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| Orange-tip, Anthocharis cardamines |
I have been enjoying the early emergence of butterflies. On March 30 and 31 I visited a new site, North Stoke, where Neil Hulme had photographed a Large Tortoiseshell two days before. As this butterfly is officially extinct in the U.K. this has generated excitement in the local butterfly community and I met friends who have also been tempted to this local site.
There were plenty of Orange-tips, the heralds of Spring, and Green-veined Whites.
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| Dark-edged Bee-fly, Bombylius major |
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| Green-veined White, Pieris napi |
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| ground beetle, 25mm long |
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| white Cuckoo Flower, Cardamine pratensis |
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| Orange Cups, Melastiza cornubiensis |
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| Orange Cups |
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| Orange-tip |
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| Orange-tip on Cuckoo Flower, Cardamine pratensis |
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