From 2015 at Bookham Common, Surrey, I have just put together this video showing a bit more about the Red Admirals aggressive?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1VPfUT5qwI
I regularly see Small Torts on Blackthorn blossom.David M wrote:Some lovely specimens in those images, Phil. Interesting to see the Tortoiseshells on the blossom. That's the only one of the vanessid adult overwinterers I've never seen doing that...Commas, Peacocks and Red Admirals are all regulars but, certainly near me, Small Tortoiseshells generally nectar near the ground.
Don't have much of that round here, Bugboy, sadly.bugboy wrote:I regularly see Small Torts on Blackthorn blossom.
I am not a fruit tree expert but I guess this is Apple Blossom.bugboy wrote:I regularly see Small Torts on Blackthorn blossom.David M wrote:Some lovely specimens in those images, Phil. Interesting to see the Tortoiseshells on the blossom. That's the only one of the vanessid adult overwinterers I've never seen doing that...Commas, Peacocks and Red Admirals are all regulars but, certainly near me, Small Tortoiseshells generally nectar near the ground.
If you've managed to take those images with a mobile then you have done very well indeed, Phil.PhilBWright wrote:I was really fortunate on this occasion to get close enough with my mobile phone without climbing trees and that the butterflies were in good condition considering they had overwintered.