Butterflies 2011

trebor28 · 27-03-2011 1:13am #1

Motman,
whats the white butterfly/moth with the red/orange wing tips that i saw the other day?

Mothman · 27-03-2011 9:13am

trebor28 wrote: »

Motman,

:eek:

trebor28 wrote: »

whats the white butterfly/moth with the red/orange wing tips that i saw the other day?

Orange Tip, a butterfly
reasonably early, but not surprising considering the fine weather.

littlebug · 27-03-2011 11:00am

I've had the first small tortoiseshell in my garden over the past few days, seeing quite a few of them around and about.
Other than the (lots of) Brimstone I saw last week I also spotted a few white flutterings but not close enough to id.

There is lots of butterfly information on the Butterfly Ireland website and you can submit your 2011 sightings.

trebor28 · 27-03-2011 3:42pm

sorry bout the typo Mothman.

Birdnuts · 28-03-2011 7:01pm

Lots of tortoiseshells emerging here in the last few days:)

V Bull · 14-04-2011 6:33pm

Some more Butterfies & a Ladybird..:)

wgsten · 15-04-2011 6:47pm

Orange Tip (female) picture taken on 10th April.

Cardynal · 16-04-2011 4:09pm

Two Orangetips in the Garden today

wgsten · 17-04-2011 3:28pm

Green Hairstreak

thebishop · 20-04-2011 12:37am

V Bull · 22-04-2011 3:06pm

Peacock Butterfly ??..

Mothman · 23-04-2011 4:12pm

I think this male Orange-tip had just emerged

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Also saw 2 Red Admiral today

Birdnuts · 23-04-2011 6:10pm

Great to see so many Orange Tips on the wing in these parts in recent days:)

littlebug · 26-04-2011 6:26pm

A few from Clonbur today.
Peacock

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Speckled Wood

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Small White rather than Orange tip I think, though there were lots of Orange Tip around too.

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There were also quite a few Brimstone but I couldn't get a good shot.

Cardynal · 28-04-2011 9:49pm

Orange Tip and Cuckoo Flower , unusually high No of Orange Tips around today.

V Bull · 30-04-2011 12:54pm

Red Admiral..

trebor28 · 05-05-2011 10:59pm

are we allowed post caterpillars in here?

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these guys are on nettles as ye can see.
when you move your hand over them they "stand" up and
"wave" in unison, kinda like a mexican wave. presume its some kinda defence tactic.
is this common among caterpillars?
whenever your ready Mothman.:p

Mothman · 05-05-2011 11:12pm

trebor28 wrote: »

are we allowed post caterpillars in here?

these guys are on nettles as ye can see.
when you move your hand over them they "stand" up and
"wave" in unison, kinda like a mexican wave. presume its some kinda defence tactic.
is this common among caterpillars?
whenever your ready Mothman.:p

I'm going to move this to your Butterfly thread :P

Small Tortoiseshell.

trebor28 · 05-05-2011 11:14pm

moving it to "my own" thread!:p

nilhg · 08-05-2011 2:15pm

Butterfly on bluebells by cilldara, on Flickr

Not quite sure of the species here, orange stripe on the leading edge of the wing is confusing me.

trebor28 · 10-05-2011 8:22pm

Mothman,
i saw what i think was a butterfly today, though could be a moth, anyway it was on wet ground in rushes by a little stream.
its wing was about half an inch long, not very big, but it was a reddish pink colour.

i was looking on that irishbutterflies website but didnt see it.
any ideas.

Mothman · 10-05-2011 9:01pm

Small Copper would be the only butterfly that may fit your description.

Mothman · 10-05-2011 9:16pm

nilhg wrote: »

Butterfly on bluebells by cilldara, on Flickr

Not quite sure of the species here, orange stripe on the leading edge of the wing is confusing me.

I don't know whether this is Small or Large White

littlebug · 10-05-2011 10:03pm

Mothman wrote: »

Small Copper would be the only butterfly that may fit your description.

Would Cinnabar moth be flying yet? Though it maybe bigger than Trebor28 described.
Cinnabar

Mothman · 10-05-2011 10:08pm

littlebug wrote: »

Would Cinnabar moth be flying yet? Though it maybe bigger than Trebor28 described.
Cinnabar

Thats a good call and yes it has been on the wing for a couple weeks and are often seen by day.

trebor28 · 10-05-2011 10:15pm

actually that looks pretty much like what i saw.

i remember seeing another colour but thought it must have just have been the underside of the wing.

very pretty moth!

littlebug · 10-05-2011 10:23pm

trebor28 wrote: »

very pretty moth!

One of my favourites

We see lots of them (by day) on Inis Mór and lots of the caterpillars all over the place (inc front door, walls etc:D).

Durnish · 17-05-2011 9:19am

Can anyone explain the whole Marsh Fritillary survey problem? I occasionally send records to the DNHC after visits to Donegal and so have received a mysterious email about EU directives, threats of legal action from landowners if the Marsh Frit is found on their land, and tenders for a 2011 survey. Bizarre.

mgwhelan · 29-05-2011 3:31pm

Birdnuts · 29-05-2011 4:41pm

Haven't seen a buttefly for weeks thanx to the incessant cold/windy weather!!:( - looking forward to the fine spell next week which should improve things:)

littlebug · 02-06-2011 10:56am

Birdnuts wrote: »

Haven't seen a buttefly for weeks thanx to the incessant cold/windy weather!!:( - looking forward to the fine spell next week which should improve things:)

.. and they're out again

I saw quite a few whites and Orange tip this morning.

Butterflies 2011

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