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Notes from the Editor Butterfly Action Weekend Four members, JamesMann, TonyPrichard, Paul Gilsonand Phil Smith (Secretary, Martlesham Conservation Group) joined eleven others from the group on Sunday 26th November for this Gorse bashing event. The weather, which had been quite pleasant up until this event, took a turn for the worse and the group had to work in overcast and rainy conditions. Nevertheless a sizeable area which had been covered in • Gorse was cleared, revealing unde~neath, the Heather which we all hope the Silverstudded Blue will re-occupy this year. All who took part agreed it had been wonhwhile and we will be joining forces.. again on July 14th this year to help with the annual Silver-studded Blue count. Hopefully we will be able to notice the effect of our clearance work. Thanks again to Phil Smith for arranging this event. •
March 1996
Scientific Names I would like to thank our member John Stevensfor his encouraging and helpful remarks on this subject. John makes a good point in that as a regional newsletter, scientific names may nor be so impottant since there is not an international readership. However, he feels that the explanations of scientific names was an excellent idea. I would like to receive a few more opinions on this subject. In the meantime, I will continue to include scientific names and two more of their explanations are included here.
We are sorry that we could not let you have this with our November Newsletter but we hope there is still plenty of room in your new diaries. Write in as many of these events as you can now, we are sure you will not be disappointed.
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by Steven Goss
Does anyone have a good photograph or transparency of a Brown Hairstreak (Theda betulae) that I can take a copy of to use on a display board. The board will depict 'LostSpeciesof Suffolk'and would be used for promotional purposes at events such as The Suffolk Show.
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delighted to receive two surprise packages before Christmas. Whilst I have written to the rwo artists personally I would like to use these pages to say thank you again to Angie Steeleand DouglasHammersleyfor their splendid line drawings. Some of these appear in this issue and will continue to do so in future editions. For those of you who read the small prim, rou will already be aware that our front page symbol the Silver-studded Blue (Plebejus argus), was drawn by Douglas.
Nectar Plants As with Question Time, I added a postscript
1996 Events List
Wanted -Brown Hairstreak!
asking whether members might wish to tell us more about the nectar sources in their gardens which both they and butterflies enjoy above all others. So far I have received one response. Thankyou again to Angie Steele for her interesting Strawberry Tree observations which can be found on page
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............... Branch Photograph Album - Photos Appeal by Steven Goss How would you like to help us with our branch photograph album? Those of you who have attended our indoor events including The Suffolk Show will be aware that we are putting together our own album as part of our branch promotion material. If you have spare photographs of Suffolk butterflies, moths, habitats or maybe snaps of group members on field trips please help us to fill it. Send your photographs with details of location etc. as appropriate to myself, Steven Goss(address on back cover) and those used will be labelled and credited as your work. Our aim is to have a well-filled album in time for this year's Suffolk Show so if you can help please send your pictures as soon as possible.
Recording New Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . by Steven Goss
With recording for the Millennium Atlas now well underway, it is an ideal time to seek out unrecorded sites across the county. If you know of any landowners with an interesting looking meadow or area of woodland that might not have been surveyed recently, then this could be a very opponune time to ask their permission to take a look. There is something exciting about exploring somewhere that you know has n't been visited by butterfly enthusiasts already. You never quite know what you might find. If the landowner is willing, it would be best to make say four visits - early May, mid- June, mid-July and late August. If you are not sure whether a site or tetrad has already been recorded for the Atlas then a quick telephone call to our County Recorder, Richard Stewart, will bring the answer. Also, if you know of a good looking site and have permission to visit but don't feel confident enough to record it yourself, then please contact any member of the committee. We can check out whether the site needs recording and despatch someone to join you as appropriate.
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