Butterfly Watch 2013

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fern Rob

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Seen a few of them around here.
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nice pic I took today, thought id share
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Seen a peacock for the first time today.
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fern Rob

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Not seen many butterfly's in the last few days.
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Had 12 peacocks at one time the other day. Not so many around today though.
Most wanted list - Any Young Trachycarpus and/or fern.
Clive60

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Lots of whites, a couple of Small Tortoiseshells one Admiral and one Brimstone.
derrick

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Lots of peacocks down in shaftsbury lots in the buildings been helping them free they love budleas
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There at least a dozen butterflies in view in the garden at any one time, mainly whites and
peacocks and commas.
Clive60

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On the chalk cliffs at Durlston Country Park (Swanage) there were a lot of Butterflies about including Adonis Blue
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Marbled Whites.
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There were many Clouded Yellows around but they never landed so I don't know what their food source is, like Graylings they always close up on landing so it's difficult to get a pic and I didn't.
fern Rob

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Seen a Brimstone butterfly . :D
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I love the Dorset coastline and all the Blues that can be seen there. Adonis being the brightest.
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Yorkshire Kris wrote:I love the Dorset coastline
What!! When it isn't Yorkshire?! :ahhh!:

:lol:
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Conifers wrote:
Yorkshire Kris wrote:I love the Dorset coastline
What!! When it isn't Yorkshire?! :ahhh!:

:lol:

Well there are limstones cliffs like at Bempton and Flamborough!
Clive60

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I think this a Lulworth Skipper as it has an orange crescent on each forewing, may be wrong!
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I captured a picture of a giant moth which I never seen it before. This moth has got transparent holes on its wings where you can see sunrays through the holes. This incredible moth is about 7inchs wide. At first I thought it was a giant butterfly but when I got closer it doesn't respond to my movements whereas butterflies do feel shy and fly away but this thing stood still and when I observed its fat stomach then I concluded that it is a moth. I took a video of this moth. Moths usually look triangle in shape but there are some tiny moths about a inch that we see behind tubelights and this is exactly the same family where this giant moth hanging on my christmas tree belongs. Fairies would have survived if birds were extinct. Do you all know that the life of butterfly is about a week ?
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