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| AnnB | Aug 4 2016, 04:37 PM Post #681 |
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Very nice Laurie, a Grayling. I don't get them here in Buckinghamshire. My book says "as soon as it lands it shuts its wings" so you'd have had a long wait for it to bask with wings open. |
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| Laurie P | Aug 4 2016, 04:48 PM Post #682 |
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Thank you for that Ann A Grayling is a first for me I saw this at Hatchet Pond, Beaulieu Heath this morning whilst out photographing my landscape reflections. I'm glad I didn't hang about waiting for it to land and open its wings then
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| Davebutterflyman | Aug 4 2016, 04:56 PM Post #683 |
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Very nice indeed Laurie, superb butterfly and photo. |
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| JennyWren | Aug 4 2016, 09:57 PM Post #684 |
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very nice , Laurie . i've yet to see one . Interesting re closing it's wings , Ann
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| Davebutterflyman | Aug 5 2016, 05:43 PM Post #685 |
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They can be quite confiding butterflies, especially when they are basking on hot, stony paths. |
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| celticsparrow-Jan | Aug 10 2016, 03:27 PM Post #686 |
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Meadow Brown or Gatekeeper please,I find it hard with those two ![]()
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| Davebutterflyman | Aug 10 2016, 05:27 PM Post #687 |
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Hi Jan. That's a Gatekeeper. They have two small white dots in the black oval marking on the wing. |
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| celticsparrow-Jan | Aug 10 2016, 06:25 PM Post #688 |
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Dave ,there have been a few more butterflies about today
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| JennyWren | Aug 10 2016, 09:01 PM Post #689 |
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Jan just looking at your eryngium . I had some from Sara Raven and they're beautiful but so prickly aren't they here's a little write up i've just found about Ellen Willmott and her ghost
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| celticsparrow-Jan | Aug 11 2016, 08:18 AM Post #690 |
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Jen I have two eryngium both quite large now and they are a magnet for insects ![]() Jen I can't see the Ellen Wilmott ghost bit
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| JennyWren | Aug 11 2016, 09:10 AM Post #691 |
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it's a ghost Jan .... only appears now and then http://www.express.co.uk/life-style/garden/601124/How-to-grow-Eryngium Oh here it is again ![]() They were a favourite of Ellen Willmott ...... a lovely story which gives the origins of Ellen Willmotts ghost
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| Eric Hardy | Aug 11 2016, 10:48 AM Post #692 |
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Thanks Dave for the tip on how to tell the Large from the Small White. I tried to think of a pneumonic to remember it by but haven't succeeded. |
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| Davebutterflyman | Aug 12 2016, 02:49 PM Post #693 |
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I'll try and come up with one Eric.... |
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| JennyWren | Aug 12 2016, 06:45 PM Post #694 |
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Here's a little suggestion . If you say to yourself , '' that can hardly be called large '' . then it's a small white
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| feedyourhedgehog | Aug 23 2016, 07:34 PM Post #695 |
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Even with the charts I still feel like I need confirmation...Is this a Large White please ![]() I ought to look into getting an eryngium...lovely plants
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| Davebutterflyman | Aug 23 2016, 08:06 PM Post #696 |
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Looks like a female Green-veined White, Paula. |
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| feedyourhedgehog | Aug 23 2016, 08:52 PM Post #697 |
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I'll never get the hang of them
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| JennyWren | Aug 23 2016, 09:07 PM Post #698 |
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nor will i ........ just been looking at Dave's links ( Audrey, earthdragon) for Ann . Which led me to read again the last newsletter re details of the last 2 meets of the year . These people are all experts and i wonder how one can join an outing if you know almost nothing compared to the others
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| Davebutterflyman | Aug 24 2016, 05:39 PM Post #699 |
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Paula.I think that many, if not all of these groups will welcome newcomers with little or no id knowledge, Jen. When i first started out many years ago i was a complete novice and struggled to id even the basic species but other people were more than happy to help and i would like to think that those attitudes wouldn't have changed much. |
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| JaySteel | Sep 14 2016, 11:49 PM Post #700 |
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Here's a caterpillar from today. It was about 40mm in length and was found on reeds at the edge of a marsh pond. Any ideas what it will turn into?![]() |
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very nice , Laurie . i've yet to see one . Interesting re closing it's wings , Ann




Dave ,there have been a few more butterflies about today
just looking at your eryngium . I had some from Sara Raven and they're beautiful but so prickly aren't they
Jen I have two eryngium both quite large now and they are a magnet for insects
it's a ghost Jan .... only appears now and then 
nor will i ........ just been looking at Dave's links ( Audrey, earthdragon) for Ann . Which led me to read again the last newsletter re details of the last 2 meets of the year . These people are all experts and i wonder how one can join an outing if you know almost nothing compared to the others
Paula.
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