Kev, I shall try to leave a few butterflies for you in July
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David, it's about 30 degrees here at present
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This morning I went to Terme Blanc, a hill to the north of Biot, that has the peculiarity of having a lightning conductor on the summit. I don't know why!
At the summit I saw my first Two-tailed Pashas #53 of the year. There were two of them, spending most of the time chasing each other. And when they weren't doing that they came to a nearby bush to have their photos taken. This one was somewhat tatty, and was missing the two tails on the right-hand wing.
But this one was in splendid condition.
There was also a Swallowtail that joined in the chasing a couple of times, but then found another Swallowtail to chase instead. No photos of the Swallowtails, they never seemed to stop flying.
On the way down I saw for the first time this year two Great Banded Graylings #54. As with the Two-tailed Pashas one can count on seeing this species at this time of the year on Terme Blanc.
And there was a mating couple of Meadow Browns.
Also seen were a couple of male Cleopatras and a Wall Brown.
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Colin