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Post by wollastoni on Jul 31, 2017 13:44:41 GMT
Today's a big day ! I have been studied for the MNHN the "Bois de la Carquois", a small wood in Brittany, for the last 15 years. Hundreds of hours of butterfly counting in this wood to assess butterfly population dynamics.
Everyyear I meet the same species, with some species appearing from time to time (like Limenitis camilla and Neozephyrus quercus).
But this morning, only 10 meters from my home, I have seen this guy : Thecla betulae !
For our non-European members, T. betulae is a large Satyridae, rather rare in Northern France.
 IMG_9980 by Collector Secret, sur Flickr
 IMG_9988 by Collector Secret, sur Flickr
 IMG_9999 by Collector Secret, sur Flickr
Just wanted to share this nice encounter with you !  |
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Post by africaone on Jul 31, 2017 14:41:40 GMT
.... T. betulae is a large Satyridae ....  |
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Post by bobw on Jul 31, 2017 15:29:55 GMT
Nice large Satyridae! This seems very early for T. betulae, we don't usually see it in Southern England until mid-August.
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Post by wollastoni on Jul 31, 2017 16:53:52 GMT
Haha Lycaenidae of course ! 😂😂😂
Bob, it was a very fresh specimen as you can see and Brittany can be few weeks ahead of Britain.
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Post by trehopr1 on Jul 31, 2017 18:04:12 GMT
Lovely little species indeed. It bears some similarities to our Coral Hairstreak which is found in localized populations in our Midwest states.
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Post by nomad on Jul 31, 2017 18:09:59 GMT
This species was reported very early this year in the UK, with several females seen together at creeping thistle in the middle of July in Sussex. I usually find the males in one locality in late July and as bob says, the females in early to mid August. I used to see females in Bernwood (Hell's coppice), Oxon during the 70s in September!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2017 20:59:19 GMT
Great picture of a very secretive butterfly
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