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Post by africaone on Mar 10, 2017 12:20:48 GMT
the first two G. rhammi in the garden this morning :-)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2017 14:15:43 GMT
I live a stone's throw from the Pennines so we get everything they do, as I said sometimes the only difference between summer and winter is that the rain is warmer in summer.
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 10, 2017 15:28:27 GMT
First Pieris rapae in Milan today too.
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Post by nomad on Mar 10, 2017 15:59:03 GMT
One of the Polygonia c-album seen yesterday.
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Post by luehdorfia on Mar 12, 2017 16:23:51 GMT
I am still waiting for the first spring butterflies here in Beijing China. It is still a bit too cold I think, but in a week there should be some. Still it always amazes me how horrible the environment in Northern China is, just saw some people burning leaves in the outskirts of Beijing, alongside a road, causing huge waves of smoke, which is completely illegal and you could report the whole village. But these village people seem to be too dumb to understand that it not only threatens their own health but also almost destroys any insect life that was overwintering in these leaves. Three days ago I was on a business trip in Shenzhen just next to Hong Kong where the streets were already lined with flowers and blooming trees and then I saw my first butterfly this year, in the middle of a huge intersection a white pierid I think, but neither could I stop nor could I have a closer look. It was the only one, nothing else was flying in Hong Kong or Shenzhen.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 12, 2017 17:40:54 GMT
Graphium (Pazala) alebion should be flying soon (late March) in Bao Hua Shan, east of Nanjing, not so far away. It occurs in several places between there and TaibaiShan too. However it's very localised, so you would really need to know the exact place in order to find it - not easy.
They say that it flies even though there is still snow on the ground nearby.
Adam.
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Post by mygos on Mar 12, 2017 18:52:34 GMT
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Post by luehdorfia on Mar 13, 2017 7:23:30 GMT
Graphium ( Pazala) alebion should be flying soon (late March) in Bao Hua Shan, east of Nanjing, not so far away. It occurs in several places between there and TaibaiShan too. However it's very localised, so you would really need to know the exact place in order to find it - not easy. They say that it flies even though there is still snow on the ground nearby. Adam. I will ask some Chinese friends, and will definitely check it out if I can make it there. I would love to go to Dali Yunnan though, there must be much more on the wing soon right? When I was there last year end of September there were still many butterflies but most pretty damaged.
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Post by exoticimports on Mar 13, 2017 12:24:15 GMT
What is Spring?
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 13, 2017 14:13:16 GMT
In Dali you really want to go to the Pingpo area on the south side of CangShan. I expect that some butterflies should already be flying there now. Certainly April-May should be good there.
Adam.
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Post by nomad on Mar 13, 2017 20:03:59 GMT
First couple of Aglais io today. Vanessa atalanta at Sallow, the first time I have seen these on more than one occasion in the early Spring for quite a few years. There was a time when it was suggested they could not survive our winters.The best Spring for a long while for Polygonia c-album, and good numbers of Aglais urticae, the males were keeping an eye on the females. .
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 14, 2017 9:11:41 GMT
Good to see them ! Hope it will be a good year for Aglais urticae !
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Post by Ed on Mar 14, 2017 9:57:10 GMT
Three days ago I was on a business trip in Shenzhen just next to Hong Kong where the streets were already lined with flowers and blooming trees and then I saw my first butterfly this year, in the middle of a huge intersection a white pierid I think, but neither could I stop nor could I have a closer look. It was the only one, nothing else was flying in Hong Kong or Shenzhen. Im surprised you saw so few butterflies in Hong Kong, when I traveled to Hong Kong in late December I saw decent amount of butterflies in and around the city, I ended up leaving with 8 fresh specimens of Delias pasithoe. Ed.
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Post by Adam Cotton on Mar 14, 2017 12:43:29 GMT
It's all about timing. If you go there one time you might find them, but another season there will be none at all.
Adam.
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Post by luehdorfia on Mar 14, 2017 16:47:19 GMT
In Dali you really want to go to the Pingpo area on the south side of CangShan. I expect that some butterflies should already be flying there now. Certainly April-May should be good there. Adam. What about the north side of Cangshan? There is this national park "Butterfly Spring" just at the northern end of Erhai Lake, about 40 kilometres north of Cangshan, just at the northern side of the mountains. I went there before since I know the government official who is managing that park and could look at their butterfly rearing farm, their butterfly house and their butterfly garden. They are still really low-tec, they planted about two hectares of highly attractive flowers for butterflies, then they wait there catch them, and rear them in huge cages, collect the larvae and then they have enough butterflies for their butterfly house. So the attractive thing is their private garden. I will go there in April or May and have a look, take pictures for everyone here, they are most famous for their Byasa species there I think. But would you say at Ping Po in the South there will be different butterfly species and more than in the north?
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