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Red Admiral, Garden, Paignton, 31.1.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Comma, Woolwell, Plymouth, 4.2.20 (David Gibbon)
Brimstone, Garden, Tavistock, 6.2.20 (Martin Quinn)
Small White, Kitchen, Abertskerswell, 26.2.20 (Emma Grice)
Large White [f], Garden, Plymstock, 6.3.20 (Kev Solman)
Large White [f], Garden, Plymstock, 6.3.20 (Kev Solman)
Brimstone, Garden, St Leonard's, Exeter (Andrew Blewett)
Comma, Garden, Paignton, 17.3.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Peacock, Garden, Paignton, 23.3.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Comma, Garden, Paignton, 23.3.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Speckled Wood, Garden, Paignton, 23.3.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Holly Blue, Near Rumleigh, 29.3.20 (Jess Maslen)
Speckled Wood, Decoy, Newton Abbot, 4.4.20 (John Fiske)
Speckled Wood, Garden, Derriford, Plymouth, 4.4.20 (Dave Gregory)
Orange-tip, Garden, South Molton, 5.4.20 (Gary Watson)
Large Tortoiseshell, Garden, Berrynabor, 8.4.20 (Tim Davis & Tim Jones)
Large Tortoiseshell, Garden, Berrynabor, 8.4.20 (Tim Davis & Tim Jones)
Small Tortoiseshells, Abbotskerswell, 9.4.20 (Amy Macleod)
Small White [m], Great Parks, Paignton, 9.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Comma, Great Parks, Paignton, 9.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Tortoiseshell, Great Parks, Paignton, 9.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Speckled Wood [m], Great Parks, Paignton, 9.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Speckled Wood [f], Garden, Paignton, 10.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Orange-tip [f], Garden, Derriford, Plymouth, 11.4.20 (Dave Gregory)
Orange-tip [m], Garden, Paignton, 11.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Garden, Paignton, 13.4.29 (Anthony Sherwood)
Comma, Garden, Paignton, 13.4.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Orange-tip [m], Garden, Paignton, 14.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Aish Tor, 15.4.20 (David Turrell)
Small White [f], Great Parks, Paignton, 19.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Tortoiseshell, Great Parks, Paignton, 19.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Peacock, Great Parks, Paignton, 19.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Common Blue [m], Great Parks, Paignton, 27.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Common Blue [m], Great Parks, Paignton, 27.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Copper, Great Parks, Paignton, 27.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Large White [m], Great Parks, Paignton, 27.4.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Blue [m], Berry Head, 29.4.20 (Lin Coulson)
Green-veined White [m], Great Parks, Paignton. 4.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Copper, Great Parks, Paignton. 4.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Copper, Great Parks, Paignton. 4.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Common Blue [m], Bircham LNR, Plymouth, 6.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Peacock, Near Great Parks, Paignton, 6.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small White [m], Near Great Parks, Paignton, 6.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Large White [m], Near Great Parks, Paignton, 6.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Copper, Wembury Point, 7.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Wall [m], Roborough Down, 7.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Common Blue [m], Near Great Parks, Paignton, 7.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Copper, Near Great Parks, Paignton, 7.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Heath, Roborough Down, 9.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Pearl-bordered Fritillary [m], Garden, Berrynarbor, 12.5.20 (Tim Davis & Tim Jones)
Green Hairstreak [f], Soar, 13.5.20 (Ian Teague)
Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Garden, Berrynarbor, 14.5.20 (Tim Davis)
Small Pearl Bordered Fritillary [m], Roborough Down, 14.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Pearl-bordered Fritillary [very old, worn individual], Aish Tor, 15.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary [m], Aish Tor, 15.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Heath, Aish Tor, 15.5.20 (Dave Holloway)
High Brown Fritillary Larva, Dart Valley, 15.5.20 (Barry Henwood)
Grizzled Skipper, Miltor Mator, 16.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary [m & f], Clearbrook, Dartmoor, 16.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Clearbrook, Dartmoor, 16.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary [heavily marked abberation], Near Horrabridge, 18.5.20 (David Gibbon)
