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This big chappie was walking across the path in daylight. He is almost 2 inches long - can't imagine how...

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Uploaded on Aug 5, 2009  |  Map

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They close their wings as soon as they land, so the upper bright yellow-orange and black is only seen in...

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Uploaded on Jul 25, 2009  |  Map

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This is our rarest white butterfly. It is small and delicate with a slow, bouncy flight. Taken at...

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Uploaded on Jul 19, 2009  |  Map

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Taken at Southwater Woods. I saw about 30 yesterday; mostly males but there were more females than I have previously seen this year.

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Uploaded on Jul 16, 2009  |  Map

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Tucked away near the village of Fairwarp, in East Sussex, lies a small meadow rich in wildlife that has...

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Uploaded on Jul 16, 2009  |  Map

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At last I have got a photo of a Purple Emperor on the ground, supping minerals through his yellow...

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Uploaded on Jul 9, 2009  |  Map

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At last I have got a photo of a Purple Emperor on the ground. Usually I see them flying high up in the...

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Uploaded on Jul 9, 2009  |  Map

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The largest and, I think, the most common of our Fritillaries. This handsome fella was in Southwater Woods, West Sussex nectaring on bramble flowers.

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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009  |  Map

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One of our rarest butterfly species. I had to go to Kent to see this one. They have had a good breeding year at RSPB Blean Woods, near Canterbury.

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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009  |  Map

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A butterfly that is only found on heathland. There are a few on Ashdown Forest (down the road from where...

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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009  |  Map

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Supping mineral salts (from dog poo) in Southwater Woods, West Sussex. Yummy...!

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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009  |  Map

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Courtship behaviour.

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Uploaded on Jul 5, 2009  |  Map

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Taken today at Southwater Woods, West Sussex. This is our most abundant butterfly in the UK but maybe...

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Uploaded on Jun 21, 2009  |  Map

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A Marbled White butterfly - they have recently emerged in the rich meadows of Friston Forest. They...

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Uploaded on Jun 19, 2009  |  Map

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I spent a couple of hours watching about 30 of these day-flying moths as they emerged out of their chrysali and started mating almost immediately !!

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Uploaded on Jun 14, 2009  |  Map

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A small green dragonfly which, obligingly, hovered near the bank of a wooded pond in Sussex while I aimed the camera!

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Uploaded on Jun 1, 2009  |  Map

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There has been an influx of thousands of these butterflies into England over the last few days. They have...

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Uploaded on May 25, 2009  |  Map

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One of our rarest butterflies in the UK and not very big (it is sitting on a nettle leaf).

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Uploaded on May 4, 2009

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