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| Large Wall Brown ♂, Lasiommata maera |
Wednesday 12th April was day 4 of our Corfu butterfly trip. We started the day by visiting the site near our apartments at Dassia where I had found the Eastern Baton Blue the previous day. My companions were able to enjoy this tiny butterfly on the flower covered limestone slope. I also spotted a Lang's Short-tailed Blue. Other species seen: Brown Argus, Common Blue, Eastern Dappled White. The Muslin Moth from the previous night was still on the wall by the apartment gate.
We then travelled to Kiprianades where Southern Festoons had been seen in previous years. We saw eggs and 1st and 2nd instar larvae on the foodplant, Round-leaved Birthwort. We also saw the adults in their full technicolour glory. Grecian Coppers, Brimstones, Small Heath, Scarce Swallowtail and Speckled Wood were also seen.
Finally we walked along the Erimiti headland with naturalist Chris Little. We saw Cleopatra, Green Hairstreak, Berger's Clouded Yellow, Brimstone, Wall and Large Wall Brown. Thunder and dark clouds were heard across the sea over Albania. On the way home we stopped for an ice cream and saw a Mallow Skipper inside the cafe - a bonus butterfly for the day.
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| Brown Argus, Aricia agestis |
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| Brown Argus |
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| Brown Argus |
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| Common Blue, Polyommatus icarus |
The butterfly slope:
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| Eastern Baton Blue, Pseudophilotes vicrama clara |
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| Eastern Baton Blue |
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| Eastern Dappled White, Euchloe ausonia |
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| Lang's Short-tailed Blue, Leptotes pirithous |
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| Lang's Short-tailed Blue |
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| Lang's Short-tailed Blue |
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| Moth Mullein, Verbascum blatteria |
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| Muslin Moth ♂, Diaphora mendica |
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| ground beetle |
Kiprianades:
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| Asparagus Pea, Tetragonolo purpureus |
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| Beautiful Demoiselle ♀, Calopteryx virgo |
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| Bee, Thyreus species |
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| Virginia Stock, Malcolmia maritima |
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| Virginia Stock |
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| Brown Argus mating, Aricia agestis |
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| Early Spider Orchid, Ophrys sphegodes |
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| Early Spider Orchid |
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| Grecian Copper, Lycaena ottoman |
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| Grecian Copper |
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| moi |
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| Common Heath, Ematurga atomaria |
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| Satin Wave, Idaea subsericeata |
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| Scarce Swallowtail, Iphiclides podalirius |
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| Scarce Swallowtail |
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| Silver Y, Autographa gamma |
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| Southern Festoon 1st instar larva, Zerynthia polyxena on Round-leaved Birthwort |
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| Round-leaved Birthwort, Aristolochia rotunda |
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| Southern Festoon 1st instar larva on Round-leaved Birthwort |
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| Southern Festoon 2nd instar larva on Round-leaved Birthwort |
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| Southern Festoon egg on Round-leaved Birthwort |
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| Southern Festoon, Zerynthia polyxena |
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| Southern Festoon |
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| Speckled Wood, Pararge aegeria |
Erimiti:
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| Berger's Clouded Yellow, Colias alfacariensis |
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| Cleopatra ♂, Gonepteryx cleopatra |
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| Cleopatra ♂ |
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| Cleopatra ♂ |
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| Magnolia |
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| unidentified shoreline plant |
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| inland freshwater lake |
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| volunteers have cleared rubbish from the beach, some left by tourists |
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| Chris watching CBEs looking at dead Loggerhead turtle |
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| Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta |
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| Italian Melilot, Melilotus italicus |
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Barbary Nut, Moraea sisyrinchium
aka Moraea Iris |
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| Italian Melilot |
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| Jerusalem Sage, Phlomis fruticosa |
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| Jerusalem Sage |
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| Large Pink Cistus, Cistus incanus |
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| Large Wall Brown ♂, Lasiommata maera |
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| Mullein moth larva, Shargacucullia verbasci |
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| Oak Eggar Moth larva, Lasiocampa quercus |
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| Sage-leaved Cistus, Cistus salvifolius |
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| Shield Bug, Carpocoris fuscispinus |
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| Shield Bug, Carpocoris fuscispinus |
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| Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
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| Wall Valantia, Valantia muralis |
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| Mallow Skipper, Carcharodus alceae |
Dassia at night:
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| Cypress Carpet, Thera cupressata |
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| Diamond-back Moth, Plutella xylostella |
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| unidentified moth |
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| unidentified moth |
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| Rush Veneer, Nomophila noctuella |
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| Southern Green Shieldbug, Nezara viridula |
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| Southern Green Shieldbug |
