More Butterfly Pics Needed

[Chalk Downlanders]

Originally Posted by Tormentil

I think I've just had a 'deja vue' moment.

You have. There are 3 instances of this piccy.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Chalk Downlanders

You have. There are 3 instances of this piccy.

yeah and it was identified in the other two - I think it was privet hawkmoth

[jdoherty]

Hi Stu,

I posted a photo of a white butterfly in my Gallery and also in the forum today. One of the WAB members thinks it is a wood white. I looked up this species and it only appears in the Burren part of Ireland. As I took it locally in Newtownabbey, it could be a Real's Wood White. I'd value your opinion as you need a pic of this butterfly for your encyclopaedia.

Thanks.

jdoherty

[John]

I have only just spotted this thread. I'm sure I have a photo of a Monarch (taken in Spain). When I get home tonight I will try and sort one out for the Gallery. (I'm just hoping that it isn't one of the photos lost in the Burglary last year).

John

[aeshna]

Originally Posted by jdoherty

Hi Stu,

I posted a photo of a white butterfly in my Gallery and also in the forum today. One of the WAB members thinks it is a wood white. I looked up this species and it only appears in the Burren part of Ireland. As I took it locally in Newtownabbey, it could be a Real's Wood White. I'd value your opinion as you need a pic of this butterfly for your encyclopaedia.

Thanks.

jdoherty

Hi jdoherty,

I believe I was the member that i.d. it as Wood White.

I've just had a look at the Millennium Butterfly Atlas, Asher et al, and the Wood White is widespread from the top of Northern Ireland to the south of Eire. In fact there appears to be more records from Ireland than England and given scarcity of recorders in Ireland the Wood White will be well under recorded. Given that, there are some areas in Ireland without records but it has a very good general distribution in the two Irish countries.

I also have found Newtonabbey on an atlas and compared it with the butterfly Millennium Atlas and there are 6 10km squares where the butterfly has been recorded around or in the Newtonabbey/Belfast area.

Futher 'googling' shows that Real's Wood White is found in Eire and Northern Ireland, so I would be 99.9% happy that yours is a Real's but the only way to truly tell is disect its genitals

Cheers

Aeshna

[John]

Here are the Monarch butterfly images I promised. Photographed in Spain last year.




John

[jdoherty]

Originally Posted by aeshna

Hi jdoherty,

I believe I was the member that i.d. it as Wood White.

I've just had a look at the Millennium Butterfly Atlas, Asher et al, and the Wood White is widespread from the top of Northern Ireland to the south of Eire. In fact there appears to be more records from Ireland than England and given scarcity of recorders in Ireland the Wood White will be well under recorded. Given that, there are some areas in Ireland without records but it has a very good general distribution in the two Irish countries.

I also have found Newtonabbey on an atlas and compared it with the butterfly Millennium Atlas and there are 6 10km squares where the butterfly has been recorded around or in the Newtonabbey/Belfast area.

Futher 'googling' shows that Real's Wood White is found in Eire and Northern Ireland, so I would be 99.9% happy that yours is a Real's but the only way to truly tell is disect its genitals

Cheers

Aeshna

Many thanks Aeshna for the original ID and the subsequent detailed information about the Real's wood white in Ireland.

[westt]

Originally Posted by MART

Hi do you know what this is ?

Hi Mart,

Have just looked up your caterpillar and I think it is a Poplar Kitten Moth (or could be a Sallow Kitten Moth?) – how exciting! where did you find it?

Tina

[GuyF]

I can post quite a few of the species pictures, but not many of them were taken in Britain, I hope that's alright.

[Imaginos]

Originally Posted by GuyF

I can post quite a few of the species pictures, but not many of them were taken in Britain, I hope that's alright.

Most of the time this should be fine, but be careful that your pictures are not of a different subspecies/form that is not found in Britain.