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Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 6:21 pm
by Maximus
Stunning Wall Brown photos Bob, great shot of the mating pair
Mike
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:20 pm
by badgerbob
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:23 pm
by David M
Great images, Bob. Sometimes, adverse weather conditions can play into your hands.
I now have a date fixed with Wall Browns for next weekend (assuming the weather plays fair).
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sun Apr 27, 2014 8:25 pm
by Butterflysaurus rex
Great stuff once again Bob, I particularly like the photo of the very fresh female. I just can't seem to get out of the house at the moment, I hope to escape and join in on some of the fun soon.
All the best
B'saurus
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:37 pm
by badgerbob
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 6:02 pm
by William
They just get better and better
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
- superb photos Bob, that last one is particularly well lit, just stunning
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:20 pm
by David M
It's one thing to take images of early stages you're breeding yourself, but to go out and find these same stages in the wild and capture them like you have done is creditworthy beyond applause.
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 4:52 pm
by badgerbob
Thanks for those great comments. Thanks again also to Downland Boy for taking me to see them. The great thing about hunting for these things is that you see so many more things although sometimes it can be disappointing, the Wall pupa that took me around 20 hours to find over the last 2 years looks as though it may have died. I have been monitoring it almost daily and it seems to have stopped changing. I am still slightly hopeful but confidence has gone down somewhat. It is one of the problems with them being in the wild that there is no control over them. This is the 2nd Wall pupa that I've found and the other one also perished whilst last year I found one being formed and was being eaten by ants. The many hazards that our butterflies and their immature stages face!!
![DSC_0073 (680x1024).jpg (396.08 KiB) Viewed 854 times Wall pupa. 2 weeks after being found.](./files/thumb_10225_784808ddba684972e423faf5eaaa5a9e)
- Wall pupa. 2 weeks after being found.
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 5:28 pm
by Pauline
Your diary is inspiring Bob - it is adding a whole new dimension to and feeding my interest in the other stages. I am not sure how you can improve on what you have already posted but I can't wait to see more.
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:52 pm
by Wurzel
Fantastic shots recently Bob - those mating Walls are great
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
and the White Admirals are freaky looking things
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 7:16 pm
by badgerbob
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 8:03 pm
by Butterflysaurus rex
Still finding some Marbled White larva then Bob! Brilliant photos as always, I've had a look for more Wall and 'my first ever' MW larva myself and didn't see any - maybe next time
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Very sad if your Pupa has expired.
B'saurus
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 9:17 pm
by David M
Bob, you really are a larva aficianado!
You must have a sixth sense.
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Fri May 02, 2014 10:02 am
by badgerbob
Well David, My wife just thinks I have too much time on my hands!!!! I just think it's some sort of addiction. Vince contacted me about the Marbled White larva and has said that the green larva is just about to moult, shown by the small head, and the brownish one has just emerged from a moult, as shown by the large head!! Incidentally, the green one I found just as a crab spider had grabbed it. I felt a bit mean on denying the spider his lunch, but I hope the Marbled White rewards me for rescuing it by posing nicely when he becomes a butterfly!
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 7:58 am
by Wurzel
Great stuff Bob - those two different forms are really interesting to see, and the Grizzlie (last shot) is a cracking image
Have a goodun
Wurzel
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 6:57 pm
by badgerbob
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sat May 03, 2014 7:15 pm
by Katrina
I really like the roosting Dingy shot!
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 5:09 am
by Pauline
Morning Bob. Your diary is one of my favourite reads and I so envy you having Wall Browns close by. Your shots are beautiful and remind me of when these butterflies were a common sight in the industrial North East where I grew up. In those days we thought they were called 'Walls@ because they could always be found on walls
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
- the walls of the brick council houses and the concrete walls around them (Wonder if they are still there?).
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 5:53 pm
by badgerbob
Thanks Katrina and Pauline for those great comments. I will have to try really hard to keep Pauline saying things like that!!
A little different today with no Wall Brown!! In fact not even a butterfly. I did see some but I could only get out before the sun had warmed things up to get things really moving. I did try to get close to a Wall Brown that seemed a bit darker than usual, but I didn't get a good enough view to be sure if it was a bit different. Probably not!!
Lots of damselflies now on the move, I managed a few shots of an Azure Damselfly. I then came across a very fresh Pyrausta Nigrata, one of those tiny moths found on the Downland. Moving on I then spotted my first Broad Bodied Chaser dragonfly of the year. This one was also in my favourite stage with it being an immature male in the stage of the colour change to maturity.
![DSC_0428 (1024x680).jpg (390.28 KiB) Viewed 669 times Azure Damselfly.](./files/thumb_10225_97b6e071cbf68159ebb4faa51969629a)
- Azure Damselfly.
![DSC_0435 (1024x652).jpg (370.61 KiB) Viewed 669 times Pyrausta Nigrata on speedwell.](./files/thumb_10225_88c30d56f5883e314a98663a6e26362a)
- Pyrausta Nigrata on speedwell.
![DSC_0444 (1024x674).jpg (414.67 KiB) Viewed 669 times Maturing male Broad Bodied Chaser.](./files/thumb_10225_34add8cf0502cc8ab33f5d58a164c059)
- Maturing male Broad Bodied Chaser.
Re: Badgerbob
Posted: Tue May 06, 2014 8:34 pm
by badgerbob