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Post by bobw on Jun 27, 2011 2:32:37 GMT -8
During a round of golf yesterday morning, on the first really nice day we've had for three or four weeks, I spotted 13 species of butterfly, some of which aren't particularly common in southern England:
Ochlodes venata
Pieris brassicae
Pieris rapae
Pieris napi
Gonepteryx rhamni
Quercusia quercus
Strymonidia w-album
Cupido minimus
Vanessa atalanta
Pararge aegeria
Melanargia galathea
Maniola jurtina
Aphantopus hyperantus
Some, such as C. minimus and M. galathea were flying across greens, but the two hairstreaks show where I spent most of the round - in the trees.
Bob
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Post by lepidofrance on Jun 27, 2011 5:27:21 GMT -8
Here (Forêt de Dreux, West of France), M. jurtina and M. galathea are very, very common. Just in the garden, I can see several dozens M. jurtina flying. M. galathea is more present into meadows. Anyway, I could see 5 to 10 M. galathea flying in the garden. O. venatus is also very abundant in forest pathes, Satyrium ilicis too.  In forest, this morning, first apparition of A. hyperantus. None last week. Until to-day, not a single P. tithonius : a little bit strange !  Attachments:
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Post by bobw on Jun 27, 2011 7:07:44 GMT -8
M. jurtina has been flying for about three weeks here and A. hyperantus for about a week. The first M. galathea I saw was yesterday but as it's a much more local bug I probably wouldn't have seen it anyway. P. tithonus doesn't start flying here until about mid to end of July, although it will probably be earlier this year as everything is.
Bob
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Post by lepidofrance on Jun 29, 2011 13:20:28 GMT -8
 I saw this afternoon the first P. tithonius flying at the spot where I meet this species every year (a meadow with many thistles). In fact, P. tithonius appears when thistles get flowers.  Sorry ! The butterfly was totally rebel against being pictured ! 
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Post by bobw on Jul 4, 2011 2:30:28 GMT -8
I saw about 30 - 40 Polygonia c-album on the golf course yesterday. There were none last week, a couple in the garden on Saturday then big numbers yesterday. There must have been a mass emergence in the last week. All of them seemed to be f. hutchinsoni.
Bob
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