Final email from my butterfly weekend
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:21 pm
Hi All,
My final email for now. Here are the last four images from my bug-fest weekend (my children and I looked at all small things that moved). I don't know if we got lucky with the number of species we saw in a 3 hour ramble/picnic but we saw 13 species and have 4 unidentified ones that may bump the number up (is this common?).
The culprit of the first photo I suspect is a moth rather than a butterfly but any pointers would be useful.
I am a little concerned by the colour variation on the hindwing of the second as my books don't show it.
The third seems to have a white ground colour on the hindwings but my books have it as yellow.
Finally I hope that the last is a chalk-hill blue.
Anyway thanks in advance for the help.
Anthony
My final email for now. Here are the last four images from my bug-fest weekend (my children and I looked at all small things that moved). I don't know if we got lucky with the number of species we saw in a 3 hour ramble/picnic but we saw 13 species and have 4 unidentified ones that may bump the number up (is this common?).
The culprit of the first photo I suspect is a moth rather than a butterfly but any pointers would be useful.
I am a little concerned by the colour variation on the hindwing of the second as my books don't show it.
The third seems to have a white ground colour on the hindwings but my books have it as yellow.
Finally I hope that the last is a chalk-hill blue.
Anyway thanks in advance for the help.
Anthony