February 2008 Entries -" More than one"

Mike Young · Post by **Mike Young** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 6:55 am

This is the February 2008 competition. Please read the competition introduction at:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=991

To enter the competition, please post a single reply to this message (1 post per member). You'll be able to edit your entry until 5th March.

Please note the "theme" – “More than one”!

Helpful hint - any part of the life cycle.

Cheers

Mike

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 1:11 pm

I've got a few for this category, but I'll try this one:

150mm 1/800 @f/8 on tripod

Kind Regards. Chris

Charles Nicol · Post by **Charles Nicol** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 2:46 pm

these whites have gathered to lick minerals from the damp soil . yum.

charles

Martin · Post by **Martin** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:39 pm

GVWs from me too

Dave McCormick · Post by **Dave McCormick** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 4:17 pm

Here is a mating pair of Ringlets, so far, this was all I could find, maybe I will find something better in my image collection:

twitcher · Post by **twitcher** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:12 pm

A Skipper having a piggyback.

Denise · Post by **Denise** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 7:44 pm

I don't have a big collection yet, and this is all I could find,
A pair of mating Gatekeepers.

Denise

Bryan H · Post by **Bryan H** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:33 pm

Caught this trio in a nectaring frenzy in one of the Great War cemeteries on the Somme last October. And, wouldn't you know it, a red admiral had just departed the scene! On one bush of Michelmas daisies I counted thirty peacocks!*

Bryan

*And, quite inexplicably, failed to take a photograph of this event

FISHiEE · Post by **FISHiEE** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:38 pm

The orange/black/white ones are called Angolan White Ladies
The white ones I think are Two Dotted Borders (The book I have doesn't have great images of the whites with wings shut and it is only on South African Species)
The turquoise/black one is called a Large Striped Swordtail.

Taken in Congo.

I was very spoilt as they congregated along the riverbanks in groups like this very regularly!

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:18 pm

Difficult one. not much choice....

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alex mclennan · Post by **alex mclennan** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:14 am

More than one, you say .......

I think this fits the bill!!
Alex

Charles Nicol · Post by **Charles Nicol** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:29 pm

just to say well done FISHiEE on your first ever entry... it is superb !!

charles

FISHiEE · Post by **FISHiEE** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:40 pm

Thanks Charls. Thought I'd upload species hopefully new to all

Gwenhwyfar · Post by **Gwenhwyfar** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:41 pm

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:09 pm

Piers · Post by **Piers** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:28 pm

Gruditch, that is a stunning shot!

Felix.

Denise · Post by **Denise** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 9:53 pm

Felix wrote:Gruditch, that is a stunning shot!

Felix.

That IS a stunning shot Gruditch. Brilliant mate. You have just blown the comp wide open. Well done.

Denise

Gruditch · Post by **Gruditch** » Sun Feb 03, 2008 8:16 am

thanks Felix, Felix and Denise

Gruditch

Post by **Padfield** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:46 pm

Changed my mind!

I think this photo fits the bill...

It shows...
... in the back row:
Amanda's blue, then a group of black-veined whites with a wood white...
... in the middle row:
Amanda's blue, Escher's blue, Amanda's blue...
... and in the front row:
Turquoise blue, mazarine blue, then three Amanda's blues

Edit: I've just re-examined the photo at full res., and others I took at the same time, and for the record the middle one in the bottom row is Escher's blue, not Amanda's.

Guy

Roger Gibbons · Post by **Roger Gibbons** » Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:18 pm

The three southern small whites keep a respectful distance behind the king. A black-veined white is in the background.

February 2008 Entries -" More than one"

February 2008 Entries -" More than one"

4 common blue