My butterfly on bluebell images.

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Yorkshire Kris
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My butterfly on bluebell images.

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Thought I would share something else other than my passion for plants and that is my passion for British wildlife, especially butterflies. Apart from the last few years I have always monitored the butterfly species in my local area and seek out rarer species in other parts of the country. Here are a few of the images I took along the way.
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kata

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Those are lovely Kris,

I like the red best of all.

Here is something that may Interest you..Rajah Brookes Birdwing.

http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Ma ... okiana.htm

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kata wrote:Those are lovely Kris,

I like the red best of all.

Here is something that may Interest you..Rajah Brookes Birdwing.

http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Ma ... okiana.htm

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Nice site although several of the species listed under "British Isles" are now extinct in the UK. :(
kata

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What is'nt extinct these days Kris?

Loads pf animals amd plants gone red list.

Your Butterfly red list. No Images but you should find any in Wikipedia.

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http://www.iucnredlist.org/search
Springy

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Beautiful Kris! icon_cheers I chased around like a loony trying to get pictures of a hummingbird hawkmoth recently but unfortunately the pics aren't as good quality as yours! :mrgreen:
Clive60

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We had quite a few Butterflies late in the 'summer' mainly Admirals, Whites, Small Tortoiseshells and Commas.
The only unusual one was this Small Copper.
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kata

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Now that is a real beautiful Image Clive, I love it.

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Lovely image Clive although I would count Small Coppers as reasonably common.

Here is a Brimstone on Hawkbit.
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nice pics
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Kris, I'd never seen one in a garden before so I didn't think they were common. Marbled Whites are common around here in Summer.
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Lovely pics but why are they all on bluebells? Are those they're favourite flowers?
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Yes nice pics!
I had one of these in my garden in 2010. I can't remember what it is but I think its becoming rare(ish).
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fieldfest wrote:Lovely pics but why are they all on bluebells? Are those they're favourite flowers?

In Spring Bluebells are really common in certain spots, so easily found by butterflies which look for blocks of flowers rather than individual blooms.
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kata wrote:Those are lovely Kris,

I like the red best of all.

Here is something that may Interest you..Rajah Brookes Birdwing.

http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Ma ... okiana.htm

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Those Rajah Brooks Birdwing I have seen qieut a lot in Mulu National Park in Serawak, Borneo. You often see them where you get some dirt, for example near the toilets. The seem to like Urine. And ones I saw many at an old campfire. They clearly are after the salts.

Alexander
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I do like the first one.
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