Large Skipper [m], Bircham Valley LNR, 18.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Green Hairstreak [worn f], Bircham Valley LNR, 18.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Orange-tip [f], Bircham Valley LNR, 18.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Marsh Fritillary, Near Peter Tavy, 20.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Marsh Fritillaries, Near Peter Tavy, 20.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Green Hairstreak [f], Aish Tor, 20.5.20 (Ian Teague)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Aish Tor, 20.5.20 (Ian Teague)
Wall, Aish Tor, 20.5.20 (Ian Teague)
White-letter Hairstreak Pupa, Staverton, 21.5.20 (Barry Henwood)
Meadow Brown, Bircham Valley LNR, 24.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Marsh Fritillary [m], Challacombe Farm, 24.5.20 (Steph Murphy)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Challacombe Farm, 24.5.20 (Steph Murphy)
Small Copper, Challacombe Farm, 24.5.20 (Steph Murphy)
Dark Green Fritillary, Soar, 27.5.20 (Ian Teague)
Small Copper, Soar, 27.5.20 (Ian Teague)
Green Hairstreak [f], Soar, 27.5.20 (Ian Teague)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillaries [pair in cop], Near Peter Tavy, 27.5.20 (Dave Gregory)
Wood White [m], Meeth Quarry DWT Res, 28.5.20 (Ian Teague)
High Brown Fritillaries [m], Aish Tor, 29.5.20 (David Turrell)
High Brown Fritillary, Aish Tor, 29.5.20 (David Turrell)
Dark Green Fritillary, Aish Tor, 29.5.20 (David Turrell)
Silver-washed Fritillary, Aish Tor, 30.5.20 (Dave Gibbon)
High Brown Fritillaries, Aish Tor, 31.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
High Brown Fritilllary [m], Aish Tor, 31.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
High Brown Fritilllary [m with missing 3rd spot on forewing], Aish Tor, 31.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Dark Green Fritillary [m], Aish Tor, 31.5.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
High Brown, Fritillary, Aish Tor, 31.5.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Large Skipper, Aish Tor, 1.6.20 (Ian Teague)
High Brown Fritillary, Aish Tor, 1.6.20 (Ian Teague)
Marbled White, Bircham Valley LNR, Plymouth, 1.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary [abberation], Rackenford Moor, 1.6.20 (Richard Banks)
Silver-studded Blue [m], Woodbury Common, 2.6.20 (Penny Wills)
Silver-studded Blue [m], Woodbury Common, 2.6.20 (Penny Wills)
High Brown Fritillary [m], Aish Tor, 2.6.20 (Dave Holloway)
High Brown Fritillary [m], Aish Tor, 2.6.20 (Dave Holloway)
Dark Green Fritillary [m], Aish Tor, 2.6.20 (Dave Holloway)
Green Hairstreak [f], Aish Tor, 2.6.20 (Dave Holloway)
Marsh Fritillary [m], Challacombe Farm, 2.6.20 (Dave Holloway)
Clouded Yellow ( Helice form), Exminster Marsh, 2.6.20 (David Turrell)
Wood White [m], Littlecombe Shoot, Branscombe, 2.6.20 (Dave Helliar)
Large Skipper [m], Garden, Paignton, 3.6.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Mullein Moth Larva, Exeter, 7.6.20 (Emilie Planchon Wipperfurth)
Meadow Brown, Exeter, 7.6.20 (Emilie Planchon Wipperfurth)
Large Skipper [f], Exeter, 7.6.20 (Emilie Planchon Wipperfurth)
Grayling, Bolt Head, 8.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Small Skipper [m], Bircham Valley, LNR, Plymouth, 8.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Small Skipper, Bircham Valley, LNR, Plymouth, 8.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Small Skipper, Bircham Valley, LNR, Plymouth, 8.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Marbled White, Bircham Valley, LNR, Plymouth, 8.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Meadow Brown [aberrant form], Blunts Lane Meadow, Plymouth, 11.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Meadow Brown [aberrant form], Blunts Lane Meadow, Plymouth, 11.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Ringlet [f], Plymbridge Woods, 12.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Ringlet [f], Plymbridge Woods, 12.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Clouded Magpie, Myrtleberry, Near Lynmouth, 14.6.20 (Danny Jarvis)
White Admiral, Bovey Heathfield DWT Res, 14.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Large Skipper [f], Billacombe Green, Plymstock, 15.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Small Skipper [m], Billacombe Green, Plymstock, 15.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Comma, Bilacombe Green, Plymstock, 15.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Marbled White, Bilacombe Green, Plymstock, 15.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Marbled White, Bilacombe Green, Plymstock, 15.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
White-letter Hairstreak, Central Park, Plymouth, 15.6.20 (Ian Teague)
White Admiral, Great Plantation, 20.6.20 (David Turrell)
Ringlet [f], Stover CP, 20.6.20 (David Turrell)
White-Letter Hairstreak [On a Lampost!], Near Laira Bridge, 21.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
White Admiral, Bovey Valley Woodlands, 23.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
Silver-Studded Blue, East Soar Coastal Path, 24.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
White-letter Hairstreak, Central Park, Plymouth, 24.6.20 (Ian Teague)
Brown-tail, Garden, Paignton, 25.6.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Large Skipper [m], Saltram Estate, 27.6.20 (Ian Teague)
