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| Deleted User | Jun 2 2011, 07:35 PM Post #161 |
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again Dave ... it is a pity I didn't manage a photo of that one as it was pristine but it no sooner landed than it was off again and neither Malcolm nor I saw where it went.
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| Davebutterflyman | Jun 3 2011, 04:18 PM Post #162 |
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They can be quite flighty Gill but your best bet is to check all the flower heads of Knapweed for example,they often gorge themselves on the available nectar and quite happily stay put for long enough to get photos. |
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| Deleted User | Jun 3 2011, 04:22 PM Post #163 |
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That's very useful information Dave
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| Davebutterflyman | Jun 3 2011, 04:33 PM Post #164 |
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Pleasure Gill and i should have also said that any thistle type with a purple flower is worth trying. |
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| raptorwatcher | Jun 3 2011, 05:45 PM Post #165 |
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Saw a few of these fluttering about a sandy common whilst searching for adders(nope didn't see any) They always closed their wings when they were settled.Are they graylings? ![]()
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| carlos100 | Jun 3 2011, 05:48 PM Post #166 |
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Pretty sure that is a Small Heath |
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| Daisyjan | Jun 3 2011, 07:11 PM Post #167 |
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Large Skipper or more likely as Carlos said a Small Heath! :butterfly4: |
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| Davebutterflyman | Jun 3 2011, 07:21 PM Post #168 |
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As Carl suggested Stu they are Small Heath. |
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| raptorwatcher | Jun 4 2011, 05:01 PM Post #169 |
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Thanks all, noticed after checking that the grayling has a more mottled brown on the lower wings. |
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| Wildbill | Jun 5 2011, 08:04 PM Post #170 |
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Fairly sure this guy is a very tatty green hairstreak, and my first one! Yipee! Shot in Dalby forest, north yorkshire moors. Just want to make sure on ID before I add it to the photography challenge
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| Deleted User | Jun 5 2011, 08:18 PM Post #171 |
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It looks the same as mine Bill - which I added to the Challenge on June 1st.
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| Wildbill | Jun 5 2011, 08:31 PM Post #172 |
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Ah yeah I just looked at the actual thread rather than the list and saw it was there, never mind, still great to see a new butterfly! |
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| Deleted User | Jun 5 2011, 08:34 PM Post #173 |
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It certainly is ... that was my first too and it very kindly posed for ages. |
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| Daisyjan | Jun 5 2011, 09:20 PM Post #174 |
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Amazing butterflies I am sure you and Gill have seen the same battered hairstreak!
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| Daisyjan | Jun 13 2011, 10:05 PM Post #175 |
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Meadow Brown?? It was orange and grey outside with a circle in the top of the wing.....![]() Definately not a ringlet, I know those when I see them. |
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| Davebutterflyman | Jun 13 2011, 10:31 PM Post #176 |
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It does look like a male Ringlet at first glance Jan and i can make out the small orbicular stigma marks on the forewing.If it was Meadow brown the ocelli on both male and female are very obvious but there is something about it thats not quite right and it's possible that it is an abberation of some kind. Did the underside look like this Jan?
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| Daisyjan | Jun 13 2011, 10:35 PM Post #177 |
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Yes, definately but I got confused when it opened out! |
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| Davebutterflyman | Jun 13 2011, 11:45 PM Post #178 |
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Must be a very dark Meadow brown then Jan and some individuals can have very plain upper forewings. |
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| Chris | Jun 16 2011, 11:38 AM Post #179 |
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I suspect that this is a Meadow Brown despite the fact that it has two very distinctive small spots on the under hindwing. Am I correct, please?
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| Chris | Jun 16 2011, 05:40 PM Post #180 |
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I think the underwings of this butterfly belong to the Large Skipper. Is this correct, please? |
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again Dave ... it is a pity I didn't manage a photo of that one as it was pristine but it no sooner landed than it was off again and neither Malcolm nor I saw where it went.








It looks the same as mine Bill - which I added to the Challenge on June 1st.
I am sure you and Gill have seen the same battered hairstreak! 
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