BUTTERFLIES

All the other creepy crawlies and animals that interact with your garden and the countryside
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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by Placido » Sat Jun 20, 2015 12:35 pm

Yay, that is good news :clap:. Meggle to the first pic :photo: :trophy: (I KNOW it's a cup, you have to imagine .....).

I read the para about the (non-)extinct spider and got it completely wrong :rolleyes:. My initial thought was that it had dropped into and drowned in a water bath on a bird table :cry3: :shrug:

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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by Jacksparrow » Sun Jun 21, 2015 11:03 am

greg wrote:Painted Ladies heading this way !! :butterfly: :butterfly: :butterfly:

http://southdownsforum.ning.com/forum/t ... ebookshare
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The last Painted Lady invasion was in 2009. I went to Bude for a weeks holiday and they were absolutely everywhere. I think we may have to wait for a friendly wind from the south to get them this time.

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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by j0nh22 » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:14 pm

This is a first for me, in the garden this afternoon, net says it's a COMMA .
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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by nuthatch » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:30 pm

:butterfly: Wow - lovely butterfly :D and a great pic, j0nh :yes: :nod:

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Post by j0nh22 » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:35 pm

Thanks nuthatch.

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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by j0nh22 » Sun Jul 12, 2015 2:41 pm

Admiral, love the cammo underparts (tree bark ?)
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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by Jacksparrow » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:22 pm

The one in the photos above is a Small Tortoiseshell.
The Comma looks a bit washed out but that may be a trick played by your camera's metering.

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Post by j0nh22 » Sun Jul 12, 2015 8:58 pm

Thanks Jacksparrow.

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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by nuthatch » Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:09 am

:butterfly: :photo: :yes:

The Comma could be that shade though, couldn't it - it could be just paler than most - maybe the colour was running out when it was its turn :butterfly:

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Re: BUTTERFLIES

Post by nuthatch » Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:44 am

:butterfly: :butterfly: THE BIG BUTTERFLY COUNT :butterfly: :butterfly:

17th July - 9th August 2015 :butterfly:


http://www.bigbutterflycount.org/

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