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Canis papilionum
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 4:28 pm
by Padfield
As winter approaches, a light-hearted if self-indulgent post recording a few of Minnie's (my Jack Russell) encounters with butterflies. Feel free to add any of your own animal companion + butterfly pictures.
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/palaemonminnie23june2015a.jpg)
(Chequered skipper)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/minnieboeticus10aug2015c.jpg)
(Long-tailed blue)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/bryoniaeminnie.jpg)
(Mountain green-veined white)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/antiopa2june2014b.jpg)
(Camberwell beauty)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/minnielathonia24jan2016a.jpg)
(Queen of Spain fritillary)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/camilla13june2014g.jpg)
(White admiral ...)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/camillacatminnie13may2014a.jpg)
(... and white admiral caterpillar)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/helle4jul2018a.jpg)
(Violet copper)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/iolas6june2014c.jpg)
(Iolas blue)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/irisminnie3july2014a.jpg)
(Purple emperor ...)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/iriscatwendyminnie2jun2017a.jpg)
(... and purple emperor caterpillar)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/minnieeuryale31july2014a.jpg)
(Large ringlet)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/minnievirgaureae10sep2016a.jpg)
(Scarce copper)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/populiminnie6june2015a.jpg)
(Poplar admiral - the leg is Matt Rowlings's)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/reductaminnie2june2014b.jpg)
(Southern white admiral)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/thoreminnie4jul2016c.jpg)
(Thor's fritillary)
![Image](http://www.guypadfield.com/minniebutterfly/trappiminnie2june2014b.jpg)
(Swiss Zephyr blue)
![Image](https://www.guypadfield.com/images2015/alexisminnie10may2015a.jpg)
(Green-underside blue)
Guy
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:10 pm
by Tony Moore
Good fun - thank you...
Woof-woof!
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 5:38 pm
by bugboy
I think Minnie has a larger tick list than me!
![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:04 pm
by Vince Massimo
I can add a canis and a felis.
![IMG_2291-02G.jpg (242.5 KiB) Viewed 1051 times A friendly dog](./files/thumb_3678_1c237ac5c9456b374cf7f952c133996f)
- A friendly dog
![IMG_7620-02G.jpg (115.21 KiB) Viewed 1051 times My old cat (Sally)](./files/thumb_3678_ee847534c6599c1b4c9e06d0e222e5b2)
- My old cat (Sally)
Vince
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 11:26 pm
by David M
Love it, Guy!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Just the thing to cheer me up at a time when my SAD is taking its toll.
Interesting to see that Large Ringlets aren't just obsessed with human beings.
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 1:36 pm
by Padfield
Thanks Tony, Buggy, Vincent and David. And good to see your curious friends, Vincent.
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Great expressions on their faces!
Guy
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2019 3:48 pm
by Jack Harrison
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 10:01 am
by Mark Tutton
Here is Flossie standing guard over a Purple Emperor and in more playful mood - you have to watch your legs when she finds a giant stick!
Kind Regards
Mark
![P1110145.jpg (915.42 KiB) Viewed 789 times Serious mood](./files/thumb_9960_c62850e84e30d7f48fd25843452846c9)
- Serious mood
![IMG_2516.jpg (1.59 MiB) Viewed 789 times Playful mood](./files/thumb_9960_42099cf3c0422fc866cafbf6e6701f41)
- Playful mood
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:28 pm
by David M
Mark Tutton wrote:Here is Flossie standing guard over a Purple Emperor and in more playful mood...
Didn't know you had a canine companion, Mark. She's lovely!
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:41 pm
by Padfield
Thanks Jack! The more we learn about you the more we realise there's a cute little cub lurking within that leonine exterior ...
I recognise Flossie from some of your other postings, Mark. She's obviously a good butterfly dog - patient and well behaved. I have to say, it felt very strange going back to Switzerland this year and revisiting my old haunts without Minnie (she's fine - I just had to leave her in England). You get used to having a dog with you.
Purple emperor rides are among the few places I don't pick up Minnie's offerings, but just move them discreetly to the side. Is Flossie saying proudly, 'I did that!'?
Guy
Re: Canis papilionum
Posted: Fri Nov 22, 2019 11:36 am
by Mark Tutton
She is a good dog and I think one or two UKBers will have encountered her in their travels.
She always knows when we are going butterflying when the lead comes off and no ball appears - then she just gets on to do her thing never going more than about 30m without coming back to check. She will sit patiently if I am taking a photograph but is always keen to get back on the move when I am finished - typical Springer always busy.
I am not sure if she was responsible for the descent of that particular Emperor Guy, but there was certainly one occasion when a male gave her a good buzzing and attempted to land on her collar, I thought it was going to end badly as she was definitely not impressed by the audacious insect!
Her favourite time is when the duke of burgundy is out and we spent lots of time on the South Downs - I am sure that if I have walked 10miles she will have done 30! And she somehow nearly always seems to find a lost tennis ball - normally from down a rabbit burrow.
Thanks for the compliment David
Kind Regards
Mark
![639CC3F7-6F7E-410C-BEF5-64687A438052.jpeg (2.42 MiB) Viewed 698 times Our own alps - her favourite place](./files/thumb_9960_af37c52c6771257482dbb1bfde5c6b48)
- Our own alps - her favourite place
![76A6DEC8-AF88-45E7-B112-9CE4D026B57E.jpeg (3.64 MiB) Viewed 698 times Muddy legs - she finds water even in the driest summer](./files/thumb_9960_c5e8bde6e04037e01d82a2d0689a9e41)
- Muddy legs - she finds water even in the driest summer