tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post213045046997592772..comments2024-03-29T10:02:55.374+00:00Comments on Nigeness: More ButterfliesNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-34475942214003633562014-08-26T16:48:56.052+01:002014-08-26T16:48:56.052+01:00You'd best steer clear of beetles Banished - 2...You'd best steer clear of beetles Banished - 25,000 so far described in N America, could be several thousand more to come... Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-32942523796621794042014-08-26T14:20:08.222+01:002014-08-26T14:20:08.222+01:00The comment on species numbers goes double for Odo...The comment on species numbers goes double for Odonata. Last time I looked the U.K. list ran to 54 species of dragonflies and damselflies. When I left for the colonies I had ticked off some 20 species from that list.<br />I get over here to start a new life list and what do I find but 180 species in the state of Virginia alone! How the hell do you hope to make a dent in that lot?Banished To A Pompous Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15141515769740567476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-41108097427222790812014-08-26T10:39:22.855+01:002014-08-26T10:39:22.855+01:00Ah lovely... That's one we don't get over ...Ah lovely... That's one we don't get over here - only the Small Copper, though there have been attempts to reintroduce the Large. One of the charms of British butterfly fancying is that there are so few species - barely 60 in all. Nigehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-17527290019875564352014-08-26T08:02:02.488+01:002014-08-26T08:02:02.488+01:00Saturday must have been a good day for Coppers. I ...Saturday must have been a good day for Coppers. I spotted a Bronze Copper (Lycaena hyllus - - a first for me) while mucking around the margins of a brackish marsh. A photogenic fellow, he posed for about a dozen pics.Waldonymousnoreply@blogger.com