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                                     May, 18th-31st 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                         © Jill Hall

 

 

April Competition: Moths of Great Britain-

Firstly I'd like to say thankyou to all those who entered and voted in the competition; with real competition and some super images!

 

The winning photograph is Bob Eade's photograph of a lovely Scarlet Tiger moth; The FLICKR groups NEW icon:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                     © Bob Eade

 

 

The runner up, Jill Hall's beautiful shot of a White Satin moth:

 

Pearl-bordered Fritillary - © Tim Melling
© Nick Edge (Brown Argus)
Purple Emperor - Male - © Julian Dowding
© Tim Melling [White Admiral]
Dark Green Fritillary - © Pete Withers
Silver-washed Fritillary - © Paul Redman
Marbled White - © Tim Melling
Meadow Brown - Female - © Tim Melling
Small Heath - © Iain Lawrie
Purple Hairstreak - Female - © Tim Melling
Black Hairstreak - Glapthorn Pasture, North Hants - © Tim Melling
White-letter Hairstreak - Shepley, West Yorks - © Tim Melling
                            Images: Submitted July 2015

 

Your Latest Images-

Orange Tip - Male - © Tim Melling

Orange Tip - Male - © Tim Melling

Green Hairstreak - © Robert Solomon

Green Hairstreak - © Robert Solomon

Grizzled Skipper - © Tim Melling

Grizzled Skipper - © Tim Melling

Duke of Burgundy - Mating Pair - © Tim Melling

Duke of Burgundy - Mating Pair - © Tim Melling

Small Heath - © Iain Lawrie

Small Heath - © Iain Lawrie

Marsh Fritillary - © Tim Melling

Marsh Fritillary - © Tim Melling

Red Admiral - © Tim Melling

Red Admiral - © Tim Melling

Peacock - © Tim Melling

Peacock - © Tim Melling

Small Copper - © Heath McDonald

Small Copper - © Heath McDonald

Taken in the early morning at GB Gruffy Nature reserve on the Mendips in Somerset.

Wall Brown - © Tim Melling

Wall Brown - © Tim Melling

We are gradually incorporating distribution maps to each of our Great British butterflies, a huge thankyou to Iain Lawrie for creating them.

View more here: 

Holly Blue Distribution map

Pearl-bordered Fritillary - © Tim Melling

© Bob Eade

Welcome to Great British Lepidoptera, with photographs and information on all our native butterflies and some common moth species.
There is advice with daily updates on our British Lepidoptera and tips on how you can help conserve these insects.
 
A site for both amateur and experienced Lepidopterists, within these pages you will find: images of butterflies, moths and their immature stages such as eggs, caterpillars and pupae.
There are also photographs of habitats, foodplants, predators, parasites and unusual aberrations.
 
The 1,794 members of the flickr group 'Butterflies and Moths of Great Britain' have between us share well over 49,000 photographs.
 
 
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