Small Skipper [m], Saltram Estate, 27.6.20 (Ian Teague)
Silver-studded Blues [pair in cop], Bolt Head, 28.6.20 (Ian teague)
Dark Green Fritillary [m], Bolt Head, 28.6.20 (Ian teague)
Gatekeeper [m], Bolt Head, 28.6.20 (Ian teague)
Warming a Cold, Exposed White-letter Hairstreak Pending Release, Central Park, Plymouth, 28.6.20 (Dave Gregory)
White-letter Hairstreak, Garden, Exeter, 29.6.20 (Michael Symes)
Lunar Hornet Moth [pair in cop], Abbotskerswell, 1.7.20 (Barry Henwood)
Scarlet Tiger Moth, Bircham Valley LNR, 6.7.20 (Dave Gregory)
Silver-washed Fritillary [m], Garden, Derriford, 7.7.20 (Dave Gregory)
Purple Hairstreak, Hisley Wood, Bovey Valley, 7.7.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Purple Hairstreak, Hisley Wood, Bovey Valley, 7.7.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
White Satin Moth, Garden. Paignton, 8.7.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Small Tortoiseshell, Yelverton, 8.7.20 (Dave Gregory)
Purple Hairstreak, Stover CP, 10.7.20 (David Turrell)
Wall [m], Stoke Coast Path, 11.7.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
White-letter Hairstreak, Oreston, Plymouth, 12.7.20 (Ian Teague)
Green Hairstreak [m]. Aylesbeare Common, 13.6.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Gatekeeper [f, aberrant form Multicollata], Soar, 15.7.20 (Ian Teague)
Peacock, Wembury Coast Path. 16.7.20 (Dave Gregory)
Least Carpet, Garden, Paignton, 17.7.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Boxtree Moth, Paignton, 17.7.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Silver-washed Fritillary [m], Bovey Valley, 18.7.20 (Dave Holloway)
Ringlets [in cop], Bovey Valley, 18.7.20 (Dave Holloway)
Ringlets [in cop], Bovey Valley, 18.7.20 (Dave Holloway)
Brimstone [m], Bovey Valley, 18.7.20 (Dave Holloway)
Holly Blue [m, puddling for minerals], Bovey Valley, 18.7.20 (Dave Holloway)
Four-spotted Footman [m], Garden, Paignton, 21.7.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Wood White, Meeth Quarry DWT Res, 22.7.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Green-Veined Whites [puddling for minerals], Meeth Quarry DWT Res, 22.7.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
BrownHairstreak, Highweek, Newton Abbot, 26.7.20 (Philip Gill)
Six-spot Burnets, Berry Head, 26.7.20 (Dave Holloway)
Jersey Tiger, Window, Paignton, 28.7.20 (Dave Holloway)
Oak Eggar, Garden, Paignton, 31.7.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Brown Hairstreak [f], Preston Down, 1.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Clouded Yellow, Berry Head, 2.8.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Blue [f], Berry Head, 2.8.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Blue [f], Berry Head, 2.8.20 (Dave Holloway)
Hummingbird Hawk-moth, Berry Head, 2.8.20 (Dave Holloway)
Brown Argus, Dawlish Warren, 3.8.20 (Ian Teague)
Clouded Yellow, Berry Head, 4.8.20 (Dave Holloway)
Jersey Tiger, Garden, Exeter, 7.8.20 (Adrian Berryman)
Brimstone [f], South Molton, 8.8.20 (Gary Watson)
Brown Hairstreak [f, egglaying on Sloe], Preston Down, 8.8.20 (Dave Gregory)
Long-tailed Blue [f], Seaton, 9.8.20 (Rob Souter)
Black Arches [m], Garden, Paignton, 10.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Vapourer, Garden, Paignton, 11.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Jersey Tigers, Garden Paignton, 11.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Purple Hairstreak, Hembury Fort, 11.8.20 (Martin Littlemore)
Long-tailed Blue [f], Seaton, 12.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Vestal, Garden, Paignton, 12.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Dark Spinach, Garden, Paignton, 12.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Wood White, Branscombe, 12.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Pair of Small Tortoiseshells! (Gary Watson)
Palpita vitrealis, Garden, Paignton, 27.8.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Small Tortoiseshell, Garden, Paignton, 31.8.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Small Copper, Garden, Paignton, 31.8.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Brown Hairstreak [faded individual], Chudleigh Knighton Heath DWT Res, 31.8.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Brown Hairstreak Egg, Chudleigh Knighton Heath DWT Res, 31.8.20 (Kev & Jacki Solman)
Small Coppers, Clennon Lakes, Paignton, 1.9.20 (Dave Holloway)
Red Admirals, Clennon Lakes, Paignton, 1.9.20 (Dave Holloway)
Small Tortoiseshells, Clennon Lakes, Paignton, 1.9.20 (Dave Holloway)
Clifden Nonpareil, Garden, Colaton Raleigh, 13.8.20 (Chis Frame)
L-Album Wainscot, Garden, Paignton, 15.9.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Brown Hairstreak [faded fem], Abbrook, Kingsteignton, 16.9.20 (Jane Baker)
Brown Hairstreak Egg [on Sloe], Abbrook, Kingsteignton, 16.9.20 (Jane Baker)
Painted Lady, Garden, Paignton, 1.10.20 (Anthony Sherwood)
Clouded Yellow, Berry Head, 7.10.20 (Dennis Kallmer)
Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, East Prawle, 7.10.20 (Lynne Bevan)
Comma, Garden, Tavistock, 18.10.20 (Martin Quinn)