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Post by nomad on Dec 8, 2014 18:46:35 GMT
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daveuk
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Post by daveuk on Dec 8, 2014 19:10:57 GMT
Fantastic story Peter..you should be a writer !! Lovely pictures too..
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Post by nomad on Dec 8, 2014 19:38:22 GMT
Many thanks Dave.
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Post by wollastoni on Dec 8, 2014 22:02:13 GMT
Great story ! Thank you Peter !
Indeed in those times, collecting a machaon was an adventure !
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Post by nomad on Dec 9, 2014 6:15:21 GMT
Today the British Swallowtail is confined to the Norfolk Broads and it is now protected although the larvae are often freely available and it is not I believe a rare subspecies in collections. I have been twice to see and photograph this magnificent species and hope to do so again this year.
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Post by nomad on Dec 9, 2014 6:27:49 GMT
The site of Harding's adventure, Whittlesea Mere today. Once the largest lake in England with the very rich adjoining Holme and Yaxley Fens. Now a cornfield. Also a locality for many a rare insect. The extinct Lycaena dispar dispar also flew here.
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Post by deliasfanatic on Dec 9, 2014 14:48:54 GMT
A really nice story, Peter - thanks for posting.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2014 19:07:28 GMT
It was rumoured that at one time brittannicus used to occur up the east side of England as far north as Beverley in east Yorkshire, as did Lycaena dispar, how different our country must have looked prior to 1800.
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