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The one's I can make out are British. Peacock, painted lady, tortoise shell, orange tip, clouded yellow, red admiral, fritillarys and garden tiger moth I think.

Cracking display.

I wish I could see it better.

Do you know any of the history behind the displays?

Atb

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Cheers guys .... From what i found out it was done back in the seventies ... Two nice little cases with original brass swivel catches and the butterflies and insects are in really good condition ... Just trying to decide where to put them now .......

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Someone put a lot of time into those frames. Is there an age on them ?

Also is there a Large Tortoiseshell in the bottom one ?

Aren't they extinct in Britain now ?

yes Neil, well spotted. They're extinct as a breeding species in the UK, but we do get the odd influx of migrants, though they can't really over winter here anymore.

 

Here's one I reared earlier....

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Someone put a lot of time into those frames. Is there an age on them ?

Also is there a Large Tortoiseshell in the bottom one ?

Aren't they extinct in Britain now ?

 

yes Neil, well spotted. They're extinct as a breeding species in the UK, but we do get the odd influx of migrants, though they can't really over winter here anymore.

 

Here's one I reared earlier....

That's a peach JD, what's the problem with the overwintering, do they need a colder climate than what we've got here these days ?
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Someone put a lot of time into those frames. Is there an age on them ?

Also is there a Large Tortoiseshell in the bottom one ?

Aren't they extinct in Britain now ?

yes Neil, well spotted. They're extinct as a breeding species in the UK, but we do get the odd influx of migrants, though they can't really over winter here anymore.

 

Here's one I reared earlier....

That's a peach JD, what's the problem with the overwintering, do they need a colder climate than what we've got here these days ?

 

IMO I think the milder, wetter winters doesn't do them any favours, and neither does the wet summers. I would say that the UK was always on the very edge of the LT's range, and maybe just a slight shift in temperature contracted their population a bit....

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