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	Latest Butterfly and Moth Sightings in Dorset (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Small and Lulworth Skippers, Large, Small and Green-veined Whites, a Brimstone, Small Blues and Common Blues and a Holly Blue, a Red Admiral, a Peacock and a Comma, a Speckled Wood, Walls, Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns and Small Heaths were seen at Durlston Country Park.
		Small and Large Skippers, Small Whites, Green-veined Whites and Large Whites, Brimstones, a Common Blue and a Holly Blue, Chalkhill Blues, a Small Tortoiseshell, Marbled Whites, Gatekeepers, Meadow Browns, Small Heaths and Ringlets were seen at Badbury Rings.
		Small Skippers and a Large Skipper, Small and Large Whites, a Common Blue, lots of Small Tortoiseshells, Meadow Browns and Marbled Whites, a few Gatekeepers, Small Heaths and Ringlets were seen at Badbury Rings.
	www.dorsetbutterflies.co.uk /specials.htm (6329 words)

	SBSG - Butterflies in 2003
		Small Skipper - one; Large White - one; Small White - 4; Small Tortoiseshell - 4; Painted Lady - one + 2 larvae; Meadow Brown - one; Gatekeeper - one; Ringlet - one.
		Small Skipper - 50+; Large Skipper - 7; Large White - 20+; Small White - 50+; Small Tortoiseshell - 6; Comma - one; Common Blue - one; Wall - one; Gatekeeper - 30+; Meadow Brown - 100+; Ringlet - 9.
		Small Tortoiseshell - one; Meadow Brown - 50+; Small Skipper - 20+; Small White - 10+; Gatekeeper - 3.
	www.sbsg.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /butterflies2003.html (2853 words)

	Small Tortoiseshell butterfly in an english butterfly garden
		Underneath, the Small Tortoiseshell butterfly is mainly dark brown but with a band of light brown.
		Small Tortoiseshell on Verbena rigida, 18 June 2004
		This Small Tortoiseshell was extracting nutrients from the track at the entrance to a nearby farm.
	www.butterflygarden.co.uk /butterflies/small_tortoiseshell.htm (644 words)

	Gardening for Butterflies and Moths
		To have a garden with butterflies flitting from flower to flower is a delight in itself, but a garden popular with butterflies indicates a healthy environment and a wealth of biodiversity.
		Most Scottish gardens should be able to attract at least four butterflies, the Small Tortoiseshell, the Red Admiral and the Large and Small Whites, but the more nectar plants you have, the more butterflies and moths will eventually find you.
		However, if the caterpillars from the Large and Small Whites do pose a problem for your cabbages, try planting nasturtiums as an alternative foodplant for the caterpillars, and perhaps cover your cabbages with fleece in the Spring to provide a physical barrier to the egg-laying females.
	butterfly-conservation.org /bcuk/scotland/gardening (1016 words)

	Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The small tortoiseshell is one of the most familiar butterflies, being common throughout Europe and on the wing from March or earlier until November or even December.
		I have seen small tortoiseshells in every month of the year (but not in every month of any single year) and in every European country I have visited, I think.
		In 2004 I deigned to photograph an early one, when there was nothing else about, and I took another picture this year (2005) for much the same reason!
	www.guypadfield.com /smalltortoiseshell.html (132 words)

	BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Small tortoiseshell butterfly
		The wings are orange with a thin border of brown with small blue dots along the sides.
		Small tortoiseshell caterpillars are yellow with dense fl speckling and two yellow lines down their back and one along each side.
		Small tortoiseshells are not listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List 2000.
	www.bbc.co.uk /nature/wildfacts/factfiles/408.shtml (160 words)

	The Butterflies of Gloucestershire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Small Tortoiseshell uses Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica) as its larval foodplant, in town and countryside situations.
		Of the species which hibernate as adult butterflies, the Small Tortoiseshell is the one most likely to be encountered in houses, garages and other outbuildings during the autumn and winter.
		None - the Small Tortoiseshell is one of Britain's commonest butterflies.
	members.aol.com /bcglos/species/urticae.html (89 words)

	Small Tortoiseshell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Small Tortoiseshells are commoner in this country than in many other parts of Europe, though they are not scarce anywhere.
		The eggs are laid usually in one single mass, on the undersurface of a leaf near the top shoot of the nettle plant.
		The chrysalis hangs from the tail, away from the foodplant, hidden in some natural place or under an eave or windowsill, in a shed or attached to a fence.
	www.cix.co.uk /~stevecotterell/tortoise.htm (388 words)

	Butterflies - Flora & Fauna of Lincolnshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The small copper is common across the county due to the wide availability of its caterpillars food plants - varieties of the common dock and sorrel species.
		Small skippers are alert butterflies which dart about at great speed making them difficult to follow.
		Although numbers fluctuate the small tortoiseshell is widespread and common.
	www.spaldinguk.com /visitors/nature/butterflies.htm (1045 words)

