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Post by nomad on Apr 28, 2015 17:21:45 GMT
This weekend, I went in search of butterflies with my camera. The weather was far from perfect, being typical British April weather. On the Saturday I visited a chalk down on the eastern fringe of Salisbury Plain in middle Wiltshire. It was cool and cloudy in the morning but the sun finally came out in the afternoon, but far too windy for ideal photography. I did however, find a nice colony of the tiny Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus malvae in sheltered Scrub. On the Sunday, I visited the heights of the limestone Rodborough Common in the Cotswold Hills near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Searching for the Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, I found one male and one female. Although this species is common in parts of Europe, it is a much declined butterfly here and a real rarity and always pleasing to find.. Higher up among gorse there was a nice colony of the beautiful Green Hairstreak Callophrys rubi. All photos taken with a Nikon D7000 with a 105mm Nikon macro. Pyrgus malvae. ( Hesperiidae) Salisbury Plain locality for P. malvae. Hamearis lucina female. (Riodinidae) Callophrys rubi ( Lycaenidae) Rodborough Common Cotswold Hills, locality for H. lucina & Callophrys rubi.
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Post by wollastoni on Apr 28, 2015 20:57:13 GMT
Very interesting article and beautiful pictures! I would rather put it under "Collecting trips".
Hamearis lucina is hard to find in France.
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