socks 32,253 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 My missus picked these up for a very decent price at an auction house today .....,,, 12 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
forest of dean redneck 11,738 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 They look nice and clean,can't remember last time I seen butterflies in a case,when I was at primary school a friends dad ,did his own had the relaxing stuff? He worked in Saudi or Oman and bought stuff back from there,big arse spider and scorpion . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,743 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 Cannot make them out very well on this phone screen, but i bet they will look good hanging on the wall, last time i went to an auction i picked up a character jug of the pied piper, and he's settled right in Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 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 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skinner 348 Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 My missus picked these up for a very decent price at an auction house today .....,,, you lucky sod there nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 All british....basically all the butterflies that can be found here. nice display! p.s, plus a few other rmoths/dragons..... pps the swallowtails nice...... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 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 ....... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
neil cooney 10,416 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 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 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 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.... 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Chicken_man 1,651 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 That's a beauty JD. Atb Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stealthy1 3,964 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Very nice. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 10,743 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 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 ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 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.... 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted February 7, 2016 Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 There's something different about a couple of butterflies at the bottom right hand corner on the second case......... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
socks 32,253 Posted February 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2016 Different in what way ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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