Butterfly spotting thread.

[Uncle Spielberg]

Today I saw a Red Admiral, Cabbage White and a Blue and the other day I saw a Small Tortoiseshell.

I like butterflies.

What have you spotted this Summer ?.

That is all.

 

[Skaville]

Very little. It seems they are in decline. I've seen a couple of cabbage whites but very little else.

 

[footychick]

A red admiral and a few cabbage whites.

 

[pasty]

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[hart's shirt]

I've spotted 2 butterfly spotting threads recently...

 

[British Bulldog]

There was a butterfly in my conservatory today but unfortunatly the cat run off with it before I had chance to identify what it was.

R.I.P butterfly

 

[Gully]

Early on I saw an orange tip and a brimstone...back in Feb I saw a couple of red admirals...more recently it has just been small blues and cabbage whites...plus a couple of brown coloured ones that I couldn't identify...think they were gatekeepers.

This is a pretty good website if you are a budding lepidopterist:

British Butterflies - A Photographic Guide by Steven Cheshire

 

[Billy the Fish]

The decline of the butterfly has happened incredibly quick. I remember 15 years ago they were everywhere, there were always red admirals in my back garden and every now and then you'd see a peacock. Now you barely see any at all.

 

[Juan Albion]

A couple of monarchs is about all.

 

[REDLAND]

I saw a fully grown male stag last night, antlers and all up the downs, Sunday I saw a baby weasel and was hit in the face by a dragon fly ... Plenty of red admirals and cabbage whites up there as well ..

 

[Wardy]

Having been to the Butterfly house at London Zoo I have seen some very rare butterflies and moths this year. There was one moth that had no mouth and spent its entire life (about 2 days) in one place on a branch. Though I seem to have neglected to take a picture.

 

[Questions]

Vegster`s barmy mum once told us that she had a Rear Admiral sitting on here compost heap.












Fine way to treat your uniform we said.

 

[Questions]

Spotted these in NY last year down by the ferry docks.

Hundreds of the critters, but I haven`t a clue what type they are ? Anyone ?

 

[Mtoto]

That would be a Monarch, aka Milkweed, named after the poisonous plant the caterpillars feed on. They store the toxins in their body, making them highly unpleasant, if not fatal, for birds to eat. The butterflies themselves are also remarkable, as they migrate thousands of miles to breed (somewhere in Mexico, if memory serves, though it is nearly a quarter of a century now since I graduated with a distinctly second-rate Zoology degree). In certain spots, tens of millions of them congregate together - I think David Attenborough went to one for his insects series, so there's probably a clip on YouTube.

Have seen most of those previously mentioned so far this year, as well as a White Admiral and a Comma on my allotment in Patcham.

 

[Muhammed - I’m hard - Bruce Lee]

ive scraped a few off my windscreen

 

[footychick]

A couple of monarchs is about all.

I'd love to see one of those.
I've seen a picture of thousands of them on a tree trunk, amazing.

 

[Icy Gull]

My daughter used to like butterflies when she was young and used to rush in from the garden shouting about the flutter byes she'd just seen

 

[Twinkle Toes]

What Butterfies?

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

This is the greatest UK butterfly. Unfortunately there are about 8 left.

http://www.habitas.org.uk/moths/photo.asp?item=5558