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Yep dead right Trev, was really miffed about the Purple Hairstreak.

Over to you

What event played a large part in causing the original name of the Pearl-Bordered Fritillary to be changed?

Trev

You really dipped out there, Gruditch. It'll probably never, ever happen again. Oh well.

Guy

Clue...
It was the same event which means that the term "May Ball" in the Cambridge University Colleges is now not often an accurate description.

Trev

That would be the change from the Julian to Gregorian calendars, so that 'April fritillary' became inappropriate (though it does apparently emerge in April nowadays).

This is also the reason why Russians can fly to London and shop in the January sales for their Christmas presents!!

Guy

PBF, used to be called April Fritillary, but I can't find an event that changed this.....yet.

Denise

You wait an hour for a bus and then two turn up within the same minute...
Yes Guy. The Pearl-Bordered Fritillary was called the April Fritillary back in the early 1700's, but in September 1752 the Gregorian calendar was adopted in Britain (that year, the date actually went from Wednesday 2nd September to Thursday 14th September literally overnight!). Those missing days led (amongst other things) to the realisation that the butterfly rarely hatched out in April anymore, so the name was deemed no longer accurate.
NB: Many University May balls are still held in "May Week", which is now two weeks into June

Over to you Guy.

Trev

Sleep tight all - it's 11.30pm here - I'll post your next challenge tomorrow morning!

Guy

85 75 32 66 117 116 116 101 114 102 108 105 101 115

Guy

That'll be ASCII codes

So - "UK Butterflies"

Cheers,

- Pete

7 minutes, eh?! I wrote a much more difficult crossword clue, then decided to do the ASCII instead for something different. I'll have to use that crossword clue next time!!

Well done, Pete,

Guy

Working in IT helped with that one!

Right - what species is this?
Cheers,

- Pete

Small Blue, pupa?

Denise

Correct stage, wrong species.

Cheers,

- Pete

I had no idea the Daily Quiz was back!

Is it a Duke pupa?

Felix.

Holly Blue Pupae?

Well done Felix. It is indeed a Duke - over to you!

Cheers,

- Pete

Well done Felix.

Pete, That looks nothing like the pupa image on the DoB index page.
Perhaps you should add it.

Denise

Felix
I always get into this site via
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/s ... d=newposts
This gets you straight to all new (to you) posts since you last looked.
It works well for me.

Oh yes- sorry to all for my dreadful question last week.
I was going to use a photo of Ken Livingstone for the Red bit, but thought it would have made it too easy.............
sorry again