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Hello good people

I'm a long time lurker from East Sussex, in the course of my travels I have been fortunate enough to bump into some of you and I hope to meet many more fellow enthusiasts in the future.
When I figure out how to upload photos I will post a 'test example' or two. The standard of photography around here is VERY HIGH INDEED so I'll probably keep my head down a bit

It's been a great year this year, numbers of most species have been doing really well in Sussex.

J

Welcome to UKB! And don't be shy - would love to see your photos and hear your observations!

Cheers,

- Pete

Hi 'Rex',

Welcome to the site. I agree about the standard of photography. I don't know how some of them do it!

Pete Eeles wrote:Welcome to UKB! And don't be shy - would love to see your photos and hear your observations!

Cheers,

- Pete

Thanks Pete, I will certainly post some just as soon as I work out how to do it now where did I leave that brain of mine??

When you make a post, there's a tab below the text field that says "Upload attachment". Click on that and all will be revealed

Cheers,

- Pete

David M wrote:Hi 'Rex',

Welcome to the site. I agree about the standard of photography. I don't know how some of them do it!

Hello David, I'm not too sure either but I have a sneaking suspicion that a lot of patience skill and probably a bit of blind luck might play a large part in it all

Pete Eeles wrote:When you make a post, there's a tab below the text field that says "Upload attachment". Click on that and all will be revealed

Cheers,

- Pete

Ah! thanks again Pete, I think I ought to downsize a few first, otherwise you might find your server stuffed full of enormous jpgs!

Test image

Well done James. Looking forward to seeing more of your pics. Take care and see you over the hills soon.
Bob.

Butterflysaurus rex wrote:Test image

Easy, isn't it?

Lovely, backlit male by the way.

Thank you kindly Bob and David, hope to see you out there again Bob

Oddly I noticed that most of my Clouded Yellow images seem to be of females, not sure why!

Butterflysaurus rex wrote: Oddly I noticed that most of my Clouded Yellow images seem to be of females, not sure why!

I think females are more prone to dispersal in order to locate suitable foodplants upon which to lay eggs.

David M wrote:

Butterflysaurus rex wrote: Oddly I noticed that most of my Clouded Yellow images seem to be of females, not sure why!

I think females are more prone to dispersal in order to locate suitable foodplants upon which to lay eggs.

That would explain it, I've yet to see an egg laying female. I've seen lots of courting but but never a pairing up or an ovipositing female.

You're luckier than me then.

I've never seen courting Clouded Yellows, even in France where they're extremely common.

Given that both sexes will be exhausted after a cross Channel flight, I guess the males are more prone to stay put as they know that more females will be on their way.

Mated females, however, will need to find egg laying sites, and they'll fly long distances until they're happy with what they encounter.