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 2021

May. 

Duke Of Burgundy at Chapel Bank. First sighting today at Chapel Bank, next to Hutchinsons Bank.

all the Glanville Fritillary larvae have wandered off to pupate, so will be butterflies in a week or so now depending on the weather.

Croydon 2018 Walks Leaflet

I have updated out 2018 walks, on the panel on the right, and Croydon have published this leaflet for the first 6 Months.

Croydon Walks

Large Blue in Somerset

A long trip with Greenie in the Wild, for the Large Blue, 27th June 2016, started with a visit to John Vanderplanks Passionflower Collection, after an hour, we moved to the well known Large Blue site, where we found a few flying.

We moved onto a second site, where the Large Blues were earlier and well worn by know, a survey was being carried out on Six Belted Clearwing Moths.

Queen of Spain Fritillary in Sussex

The very rare migrant Queen of Spain Fritillary was seen for a couple of weeks in Sussex, a trip with Greenie in the Wild was taken to see this life first butterfly on 29th August 2017.

Adonis Blue at Hutchinsons Bank

Adonis Blue along the cutting.

A small colony of Adonis Blue, has established along the cutting, this male hatched 6th August 2017, the first of the 2nd brood, a few first brood were seen in May.