PICOS de EUROPA, based in Espinama, July 2014 in the company of Alan Bernard and with invaluable locational assistance from Teresa Farino
PICOS DE EUROPA, July 2014 with Alan Bernard, joined for dinner by Teresa Farino who kindly let us pick her brains
to the north from the Mirador del Oso, Cantabria, 12 July
Swallowtail, Las Tuercas, Villaescusa de las Torres, Cantabria, 15 July
Apollo, Mirador del Oso,12 July
track through Mediterranean-type shrubs, popular with Brimstones and Cleopatras, 14 July
Cleopatra, Tudes, 14 July
False Ilex Hairstreak, Tudes, 14 July
Blue-spot Hairstreak, and another lurking below, near Campollo, 14 July
Scarce Copper, Llanaves de la Reina, 12 July
Sooty Copper, Espinama, 10 July
way down below, 16 July
Short-tailed Blue, Campollo, 14 July
Short-tailed Blue, Beges, 16 July
Small Blue, Beges, 16 July
Cantabria, 16 July
Dusky Large Blue, Mostajal bog, Cantabria, 16 July
Silver-studded Blue, Beges, 16 July
Silver-studded Blue, Beges, 16 July
view from the top of the cable car, 11 July
fantastically atmospheric 'world' home to chamois, Lefebvre's Ringlet and Gavarnie Blue, 11 July
larval host plant of the Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July
Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July
Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July
Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July
atop Fuente De, 11 July
Mazarine Blue, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July
Furry Blue, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July
sheer rock face c800 metres high from the cable car station to the top, 10 July
Escher's Blue, base of Fuente De massif, 10 July
Ripart's Anomalous Blue, Las Tuercas, 15 July
Turquoise Blue, Mostajal, Cantabria, 16 July
the same insect as in the previous photo
Chalk-hill Blue, Tudes, 14 July
as in the previous photo
Adonis Blue, Campollo, 14 July
Adonis Blue, Pido, 11 July
Common Blue, female, Pido, 13 July
Common Blues, Tudes, 14 July
Villaescusa de las Torres, Cantabria, 15 July
Southern White Admiral, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July
Comma, Pido, 13 July
Cardinal, female, Espinama, 10 July
Cardinal, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July
the same butterfly as shown in the previous photo
10 July
Silver-washed Fritillary, male, Espinama meadows. 10 July
behind Pido and across the valley from Espinama, 13 July
Dark Green Fritillary, Espinama, 10 July
Dark Green Fritillary, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July
High Brown Fritillary, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July
Queen of Spain Fritillary, las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July