hakunamatata Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 [IMG]http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m226/mjl7743/A.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i105.photobucket.com/albums/m226/mjl7743/B.jpg[/IMG] I have this butterfly in my book listed as a Scarce Swallowtail. They are so so difficult to photograph. Is that its real name or does my butterfly book not really know the full name? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 That's the one all right, quite common in France.http://www.lepinet.fr/especes/nation/lep/index.php?id=29280&e=pChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 I found what I beleive is the caterpillar for this butterfly the other day - it looked like a brightly coloured fallen folded leaf. Light green on top and a darker green under. Quite a large catterpillar.My butterfly book doesn't show caterpillars very large so I may be wrong. I'd post a pic but it would take a week with my bas debit.Also found the head and incisors of what must have been the biggest Oak beetle I have ever seen. the head is ginormous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Try this..http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/IphiclPodal.htmChris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 [IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Johns/Swallowtail.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Johns/Swallotailsmating.jpg[/IMG]They really are beautiful creatures! These were in our garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 Working along the same lines Chris? What do you recon to these?[IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Johns/DSC02530.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Johns/DSC02532.jpg[/IMG]Sorry that they aren't very clear, but they were taken through the lens of my microscope with my larger camera. I will see what they are like with my little point and squirt jobbie when I can?They are of a discarded shell of an insect and a spider feeding from a bug. The microscope had the X50 lens fitted and they were all of about 1/8th inch long in the lens. I recon that it makes them about 1/100 inch long!? The backdrop is a leaf off of a poorly fuschia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Great photos John what settings are you using? Did you hypnotise them first to keep them still? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Just ask them nicely [;-)] . I had to take several to get the solo, but the butterflies-making-butterflies, well they had other things on their minds I guess?[:$]The most dificult was the tiny spider. That kept rushing around its web so I waited till its lunch time![:-))] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 OK, another one for Chris possibly?Apart from the blindingly obvious, any ideas as to what this is please? [IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Johns/Ladybird.jpg[/IMG]I found it in the garden earlier under one of our pines. I have had a look at various sites and can't find a match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Propylea quattordecimpunctata?[:D]Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakunamatata Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Say that again Chris!!! Bet you havent had a glass of vino ce soir if you can type it let alone say it! Looks like tortoiseshell. Very attractive beastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Oh all right, http://bugguide.net/node/view/4007Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Are you sure about that Chris? The one I have is very much lighter than the one you said and I'm not going to tie my fingers up trying to trype it!I know that the colouring can be quite different, but? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris pp Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Extremely variable in colour and tone, some are even black and white....ce sont les points noirs carrés qui permettent d'identifier l'espèce.So John me old mate, fairly sure, nothing else with those markings that I know of that looks like a ladybird, unless it's one you made in the workshop.[;-)]Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I could make the shape, but I'm not sure that I could get it to eat green fly?It's back in the garden by our little apple tree with lots of grub on it now!!A lovely little thing though init. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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