Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Butterflies so far in 2011

ORANGE TIP male


SPECKLED WOOD


SMALL COPPER

Species seen so far in 2011 are
Red Admiral(Vanessa atalanta)
Small Tortoishell (Aglais urticae)
Peacock (Aglais io)
Comma (Polygonia c-album)
Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui)
Green Veined White (Pieris napi)
Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)

The Small Copper found yesterday on Lon Cae Glas was a very early record for this species which does not usually appear until May most years. This one was probably an early emergence due to the unusally hot spell last week.

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