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Post by jmg on Aug 21, 2015 14:03:30 GMT
Some corsican butterflies :
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Post by jmg on Aug 21, 2015 14:04:21 GMT
from Corsica :
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Post by jmg on Aug 21, 2015 14:04:54 GMT
mountains of Corsica :
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Post by jmg on Aug 21, 2015 14:05:19 GMT
Corsica again :
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Post by jmg on Aug 21, 2015 14:06:11 GMT
always from Corsica :
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Post by jmg on Aug 21, 2015 14:06:58 GMT
That's all, folks !
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Post by jmg on Aug 21, 2015 14:15:35 GMT
Green Whip Snake Hierophis viridiflavus Col de Sorba :
I met many of them South of Porto Vecchio. They where frequently crossing the road when I was driving. As far I know, this a non-venomous species rather agressive. Hepertologists say that this snake eliminated nearly all the others snakes in Corsica !
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Post by nomad on Aug 21, 2015 18:24:17 GMT
Thank you for sharing your wonderful images from Corsica Jean-Marc.
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Post by nomad on Aug 22, 2015 14:52:57 GMT
I expect that a number of members here will know this striking large European Satyrid well. My guide book tells me that the Great Banded Grayling, Kanetisa circe is common in many parts of Europe. The first time that I saw it at Vizzavona, it reminded me of a large Limenitis camilla loping and gilding across the rocky slopes. Just like most of its close allies, this species always rests and feeds with its wings closed. However, when this butterfly is disturbed or feeling threatened by another insect, such as a Carpenter Bee or an animal such as a photographer, it will flash open its uppersides. Kanetisa circe.
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Post by jmg on Aug 23, 2015 19:18:54 GMT
Brintesia circe, Les Hautes-Courennes, June, 22
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Post by jmg on Aug 23, 2015 19:25:51 GMT
An other B. crice who was a close friend ! Same location, June, 18. The species was, as usual very common there. Same in the Lozere Mountains in August.
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Post by nomad on Aug 24, 2015 9:55:48 GMT
Well, this lovely Swallowtail Iphiclides podalirius must be very familiar with most of our European members. Not so us Brits, we do not have it, perhaps it has occasionally turned up here a few times as a migrant, perhaps not. One day during our holiday in Corsica, we set off for the town of Corte on the super mountain train. What a lovely old place the centre of that town is, we tried walking up the Resonica Valley but it was too hot, above 100 degrees, phew. So myself and my very hot wife returned to the centre of Corte to seek refreshment. In the middle of the old part of town was a buddleia. In my small garden in England which is in the centre of a large town I have a large bush of this lovely honey scented shrub but the only visitors this year have been Pieris and a lone Vanessa atalanta. Well on this Buddleia in Corsica was a I. Podalirius feeding on the purple flowers, mostly at the top of the bush. Luckliy an old cobbled street wound around the bush and standing on a wall on the bend, I took these images. Perching on the wall caused much amusement to the locals and shopkeepers below. Just another mad Englishman after a Papilio they must have thought.
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Post by nomad on Sept 13, 2015 15:19:13 GMT
An usual female form of Argynnis paphia female in the Vizzavona wooodlands.
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Post by nomad on Sept 14, 2015 10:44:10 GMT
Argynnis pandora is a beautiful large Fritillary. Vizzavona. Female. Male.
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Post by nomad on Sept 16, 2015 18:04:53 GMT
Well, not a butterfly but a splendid moth, the Pink Hawk, Hyloicus pinastri. A resident species in the U.K but I have never seen it here. This one was found in the morning on the Walls of the old Railway station at Vizzavona, having been attracted by the lights of the adjoining restaurant.
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