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<blockquote data-quote="Jos Stratford" data-source="post: 3576472" data-attributes="member: 12449"><p><strong>Green-underside Blue.</strong></p><p></p><p>A chilly 10 C early on, the bright sun doing little to warm the day. Checked several areas in the Marcinkonys area from 9.00 am, but even an hour later than this the temperature had only risen a couple of degrees, quite a breeze not helping either! Predictably relatively few butterflies in the conditions, but sheltered patches did harbour a healthy number of<strong> Brown Arguses</strong> (at least 15), plus a couple of <strong>Grizzled Skippers</strong>. A few <strong>Common Blues</strong> on the wing, plus one Little Blue, but certainly no <strong>Green-underside Blues</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Checked another possible site a little later, failed again, the main rewards here being <strong>Swallowtail </strong>and <strong>Queen of Spain Fritillary</strong>. Next stop Cepkaliai – idea was to look for <strong>Bog Fritillary</strong>, another zero show, perhaps still a few days early. Did find a couple of <strong>Baltic Graylings</strong> though, plus four <strong>Pearl-bordered Fritillaries</strong> and one <strong>Chequered Skipper</strong>.</p><p></p><p>Deciding I was not going to find <strong>Green-underside Blue</strong>, I gave up on the pine forests and associated meadow and headed to a favoured area right in the far south of the country. Turned out to be a good move, there were stacks of butterflies, starting with a <strong>Glanville Fritillary</strong> active in flower meadows, always a very good species to find. However, what I was not ready for was what I found next - wandering along a sunny track, forest to one side, meadow to the other, quite a number of blues were flitting around. Some clearly <strong>Common Blues</strong>, but then some 'different' ones caught my eye ...and as soon as one landed, my eyes were feasting on no less than a <strong>Green-underside Blue</strong>! And then there were more! And more! The entire forest edge was full of them, dozens and dozens attending flowers - in a mere 750 metre stretch, I estimated a minimum of 65 present, almost all males.</p><p></p><p>Quite stunning, I had been hoping to perhaps find two or three if I was lucky, but now I had whole flocks of them! Enquiries suggest these numbers are highly unusual for Lithuania, sites generally holding less than five! So, rounding the day off at another site, adding <strong>Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries</strong> amongst others, I returned home most content, 26 species seen, a few real crackers amongst them.</p><p></p><p></p><p>BALTIC YEAR LIST</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> 44. Marsh Fritillary</strong></p><p><strong> 45. Glanville Fritillary</strong></p><p><strong> 46. Green-underside Blue</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jos Stratford, post: 3576472, member: 12449"] [B]Green-underside Blue.[/B] A chilly 10 C early on, the bright sun doing little to warm the day. Checked several areas in the Marcinkonys area from 9.00 am, but even an hour later than this the temperature had only risen a couple of degrees, quite a breeze not helping either! Predictably relatively few butterflies in the conditions, but sheltered patches did harbour a healthy number of[B] Brown Arguses[/B] (at least 15), plus a couple of [B]Grizzled Skippers[/B]. A few [B]Common Blues[/B] on the wing, plus one Little Blue, but certainly no [B]Green-underside Blues[/B]. Checked another possible site a little later, failed again, the main rewards here being [B]Swallowtail [/B]and [B]Queen of Spain Fritillary[/B]. Next stop Cepkaliai – idea was to look for [B]Bog Fritillary[/B], another zero show, perhaps still a few days early. Did find a couple of [B]Baltic Graylings[/B] though, plus four [B]Pearl-bordered Fritillaries[/B] and one [B]Chequered Skipper[/B]. Deciding I was not going to find [B]Green-underside Blue[/B], I gave up on the pine forests and associated meadow and headed to a favoured area right in the far south of the country. Turned out to be a good move, there were stacks of butterflies, starting with a [B]Glanville Fritillary[/B] active in flower meadows, always a very good species to find. However, what I was not ready for was what I found next - wandering along a sunny track, forest to one side, meadow to the other, quite a number of blues were flitting around. Some clearly [B]Common Blues[/B], but then some 'different' ones caught my eye ...and as soon as one landed, my eyes were feasting on no less than a [B]Green-underside Blue[/B]! And then there were more! And more! The entire forest edge was full of them, dozens and dozens attending flowers - in a mere 750 metre stretch, I estimated a minimum of 65 present, almost all males. Quite stunning, I had been hoping to perhaps find two or three if I was lucky, but now I had whole flocks of them! Enquiries suggest these numbers are highly unusual for Lithuania, sites generally holding less than five! So, rounding the day off at another site, adding [B]Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries[/B] amongst others, I returned home most content, 26 species seen, a few real crackers amongst them. BALTIC YEAR LIST [B] 44. Marsh Fritillary 45. Glanville Fritillary 46. Green-underside Blue[/B] [/QUOTE]
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