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• Cheshire Butterflies
  • Cheshire & Wirral Butterfly Report 2004 (Word document, compressed using Winzip - 428Kb)
  • Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
    • Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies: the Small Skipper
  • Large Skipper (Ochlodes faunus )
  • Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
  • Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
  • Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
  • Large White (Pieris brassicae)
    • Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies: the Large White
  • Small White (Pieris rapae)
  • Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
    • Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies: the Green-veined White
  • Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
    • Orange Tip life cycle slide show
      • Male Orange Tip
      • Female Orange Tip
      • Egg
      • Small caterpillar
      • Caterpillar eating
      • Big caterpillar
      • Chrysalis
      • Old chrysalis
      • Butterfly emerging
      • Butterfly drying wings
      • Two male Orange Tips
    • Orange Tip life cycle movie (Copyright © Dream Catcher Films)
  • Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
  • Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
  • White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
    • Butterfly Bus movie (Copyright © Dream Catcher Films)
  • Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
  • Silver-studded Blue (Plebeius argus)
    • SSB slide show
      • Ant nest
      • Caterpillar
      • New adult
      • Female adult
      • Egg
      • Male adult
    • SSB movie (Copyright © Dream Catcher Films)
    • SSB 2003 status
    • SSB proposal to re-introduce to Thurstaston Common
    • SSB first report on status at Thurstaston Common
    • Map of Thurstaston Common
  • Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
  • Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
  • White Admiral (Limentis camilla)
  • Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
  • Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui)
  • Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
  • Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
  • Peacock (Inachis io)
    • Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies: the Peacock
  • Comma (Polygonia c-album)
  • Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
  • Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)
  • Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
  • Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
    • Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies: the Speckled Wood
  • Wall (Lasiommata megera)
  • Marbled White (Melanargia galathea)
  • Grayling (Hipparchia semele)
  • Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
  • Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
    • Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies: the Meadow Brown
  • Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
  • Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
    • Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies: the Small Heath
  • Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Peak District Butterflies
• Small Skipper (Thymelicus sylvestris)
• Large Skipper (Ochlodes faunus)
• Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
• Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus malvae)
• Chequered Skipper (Cartocephalus palaemon)
• Clouded Yellow (Colias croceus)
• Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
• Large White (Pieris brassicae)
• Small White (Pieris rapae)
• Green-veined White (Pieris napi)
• Orange Tip (Anthocharis cardamines)
• Orange Tip life cycle slide show
  • Male Orange Tip
  • Female Orange Tip
  • Egg
  • Small caterpillar
  • Caterpillar eating
  • Big caterpillar
  • Chrysalis
  • Old chrysalis
  • Butterfly emerging
  • Butterfly drying wings
  • Two male Orange Tips
• Orange Tip life cycle movie (Copyright © Dream Catcher Films)
• Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)
• Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
• White-letter Hairstreak (Satyrium w-album)
• Butterfly Bus movie (Copyright © Dream Catcher Films)
• Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas)
• Brown Argus (Aricia agestis)
• Small Blue (Cupido minimus)
• Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
• Holly Blue (Celastrina argiolus)
• White Admiral (Limentis camilla)
• Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)
• Painted Lady (Cynthia cardui)
• Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)
• Camberwell Beauty (Nymphalis antiopa)
• Peacock (Inachis io)
• Comma (Polygonia c-album)
• Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene)
• Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
• Dark Green Fritillary (Argynnis aglaja)
• High Brown Fritillary (Argynnis adippe)
• Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia)
• Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria)
• Wall (Lasiommata megera)
• Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus)
• Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
• Ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus)
• Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
• Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia)
• Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
• Cheshire Moths

Recording

• Recording a butterfly in Cheshire
• First and last sightings of butterflies in Cheshire
• Butterfly Record Statistics
• Recording a moth in Cheshire
• Recent member's sightings

Projects

• Gardening for Butterflies
  • Claire House Butterfly Garden, Wirral
  • RHS Flower Show, Tatton 2005
  • Riverside Park, Macclesfield
  • St Wilfrid's School, Hartford
  • Pear Tree Primary School
  • Kelsall Community Primary School
  • St Mary's R C Primary School - June 2005

Links

Report Centre

• Lepidoptera in Cheshire
  • 2005 Full Report (934 Kb - PDF)
  • 2005 Text (340 Kb - PDF)
  • 2004 Full Report (676 Kb - PDF)
  • 2004 Gallery (306 Kb - PDF)
  • 2004 Text (282 Kb - PDF)
  • 2003 Full Report (690 Kb - PDF)
  • 2002 Full Report (389 Kb - PDF)
  • 2001 Full Report (244 Kb - PDF)
  • 2000 Full Report (111 Kb - PDF)
• Moth Matrices for Vice County 58 (Cheshire)
  • December 2004 (Macromoths) (114 Kb - PDF)
  • July 2004 (Micromoths) (138 Kb - PDF)
  • February 2004 (Macromoths) (122 Kb - PDF)
• Spotlight on Cheshire Butterflies
  • Green-veined White
  • Large White
  • Meadow Brown
  • Peacock
  • Small Heath
  • Small Skipper
  • Speckled Wood
• Special Reports
  • Choice of larval foodplants by the Orange Tip butterfly in Cheshire
• Lancashire & Cheshire Entomological Society Newsletter incorporating Cheshire Moth Group Newsletter
  • February 2006 (137 Kb - PDF)
  • December 2005 (157 Kb - PDF)
  • July 2005 (364 Kb - PDF)
  • February 2005 (203 Kb - PDF)
  • December 2004 (1.3 Mb - PDF)
  • October 2004 (703 Kb - PDF)
  • July 2004 (220 Kb - PDF)
  • February 2004 (166 Kb - PDF)
  • December 2003 (284 Kb - PDF)
  • August 2002 (247 Kb - PDF)
  • April 2002 (217 Kb - PDF)
• Cheshire Moth Group Newsletter
  • December 2001 (133 Kb - PDF)
  • August 2001 (113 Kb - PDF)
  • April 2001 (50 Kb - PDF)
  • January 2001 (30 Kb - PDF)
  • November 2000 (28 Kb - PDF)
• Silver-studded Blue on Thurstaston Common
  • Report on the current status of the Silver-studded Blue at Thurstaston Common (2003)
  • Report on the re-introduction of the Silver-studded Blue at Thurstaston Common (1994)
  • The proposal for re-introduction of the Silver-studded Blue at Thurstaston Common (1994)
• Cheshire & Wirral Butterfly Report
  • 2004 (428 Kb - Zipped MS Word )
  • 2005 (226 Kb - Zipped MS Word )
  • 2006 (901 Kb - Zipped MS Word )

Updates

• Updates in January to May 2005
• Updates in September to December 2004
• Updates in August 2004
• Updates in July 2004
• Updates in June 2004
• Updates in May 2004
• Updates in April 2004
• Updates in March 2004
• Updates in February 2004
• Updates in January 2004
• Updates in December 2003