PNHS member, Kirsty Menzies, has had another successful year raising Purple Hairstreak butterflies from eggs collected from windblown twigs at Hurlethill. This year she managed to raise 10 butterflies, all males, and was lucky enough to see one emerge from its chrysalis. Here you can see the butterfly streaking across an old oak leaf justContinueContinue reading “Streak of the Purple Hairstreak”
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A taster of outings past and future
We had a fabulous day for our July outing, the tree walk in Linwood Moss Community Woodland led by Judy Hayton. Sorry if you missed it, but you can read about how we got on in Judy’s report on it on the Outings page. Our next outing is the evening walk on 4 August atContinueContinue reading “A taster of outings past and future”
Rare opportunity to see Purple Hairstreak butterflies close-up
Purple Hairstreak butterflies spend most of their adult phase living in the upper canopy of mature oak trees. Sometimes you can be lucky and see them close-up just after they emerge from their pupa at ground level. They settle on a twigs and shrubs to fully inflate their wings before flying high into the treetops.ContinueContinue reading “Rare opportunity to see Purple Hairstreak butterflies close-up”
PNHS outings for your diary
Paisley Natural History Society has some new outings planned for the coming months. Sunday 17th July – An afternoon of tree identifying with Judy Hayton at Linwood Moss Community Woodland Thursday 4th August – An evening looking for Purple Hairstreak Butterflies with Kirsty Menzies at Shaw Wood Sunday 9th October – An afternoon fungus forayingContinueContinue reading “PNHS outings for your diary”
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