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Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 11:52 am
by Placido
No no, "Small White" is one of the very few names that I know.
Anyway, it's all Jacksparrow's fault
for spoiling the literally meant joke.
The next "first" that I spot I'll call it 'Colin'
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Mon May 30, 2016 8:31 pm
by Jacksparrow
Placido wrote:No no, "Small White" is one of the very few names that I know.
Anyway, it's all Jacksparrow's fault for spoiling the literally meant joke.
The next "first" that I spot I'll call it 'Colin'
Eh what? twernt me posting laughing emoticons at your efforts. I was on your side and trying to bat off any mocking at your expense.
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 7:11 am
by nuthatch
I saw Colin fluttering across the road yesterday afternoon
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 12:11 pm
by Placido
Seen 2 Colins already today
Jacksparrow - it's what you're there for, to take the blame and scattergun the abuse
. You're good at it by now ......
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:53 pm
by Placido
First butterfly for ages - a quite small one, very dark, flying rapidly thus <<<<<<<.
Went out and it flew in front of me, thus >>>>>>>.
I've enough trouble with landed ones - no chance with a flying one even if it didn't know where it was going .....
The instant ident. gives Purple Hairstreak or Ringlet but frankly I'm not sure about either of them.
Aaaanyway, it was good to see a butterfly for a change
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 8:02 pm
by Jacksparrow
Placido wrote:First butterfly for ages - a quite small one, very dark, flying rapidly thus <<<<<<<.
Went out and it flew in front of me, thus >>>>>>>.
I've enough trouble with landed ones - no chance with a flying one even if it didn't know where it was going .....
The instant ident. gives Purple Hairstreak or Ringlet but frankly I'm not sure about either of them.
Aaaanyway, it was good to see a butterfly for a change
The ID is very much dependent on the size of the B/fly. Ringlets are not small(in Butterfly terms). A small dark one could be the female of on of the blue butterflies but they are more dark brown than black.
PS I took some butterfly
today including Ringlet. I will post later.
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 9:49 pm
by Jacksparrow
Marbled White
Ringlet
Small Tortoiseshell
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 5:54 am
by nuthatch
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 6:48 am
by Willpar
Like them jacksparrow, not seeing very many at the moment.
Re: BUTTERFLIES
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:42 pm
by Jacksparrow
My Buddleia has just started blooming and I spotted a Small Tortoiseshell drinking the nectar today.
PS There would have been a photo but by the time I'd fetched the camera it had decided to seek pastures new.
