They certainly did last year. I visited in the middle part of June and they were abundant.DMS wrote:My picture was taken at the end of July and from the information I can gather the silver studded blues are emerging June
The best way to "watch" butterflies ?
Re: The best way to "watch" butterflies ?
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Re: The best way to "watch" butterflies ?
Thanks for bringing this up all. I've been looking around at the best data set to use for the emergence dates, and the UKBMS is by far the best. Take a look here:
http://www.ukbms.org/SpeciesFactsheets. ... ciesId=102
and click on the phenology item. Definitely a discrepancy in the case of Silver-studded Blue!
When I get a chance I'll update the data for ALL species, bearing in mind (like the SSB) that the dates can vary considerably between populations.
Cheers,
- Pete
http://www.ukbms.org/SpeciesFactsheets. ... ciesId=102
and click on the phenology item. Definitely a discrepancy in the case of Silver-studded Blue!
When I get a chance I'll update the data for ALL species, bearing in mind (like the SSB) that the dates can vary considerably between populations.
Cheers,
- Pete
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