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Towlersonsafari

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we went to a trip to Dunstable Downs ( the Bison hill area)  last weekend hoping to see the Duke of Burgundy that lives on scrubby chalk downland.it is the only "Metalmark" in Europe

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kitefarrago
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Here's one to get us started: From my holiday in India. Taken outside Tadoba NP in the lodge grounds.   This one's a plain tiger. A fairly common species in Central India.     The owners of the

kittykat23uk
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This one we did see a specimen of but I didn't get a shot on this occasion, so here is an older one taken with the Panasonic FZ18   swallowtail butterfly by kittykat23uk, on Flickr

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Monarch Butterfly on the last flower of summer. - Photo taken in Wisconsin, USA. Monarch Butterflies stopping to rest on their fall migration to Mexico on a very windy day along Lake Michigan

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Towlersonsafari

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we also saw the first -for us-Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui) of the year

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Towlersonsafari

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and this Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)- so small it can almost hide in a buttercup

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and a green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) which is actually brown- as you can see from the inner wing exposed-it is the iridescence that  makes it look green

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Towlersonsafari

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we have just spent a week in Norfolk and the Broads are the home of one of the rarest UK butterflies, and one that looks like it belongs in more exotic climes, the Swallowtail (Papilio machaon) it is also the UK's largest.

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Peter Connan

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Beautiful!

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Caracal

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Lovely photos @Towlersonsafariand they're bringing back memories of my childhood in the UK many moons ago now.

Thank You.

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Towlersonsafari

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Thank you   @Peter Connanand @Caracal-where were you in Norfolk?

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Towlersonsafari

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whilst walking in our local nature reserve we noticed quite a few of these- the 5 spotted Burnet moth (not to be confused with the 6 spot or the narrow bordered 5 spot!!!. i think they must have just emerged.the 1st photo is taken with a 100-400 Olympus lens and the 2nd with the 90 mm macro- if that helps

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Towlersonsafari

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my favourite Uk butterfly the Marbled white

 

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and the Gatekeeper-there are a lot about at the moment

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