Notes and Views - May 2016

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Notes and Views - May 2016

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Holly Blue ovipositing on a vetch photographed by Dave Miller:

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A spectacular Pearl-bordered Fritillary aberration photographed by Dave Miller at Bentely Wood on 12th May. Posted in personal diary viewtopic.php?f=29&t=6157&start=1140#p109956, but also reported and photographed by others.
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A spectacular Marsh Fritillary aberration photographed by Trevor Rapley at a Wiltshire site on 23rd May. Posted in personal diary viewtopic.php?f=29&t=7953&start=700#p110431
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Two similar aberrations of Duke of Burgundy photographed in different parts of the country within a few days of each other. Firstly by Mark Colvin in West Sussex in late May http://markcolvin.blogspot.co.uk/2016/0 ... ation.html
and then by Dave O'B in North Yorkshire on 29th May /viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8823&p=110694#p110694

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An Orange-tip bilateral gynandromorph photographed in Leith, Edinburgh on 31st May. Reported on BC Scotland website
https://twitter.com/BC_Scotland/status/ ... 1919499267

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