October 08

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Tue Oct 14, 2008 9:34 pm

Lovely to see Speckled Wood and Red Admiral enjoying the sun in my back garden testerday

Martin.

eccles · Post by **eccles** » Thu Oct 16, 2008 2:43 pm

The same two species, red admiral and speckled wood were at the AWT reserve at Willsbridge today. Two of the three RAs seen looked very fresh. Also two mating pairs of common darters.

Susie · Post by **Susie** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:18 pm

In the gardens at the grounds of Chichester Cathedral today there were Peacocks, Red Admiral, Speckled Wood and Large White enjoying the sunshine. Also I spotted something orange flying at a distance which looked remarkably like a Brown Hairstreak but it could have been just about anything really, possibly a disturbed moth.

dave brown · Post by **dave brown** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:04 pm

Susie,
I suspect your orange butterfly/moth was a moth called the Vapourer. The male can look very Brown
Hairstreak like in flight, especially as their flight periods overlap. It also flies by day. October is a little
late for the Vapourer (generally ends late September) but the warm weather this week is certainly allowing a few things to fly. I hope I am wrong and it was a Brown Hairstreak, but that would be a really late record.Nice to see you are still seeing late butterflies. We saw a number of Peacocks and Red Admirals on the wing yesterday at Dungeness(and a Vapourer last weekend).

dave

Susie · Post by **Susie** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 8:29 pm

Thanks, Dave, that would certainly tie in and make far more sense than a brown hairstreak!

I have seen Vapourer male moths and their "punk" caterpillars but never in flight before.

Susie · Post by **Susie** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:15 pm

Red Admiral in the garden yesterday.

Perseus · Post by **Perseus** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:43 pm

Hello,

17 October 2008
Red Admirals were frequently seen over the town and outskirts of Shoreham including Mill Hill, running at about eight an hour. Large Whites were less at about five an hour. A midday visit to the lower slopes of Mill Hill was leisurely. There were hardly any butterflies, just one plain brown Common Blue female, one Small Copper that appeared after five minutes and a few Meadow Browns.

A Comma Butterfly settled on the wooden rail in the Butterfly Copse next to the Waterworks Road.

Adur Butterfly & Large Moth List
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Butterfly-list2008.html

Cheers

Andy Horton
glaucus@hotmail.com
Adur Valley Nature Notes
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2007.html
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Adur2008.html
Adur Valley Nature Notes: October 2008
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Oct2008.html

jellyang · Post by **jellyang** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 8:23 pm

I have had a lonesome Small Tortoiseshell in my garden for the last few days. It looks in good condition so not sure where it has come from. I still have a large clump of full flowering marigolds so I think that was the attraction.
I have got my camera back today (lent it to my daughter for pics of my new grandaughter

) so hopefully it may appear tomorrow although we are forcast a very cold night

I want summer back and I want it now!!

Angie
x

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:04 pm

No butterflies around here at moment (as far as I can see) Its supposed to be dry on friday here, so I want to get out early and see whats about, maybe see if there is one last chance to find speckled woods here as I know they stop flying soon.

Susie · Post by **Susie** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:06 pm

Every time the sun comes out the Red Admiral(s) is on the vebena bonariensis.

Denise · Post by **Denise** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:11 pm

One Speckled Wood and one Red Admiral in my garden today

Denise

Matsukaze · Post by **Matsukaze** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:30 pm

Two Red Admirals, one Comma, nectaring on ivy.

Jack Harrison · Post by **Jack Harrison** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:10 am

Stunning blue sky was the perfect backdrop over my garden, 22 October.

Jack

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 3:58 pm

22nd of Oct, I saw 3 Large Whites, 2 Red Admirals and a Meadow Brown.

Gruditch

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 7:06 pm

22nd October - one late, cold ST, also Commas & RAs still around

Shirley Roulston · Post by **Shirley Roulston** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:03 am

Maybe the last Red Admiral of the season.

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eccles · Post by **eccles** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:16 pm

I spent about three hours out and about yesterday and despite a glorious afternoon I just saw a few common darter males. It's been dull, cold and dreary today and I saw no leps or ods.

Post by **Padfield** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:31 pm

Weather forecast not looking too good for butterflies in the UK next week...

Just a few red admirals cruising around rather hopelessly up here in my mountain - hopelessly, because the altitude ones never survive the winter.

This is what October looked like on my dog walk this evening. That isn't water - it's cloud. Sometimes it splashes around the mountains looking just like the sea and everyone above it has a glorious day while those below are shrouded in gloom. I move on Tuesday, 250m further down the mountain.

Guy

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:35 pm

Beautiful shots Guy, very jealous.

During a brief sunny spell today, I saw one Red Admiral and one Comma, no whites for the first time though.

Gruditch

Shirley Roulston · Post by **Shirley Roulston** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:20 pm

I think to-day weather will put paid to seeing anymore butterflies, wintery showers, bitterly cold and this rainbow was waiting for me as I open the door.

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