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| Chalkhill Blues mating, Lysandra coridon |
On Saturday morning I joined other volunteers at a Sussex Search and Rescue fund
raiser at the Broadwater Carnival, Worthing. Then I met Neil Hulme at Knepp Castle Estate and saw my first Purple Emperors of the year including males
fighting in the tree canopy. A Hobby flew overhead at one point, a first for me.
On Sunday I did my weekly butterfly transect at Mill Hill: Chalkhill
Blue 6, Essex Skipper 5, Gatekeeper 91,
Green-veined White 5, Large Skipper 2, Large White 4, Marbled White 14, Meadow
Brown 20, Peacock 7, Red Admiral 5, Small Tortoiseshell 1, Small White 4. These
were the first Essex Skippers I have identified on this transect. Leigh had
advised me of a colony near the lower car park in a previous year so it seems they have either spread
north, else I have not previously distinguished them from Small Skippers.
I then visited Kithurst Meadow, which was heaving with
butterflies, including some Chalkhill Blues, a pristine male second
brood Common Blue and a Painted Lady. Finally I checked out Houghton Forest, but
still no Purple Emperors there.
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| "Bellydance Rocks" at Broadwater Carnival, Worthing |
Knepp Castle Estate:
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| Belloc's Windmill is nearby |
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| Neil Hulme's pin collection |
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| Purple Emperor, Apatura iris |
Mill Hill:
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| Essex Skipper, Thymelicus lineola |
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| Gatekeeper, Pyronia tithonus |
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| Marbled White, Melanargia galathea |
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| Peacock, Inachis io |
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| Six-Spot Burnet, Zygaena filipendulae |
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| Yellow Shell, Camptogramma bilineata |
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| Chalkhill Blues mating |
Kithurst Meadow:
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| Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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| Chalkhill Blue, Lysandra coridon |
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| Chalkhill Blue |
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| Chalkhill Blue |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
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| Common Blue |
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| Common Blue |
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| Green-veined White, Pieris napi |
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| Marbled White, Melanargia galathea |
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| Oxeye Daisy, Leucanthemum vulgare |
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| Painted Lady, Vanessa cardui |
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| Peacock, Inachis io |
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| Pearl Veneer, Agriphila straminella |
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| Small White, Pieris rapae |
Houghton Forest:
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| Large White, Pieris brassicae |
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| Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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