven't had much luck photographing the Large White over the years. This is my best, taken whilst whilst waiting for the Scarce Tortoiseshell to put in an appearance Norfolk ![Wink :wink:](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
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- Neil Freeman
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Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
Large Whites were slow to get going around my patch this year and most of my early sightings turned out to be female Brimstones. By the time that summer had got underway there were a fair few about at most places but nowhere did they seem as abundant as in 2013. I only manage a few shots of this species this year, the underside below taken at Castle Hills near Solihull being about the best.
Cheers,
Neil.
Cheers,
Neil.
Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
Cheers cj, I do it early so I can get it done before the girls go to bed
Large White 28-08 Mottisfont
I don’t know whether it was a bad year for Large White (I’ve yet to start my yearly look back) but when it came to choosing my favourite photo of this species I discovered I had a dearth of shots. I could count the number of different sets on one hand and in the end only two sets were any good. So this is my favourite which was taken at Mottisfont at the end of August. I like the way the colours of the background make the butterfly stand out. Have a goodun
Wurzel
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Large White 28-08 Mottisfont
I don’t know whether it was a bad year for Large White (I’ve yet to start my yearly look back) but when it came to choosing my favourite photo of this species I discovered I had a dearth of shots. I could count the number of different sets on one hand and in the end only two sets were any good. So this is my favourite which was taken at Mottisfont at the end of August. I like the way the colours of the background make the butterfly stand out. Have a goodun
Wurzel
- Vince Massimo
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Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
I had so many eggs laid in my garden at the end of 2103, that I rescued a few larvae and reared them through. These overwintered as pupae and started emerging in April 2014. This gave me the opportunity to record some sequences of the adults emerging.
Full sequences are available here: http://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=19
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Full sequences are available here: http://www.dispar.org/reference.php?id=19
Goldie, your second photo is a Green-veined WhiteGoldie M wrote:My Photo's were taken, one in my Garden on the 9th Sept and one in Bently Wood on the edge of a puddle, 11th July.The weather had been very wet that day but quite hot before that ideal really for Butterflies to do some puddling![]()
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Re: Large White - Favourite Photo of 2014
whoops!
I should know by now
Here's what I should have put in Goldie ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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