www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

Alex, when the competition's over, and we're allowed to talk about the pictures, I'd love to know more about your butterfly! It's intriguing!

Jack, so that's your (second) entry is it? A website devoted to excreta?

Guy

Jack, so that's your (second) entry is it? A website devoted to excreta?

Not me Sir! I think that is Rosy's speciality. Ouch!

Jack

Guy, Pete
Gill and I were in a field in Southern Bulgaria near the Greek border on the 2nd July. There were lots of lesser spotted frits flying around and I saw this one perched with wings closed. From the underside it looked like all the other lesser sp. frits then it opened its wings and I saw the same view you have. I just had time for one shot before it disappeared. My personal knowledge/ID skills of most European butterflies is sketchy and I'm perfectly prepared to accept that this may be something else entirely although I've been through Collins several times and can't come up with anything else!
I actually submitted the pic into the competition not because of any ID problems but just because I liked the way the insect stood out against the background!!
Alex

My effort for July.
Canon 20D, Sigma 180 Macro, Monopod, 1/800, F8, ISO400.
Thank you
Roger

Second brood Wood White, Botany Bay, 26 July Neil

Holly Blue - Refuelling in my garden, 23 July 08 Chelsfield Kent. Canon G9 camera.

Oh well, if my entry last month wasn't good enough to win, I never will. Anyway, here's the entry for this month: Euphydryas iduna from Kilpisjärvi, Finland.

First time I've seen these in the UK - a real delight.



Simon

In for a penny...

I'm entering this to read the critique it receives, rather than with any hope of getting votes



Speckled Wood taken at Combe Hill near Street on 12th July with a Kodak P880 digital bridge camera

Ringlet taken at Fermyn Woods

is it still possible to add photo for july competition?

Yes - you have until tomorrow

Cheers,

- Pete

but when i try to upload photo there is no option to choose july competition folder - there is only august.

Ah! Yes! That's a new mechanism that we'll be using for the August competition on wards.

For the July competition, just include the image in a reply to this topic!

Cheers,

- Pete

Red Admiral taken in Leicestershire

Ok so here is my photo.

If this is too late, please feel free to delete it



Small Copper
Canon 350D, Sigma 150mm Macro, f/6.3, 1/250, ISO400, Monopod
Center Parcs, Longleat

Markulous wrote:If this is too late, please feel free to delete it

Nice photo but unfortunately neither this nor any other entries after August 2nd will go into the voting list. Pete is away on holiday.

It's a shame. That small copper was a stunner!