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oct butterflies
Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 8:57 pm
by thepostieles
saw a basking red admiral today on my post round in whiby nr ellesmere port, plus a fresh looking comma. the commas are quite common in this area,moreso than small torts now
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Re: oct butterflies
Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:52 pm
by Tony Moore
Had a very pleasant afternoon at Aqualate Park. Managed to find 10 Purple Hairstreak eggs and then saw this beauty on the way back. I chased it for about thirty yards when it settled and was very cooperative
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.
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. Only the third one I've seen here all season
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Re: oct butterflies
Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:16 pm
by thepostieles
saw a good conditioned red admiral in a garden yesterday on the way to a beer
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me on the way to a beer not the red admiral, though it would be welcome to a lager
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Re: oct butterflies
Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 7:55 pm
by Keith Woonton
Re: oct butterflies
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:48 am
by Charles Nicol
i saw this red admiral on Monday
charles
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Re: oct butterflies
Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:22 pm
by Matsukaze
Keith, there is also St Austell Brewery's "Clouded Yellow" - Tesco sometimes has this available.
The beer has been far easier to find than the butterfly this year. Not sure if that is a
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or a
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however.