RUTLAND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY

1st December 2009

Trials of Life of Butterflies

The society was pleased to welcome Richard Revels, a member of the Royal Photographic Society, a renowned wildlife photographer whose photographs often appear in British Wildlife.

Richard's involvement in nature photography started some 40 years ago as a development of his interest in butterflies, he now focuses on a much wider range of natural history topics, examples of his work can be found at www.richardrevelsphotography.com.

The presentation, which was accompanied as usual by exceptional close up photography, focused on the life cycle of the butterfly from the egg to the adult.

Richard explained with illustrations the different forms of camouflage used by the various species as protection during the stages of its life.

It was also interesting to see examples of the different landscapes in which butterflies are found throughout the UK and to learn how changes to these landscapes affect population trends.

There were examples of population fluctuations some of which could be readily explained whilst others remained a mystery and others may even be down to human intervention.

Another wonderfully illustrated talk which left everyone already looking forward to spring when these beautiful insects will again start to be in full flight.

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Please note the photographs included with this report are Rutland Natural History Society images.