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Butterflies seen at Westgate Wood and the Sir Joseph Banks Country Park.
NEW sightings!
The stunning and hard to see Clouded Yellow and the Brown Argus
Clouded Yellow
Brown Argus
An unusual form of the Small Copper with blue spots on its wings unlike its usual form, below
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| Brimstone APRIL TO SEPT |
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| Comma APRIL TO OCT |
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| Common Blue - wings closed MAY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER |
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| Common Blue MAY, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER |
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| Essex Skipper JULY AND AUGUST |
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| Gatekeeper - wings closed JULY AND AUGUST |
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| Gatekeeper JULY AND AUGUST |
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| Green Veined White APRIL TO SEPTEMBER |
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| Large Skipper JUNE AND JULY |
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| Large White MAY TO SEPTEMBER |
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| Meadow Brown - wings closed MAY TO JULY |
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| Meadow Brown - male - wings open MAY TO JULY |
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| Orange Tip - female MAY AND JUNE |
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| Orange Tip - wings closed MAY AND JUNE |
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| Painted Lady MAY TO SEPTEMBER |
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| Peacock MARCH TO MAY, AUG AND SEPT
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| Ringlet wings closed JULY AND AUGUST |
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| Ringlet JULY AND AUGUST |
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| Small Copper MAY TO OCTOBER |
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| Small Heath JUNE, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER |
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| Small Skipper JULY AND AUGUST |
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| Small Tortoiseshell APRIL AND MAY, JULY, SEPTEMER AND OCTOBER |
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| Small White MAY TO SEPTEMBER |
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| Speckled Wood APRIL TO OCTOBER |
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| Brown Argus - now added, spotted August 2013 MAY TO JUNE, AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER |
And these could be seen there, but we have not spotted them yet:-
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| Holly Blue APRIL AND MAY, JULY AND AUGUST |
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| Wall Brown MAY, AUGUST |
