The larva which will have emerged from an egg last summer and, having over wintered as a larva, will pupate late April/ early May emerging as a butterfly in mid-June.
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| Dark Green Fritillary caterpillar |
Showing posts with label Dark-green Fritillary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dark-green Fritillary. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 April 2019
Dark Green Fritillary - caterpillar
The Dark Green Fritillary butterfly is common, sometimes very common during the summer at Longstone Edge and the dales of the White Peak where its food plant the Common Dog-violet is widespread but it is scarce on the gritstone moors. So it was a surprise today to find this caterpillar on top of one of the walls of Beeley Moor.
The larva which will have emerged from an egg last summer and, having over wintered as a larva, will pupate late April/ early May emerging as a butterfly in mid-June.
The larva which will have emerged from an egg last summer and, having over wintered as a larva, will pupate late April/ early May emerging as a butterfly in mid-June.
Saturday, 29 July 2017
Dark-red Helleborine in the Peak District
I finally caught up with Dark-red Helleborine today, one of the rarest orchids found in the Peak District. It's only regularly recorded from Cressbrook Dale, Coombs Dale and Priestcliffe Lees but has been recorded in the Via Gellia and Biggin Dale.
There was an infamous incident in July 2008 when a solitary plant was uprooted and stolen from Coombs Dale SSSI, so I had best not give the location of today's sighting.
They flower during the month of July so are at the end of their flowering season now and are past their best.
Thanks to John Bradley in particular for pointing me in the right direction.
In common with other areas that are good for flowers there were plenty of butterflies including Dark Green Fritillary and the Six-spot Burnet moth.
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| Dark-red Helleborine from the Derbyshire Flora |
There was an infamous incident in July 2008 when a solitary plant was uprooted and stolen from Coombs Dale SSSI, so I had best not give the location of today's sighting.
They flower during the month of July so are at the end of their flowering season now and are past their best.
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| Dark-red Helleborine |
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| Dark Green Fritillary |
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| Six-spot Burnet |
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Dark Green Fritillary - East Moor
Several Dark Green Fritillary over East Moor this afternoon but all looking a little battered now. Not sure what the hoverflies are.
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| Dark Green Fritillary |
Sunday, 30 June 2013
Dark-green Fritillary - Longstone Edge
There were some sunny spells when I left home early this morning so I thought there may be a chance of some butterflies on the wing but the spells of sunshine were very intermittent when I arrived at Longstone Edge. Distant views of a Red Kite were some compensation as it drifted towards Monsal Head. I had a single Dark-green Fritillary but it stayed in the long grass making a decent shot impossible - looked fresh though.
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| Dark-green Fritillary |
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