	Butterfly Species Data - Small Tortoiseshell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Small Tortoiseshell is among the most well known butterflies in Britain and Ireland.
		It is one of the first butterflies to be seen in spring and in the autumn it often visits garden flowers in large numbers.
		The Small Tortoiseshell is one of our most widespread species and has shown little overall change in range.
	www.butterfly-conservation.org /species/bdata/small_tortoiseshell.html (209 words)

	Original Artwork: Gordon Beningfield: Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
		Tortoiseshell Butterflies occur in several distinct species, including the Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis j-album) that is often found in open woodlands.
		The Mourning Cloak Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis antiopa) is found throughout temperate regions of North America, while Milbert's Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis milberti) frequents northern mountain meadows.
		The Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is common throughout Europe and Asia, and produces two broods a year over most of its range.
	www.artworkoriginals.com /EB5SB9J2.htm (351 words)

	Butterfly Garden Journal : June 2004
		One Small Tortoiseshell was perched on a Hebe plant this morning.
		Now Small Tortoiseshells have wide-ranging tastes in nectar sources; some butterflies will only be found on 2-3 plants but Small Tortoiseshells have visited over 30.
		At the front, there was still a Small Tortoiseshell on the red-edged Hebe but there was also one on my bright orange Marigolds.
	www.butterflygarden.co.uk /blog_archive/2004_06_01_blog (2020 words)

	Blues and Skippers
		These are small butterflies, often greyish or blueish and with a clear tip or hook on the lower wing.
		The Small Copper can be found in Europe, Northern Africa, Northern Asia and in Northern America and usually is common everywhere.
		Their large body and very small wings do not remind you much of the grace and colours of, for instance, the Peacock.
	hania.gardensafari.net /english/blues.htm (847 words)

	Small tortoiseshell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Small tortoiseshell is a common butterfly found across Europe, through temperate Asia to Japan.
		Small tortoiseshells prefer a habitat of open terrain and also visit gardens.
		Adults hibernate during winter, sometimes in small groups, seeking shelter in holes in walls or in attics or sheds.
	www.dierinbeeld.nl /animal_files/insects/small_tortoiseshell (160 words)

	Activities
		Some classes have been able to grow butterflies from the eggs they found in the school and reared to the stage of full grown butterflies and we were able to release them when fully grown.
		The two species we have been successful with are the Small White and the Painted Lady.
		At first we had five small eggs which were found on the leaves of a thistle.
	www.iol.ie /~stmarks/pages/garden.htm (413 words)

	BC H&M sightings 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Also found small heath, small copper, common blue, brown argus, purple hairstreak, holly blue, speckled wood and various whites, but of the 150 butterflies noted, only one was a Nymphalid - a painted lady in Brunswick Cemetery, shortly before I was asked to leave.
		Small White, numerous (6+++) Large White, quite a few, but not as numerous as Small Peacock, 1 Small Tortoiseshell, 1 Gatekeeper, 5+++ (numerous at bottom of SSW slope) Meadow Brown, maybe 3++Essex Skipper, 1 Poss.
		There were Small White, Large White, Comma, Small Tortoiseshell, Ringlet and absolutely dozens of Meadow Brown, Small Skipper and Gatekeeper.
	www.acmiddleton.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /sightings.html (8043 words)

	Tortoiseshell Pique Small Vintage Purse or case (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		(8453) This is a wonderful vintage tortoiseshell with Pique` purse that measures 3 1/4" x 1 1/4".
		It has a brass closure which opens to a purple lining with 4 compartments that fold out (need a bit of sewing) There is one that has a brass topped closure for those very important things that shouldn't slip out.
		There is one crack on the left hand front side.
	www.gemsplusonline.com /8453.htm (97 words)

	Butterfly Year 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Small white and small tortoiseshell on arrival in Suffolk.
		In the afternoon a trip to Butley and Staverton turned up a single small copper, as well as plenty of peacocks, small tortoiseshells, a comma, small and green-veined whites, speckled woods and a female brimstone.
		Otherwise, the usual butterflies were on the wing, including small tortoiseshell, which I have seen without interruption since the first hibernated specimens woke up.
	www.guypadfield.com /butterflyyear2003.html (4763 words)

	Admirals in a common Dutch garden including lots of photographs
		Contents: 1 Painted Lady (Vanessa cardui), 2 Admiral (Vanessa atalanta), 3 Peacock (Inachis io), 4 Small Tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae), 5 The Comma (Polygonia c-album), 6 The Map (Araschnia levana), 7 White Admiral (Limenitis camilla).
		Once they come out of their cocoon, the butterflies are placed in city parks to make these places appear more lively and natural.
		The year 2000 was not a very good year for Small Tortoiseshells in our garden: only a very few showed up.
	www.gardensafari.net /english/admirals.htm (743 words)

	June 2004
		I also saw what I believe to be a small fritillary species but it was too fast for me to make a definite id. Also present were the familiar Orange-Tip, Small Tortoiseshell and Red Admiral.
		Small Tortoiseshell, comma, speckled wood, various whites, cinnabar, mother shipton, burnet companion, small yellow underwing, pyrausta sp.
		Small and Pale brindled Beauty, March Moth, Spring Usher, one Early Moth, Chestnut and Satellite were the the other species.
	www.btinternet.com /~michael.goodyear/BCHM/Archive_file/June_2004.htm (9877 words)

