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Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2011 9:08 pm
by Rogerdodge
Rev
Brilliant reports.
I really wish I could have been there with you.
As usual your photos get better and better.
See you soon.
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 2:47 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2011 4:17 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:03 pm
by Reverdin
Ha!..... back on line after a computer disaster, self inflicted by me trying to make extra room on me c drive
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
deleted an important driver & lost connectivity
![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
- all with no-one else to blame
Had a few days last week in Somerset, and made the most of some average weather to visit Shipton Bellinger for the first time, then Lulworth and Durston another day.
Brown Hairstreak has been something of my nemesis, so having paced the hedgerows to weariness, I settled down by a vaguely promising Ash to console myself - a nice bloke wandered past and said "they're over there".. half a dozen or so, gesticulating in the direction of the other side of the adjacent field. " might just be your lucky day".... as I bemoaned my BH sterility...
so I set wearily off to where several others were patrolling the said hedgerow. Started at one end and just as I was starting to think there would be nothing, the most beautiful fresh female BH was good enough to nectar away before my eyes - first of several to show themselves along a very short section of hedge...
![110814 T. betulae Shipton Bellinger 1482.JPG (421.7 KiB) Viewed 3890 times Female Brown Hairstreak 1](./files/thumb_11311_6133eaff878c38de423f9cb47a5b18f8)
- Female Brown Hairstreak 1
![110814 T. betulae Shipton Bellinger 1513.JPG (393.52 KiB) Viewed 3890 times Female Brown Hairstreak 2](./files/thumb_11311_20e27b6f9c2cae91c7ba15f95714f41e)
- Female Brown Hairstreak 2
![110814 T. betulae Shipton Bellinger 1517.JPG (369.32 KiB) Viewed 3890 times Female Brown Hairstreak 3](./files/thumb_11311_6f46b4ca96f201418d076349b85a216d)
- Female Brown Hairstreak 3
![110814 T. betulae Shipton Bellinger 1580.JPG (403.94 KiB) Viewed 3890 times Female Brown Hairstreak 4](./files/thumb_11311_15ba14d08336ad3de9d3c7f5ac5b9e2f)
- Female Brown Hairstreak 4
The first time you really see something, is a memorable one indeed.
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Re: Reverdin
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 10:12 pm
by David M
Reverdin wrote:The first time you really see something, is a memorable one indeed.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Certainly true with this species. I was mesmerised when I saw my first BH at close quarters last year.
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:01 pm
by Reverdin
I really think this has to be the most difficult UK species to see.... means a lot!
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:16 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:25 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:54 am
by Gibster
Hi there, bugs aren't really my strong point, but the ones in your pic could be (note
COULD be!)
Myrmus miriformis...maybe!
Have a look at
http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteropte ... ormis.html for a pic.
Cheers,
Gibster.
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 7:49 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:18 pm
by Gibster
You wouldn't be if you met a few more of us
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Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:28 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 1:00 pm
by Reverdin
A Red Admiral warming itself in this morning's autumnal sun..
![110828 V. atalanta NZ2000 1984.JPG (418.11 KiB) Viewed 3773 times V. atalanta](./files/thumb_11311_52539e69732d14ee2ba241b4c5310433)
- V. atalanta
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Re: Reverdin
Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:52 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:00 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 7:58 pm
by Padfield
Great pictures, Rev!
Those underside pics illustrate something Tim C pointed out to me years ago. The black spots on the forewing of alexis tend towards the outer margin as they go south, where in melanops they turn back in towards the base. It makes the two species spearable regardless of the condition, or whether you can see the marginal markings.
G
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:05 pm
by Reverdin
Ah.... so they do... the marginal marking differentiator is much less obvious than that now you say... fascinating how not so subtle differences can be easily unobserved.... and I thought I had looked closely!!
I remember your alexis photo from last year when I thought I would really really like to see one like that, unbelievable Blue shade, as stunning in it's own way as bellargus.
- Hope your torso is not as blue as the butterflies
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Re: Reverdin
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:41 pm
by Reverdin
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Thu Sep 15, 2011 11:03 pm
by Rogerdodge
Paul
It is interesting to compare our efforts with this Sooty Copper side by side.
Yours at f10, and mine at f11.
My longer focal length (180mm) compared to yours (100mm) makes a lot of difference to the cleanness of the background I think.
Re: Reverdin
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:20 pm
by Reverdin
owch yes indeed - I MUCH prefer your clean background to mine... still working on getting the best I can out of my setup.
![Rolling Eyes :roll:](./images/smilies/icon_rolleyes.gif)
Hope this is bringing back some good memories
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