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A few thoughts for Butterfly Recorders,

by Apatura on Tue 14 Jul 2009 08:07 BST | Permanent Link

Here are a few thoughts for Butterfly Recorders,

July is the best time for butterfly numbers and diversity, which makes it a good time to find those special species, and a good time to add records of the distribution of our commoner species. The following are all on the wing in Suffolk just now:

UK Biodiversity Action Plan Species
Silver-studded Blue. Populations have peaked and major counts have been successfully completed, but they will still be present for a couple of weeks yet. The colony translocated to Blaxhall Common has survived its second year.
White-letter Hairstreak. Unpredictable & windy weather has made them difficult to find so far, but keep watching elms wherever you go.
White Admiral. Seems to be having a good year in its regular haunts, so it is time to visit your local colony.
Grayling. Has been flying early this year. Please try to record some before they are over.

Purple Emperor. Theberton Wood had males and females flying last weekend.

Commoner Species in good numbers
Large, Small and Essex Skippers
Large, Small & Green-veined Whites
Purple Hairstreak
Small Tortoiseshells back after several poor years
Commas and Peacocks freshly emerged
Painted Lady - the first fresh emergences from eggs laid by the May migration
Red Admirals, a few so far
Speckled Wood, Gatekeeper, Meadow Brown, Ringlet

So those Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey Walks could easily produce a dozen species. Those of you prepared to do a bit of "square-bashing" for the sake of the 5-year BNM survey can identify suitable "black holes" by going to the Suffolk Branch of Butterfly Conservation website
http://www.suffolkbutterflies.org.uk/
and taking the link to the black holes map in the left hand panel.

Yet to come, are second generation emergences of:
Small Copper, Brown Argus, Common Blue, Holly Blue
Wall Brown, Small Heath

Good hunting, Apatura

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