	Small tortoiseshell butterfly - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Small tortoiseshell butterfly - The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
		Home > Gardens > A to Z of a Wildlife Garden > A to Z > S > Small tortoiseshell butterfly
		One of the commoner garden butterflies throughout the UK, the small tortoiseshell is bright orange and fl with a row of blue crescents around the wing edges.
	www.rspb.org.uk /gardens/guide/atoz/s/smalltortoiseshellbutterfly.asp (230 words)

	Small Tortoiseshell - Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Small Tortoiseshell - Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland
		The sexes look very similar but males are smaller than females.
		Flight Period: In N. Ireland the Small Tortoiseshell is univoltine.
	www.habitas.org.uk /moths/species.asp?item=5556 (298 words)

	Lancing Nature Notes: March 2005
		Comma, Small Tortoiseshell and Peacock were present but no Brimstone.
		The walk progressed on through the grass stubble field to the exit at the top where in small clearing a basking Comma butterfly was spotted.
		As we emerged out into the light a Small Tortoiseshell butterfly flew across my path closely followed by a Comma butterfly, the two were in aerial combat competing for territory.
	lancingnature.blogspot.com /2005_03_01_lancingnature_archive.html (1204 words)

	The Butterfly Net at Derbyshire Dragonflies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was superficially like a Small Tortoiseshell but larger and paler and for quite a few minutes it fed on the blossom in the immediate area and I was able to get all the detail of the upper and underwing with the naked eye.
		My mind was going through all the possibilities including an ‘oversized’ Small Tortoiseshell when it suddenly ‘clicked’ Large Tortoiseshell (Roland had seen this species before on a birding trip to the Pyrenees), by this time it had reverted back to feeding on the blossom, but on the ‘tops’ of the trees.
		Large Tortoiseshell do over winter as adults going into hibernation during August in hollow trees or outbuildings and emerge during March so this could be a possible genuine individual.
	butterflies.derbyshire-dragonflies.org.uk (1179 words)

	Ralph Hollins' Nature Notes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The gist of the story seems to be that this small version of the Red-eyed Damselfly is difficult to separate from the larger and commoner species (and may consequently be lurking unidentified in our midst at several sites though we are on the northern fringe of its distribution).
		As well as being small and blue one way of recognising this species is its ability to tolerate others of its own species and they are commonly seen hunting together in small groups.
		I have not heard of anyone seeing six Small Tortoiseshell together but there are certainly a lot more to be seen this summer than last and no doubt their numbers will pick up in a year or so.
	ourworld.cs.com /_ht_a/JRWHollins/oinews.htm (9861 words)

	Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae
		It is much later in life that most of us realise just how valuable they are, especially for some of our most beautiful wild creatures.
		Without stinging nettles, peacock, small tortoiseshell and red admiral butterflies would have nowhere to lay their eggs, so do please find a space for nettles somewhere in your neighbourhood.”
		The Small Tortoiseshell is one of our most common butterflies with an easily recognisable pattern of orange, yellow and fl markings on the upper surface of the wings.
	www.nettles.org.uk /nettles/wildlife/smalltortoiseshell.asp (575 words)

	Life Cycle of A. urticae (Small Tortoiseshell); part II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Life Cycle of A. urticae (Small Tortoiseshell); part II Life Cycle of Aglais urticae (Small Tortoiseshell)
		Shortly before the butterflies emerge the pattern of their wings shine through the skin of the pupae.
		Many more in summer, so the numbers of Small Tortoiseshells increase during three generations from spring to late summer.
	ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/har/urticae2.htm (286 words)

	July 2004
		Halfway through the service we were distracted by the sight of a small tortoiseshell which flew up to the rafters and then back down again to land on one of the pews in front of us.
		It is in the pre-pupation stage and we have photographed it and given it some soil.
		My initial thought was that the majority of the whites were Small, but sampling told me otherwise, and those I saw on the field edges or along the old railway line at Widford were split 50/50 with Green-veined and a handful of Large adding to records.
	www.btinternet.com /~michael.goodyear/BCHM/Archive_file/July_2004.htm (11071 words)

	June 2003
		in elms by the scout hut entrance also comma small skipper and meadow brown 12+ white letter hairstreaks crooked mile near White Round House there were at least 4 showing all the time I was there, feeding on creeping thistle with many eggs laying on the elm and buzzing around the ash trees.
		Under the flyover, along a 200 metre stretch, I counted 26 Large Skipper, 1 Small Tortoiseshell and 4 Painted Lady resting on the vegetation.
		Nick Bowles emailed to say that Upper Thames Branch investigated the Large Tortoiseshell and suggested to the owner, the butterfly was put into a box in his garage.
	www.btinternet.com /~michael.goodyear/BCHM/Archive_file/June_2003.htm (10957 words)

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