Observations in the Species: Aricia agestis
English Name: Brown Argus
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Observed on: 6th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 12th June 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Found in heathland in disused gravel pit.
By: DSLR
Observed on: 6th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 9th June 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 5th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 5th June 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 6
Comments: 10
Description: Really not sure about this but I think it may be a Common Blue.
Observed on: 5th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 5th June 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 4th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 4th June 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 4
Comments: 1
By: Joachim
Observed on: 29th April 2013
Added to iSpot: 6th May 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Location: M40, EnglandLat/Lng: 51.6654, -0.9504
OS grid ref: SU726968
Aston Rowant National Nature Reserve - steep slopes of chalk grassland facing to the West and with a large variety of wild flowers.
Close Observed on: 8th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 28th January 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Description: Several times I saw what I thought were probably Brown Argus butterflies but this was the only one I was able to get a decent sequence of photos for identification.
Observed on: 17th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 17th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 7th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 12th September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd September 2012
Added to iSpot: 3rd September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 31st August 2012
Added to iSpot: 2nd September 2012
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 28th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 28th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Approx 12mm.
Observed on: 16th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 16th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 14th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 16th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Description: Small brown butterfly with orange crescents to wing margins. Only a very few seen so far this season.
Location: HartslockLat/Lng: 51.512028, -1.11331
OS grid ref: SU616796
Close Observed on: 11th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 13th August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: y2j201
Observed on: 13th July 2012
Added to iSpot: 13th July 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 20th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 7th July 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Location: WentbridgeLat/Lng: 53.639753089459, -1.3114929199219
OS grid ref: SE456161
Close Observed on: 12th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 12th June 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Roosting on a grass head. Tiny. In a flower rich meadow with lots of the species food plant.
By: peteralfrey
Observed on: 10th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 11th June 2012
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 27th May 2012
Added to iSpot: 27th May 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
By: Rags
Observed on: 18th May 2012
Added to iSpot: 19th May 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: Possibly a female Blue butterfly. Small and numerous in a wild garden, Corfu.
By: martinjohnbishop
Observed on: 25th October 2009
Added to iSpot: 9th April 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 30th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 20th January 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Description: The underwing of a butterfly.
Observed on: 9th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 20th January 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 1
Observed on: 12th May 2011
Added to iSpot: 19th January 2012
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 9
Comments: 4
Description: In the bird world, one of the constantly recurring debates is Chiffchaff/Willow Warbler; in the butterfly world it's Brown Argus/Common Blue female.
I think this is a Common Blue female 'cos there seems to be a very slight but noticeable blue tinge to the body near the wing roots.
Observed on: 9th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 12th January 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Description: Small brown butterfly.
Observed on: 12th June 2011
Added to iSpot: 11th January 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 3rd July 2010
Added to iSpot: 23rd December 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
By: kiteyw
Observed on: 21st May 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 2
Description: Brown Argus or female common blue?
By: Percy_Veer
Observed on: 30th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 26th November 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Description: One feeding in a rural garden.
Initially thought it was Common Blue
Observed on: 10th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 5th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 2
Observed on: 28th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 30th August 2011
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 6
Comments: 1
By: coloursofmemory
Observed on: 9th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 11th August 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Location: Allerthorpe CommonLat/Lng: 53.92239259254, -0.84580510854721
OS grid ref: SE758479
Forestry Commission plantation being returned to wooded heathland
Close Observed on: 8th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 8th August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Description: I'm OK on these from below...but from above?
Observed on: 31st July 2011
Added to iSpot: 2nd August 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 10
Comments: 1
Observed on: 23rd July 2011
Added to iSpot: 1st August 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Observed on: 31st July 2011
Added to iSpot: 31st July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Observed on: 31st July 2011
Added to iSpot: 31st July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Description: A fairly recent colonist to this area.
Observed on: 25th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 25th July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 24th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 25th July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Description: Think I've got this right and not confused with common blue. Shows black spot in middle of forewing, nearly exclusively orange spots at edge of wings and no blue anywhere.
By: paulembden
Observed on: 24th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 24th July 2011
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
By: fredthered
Observed on: 23rd July 2011
Added to iSpot: 24th July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Description: brown butterfly with orange spots and white edge to wings
By: Dog Walker
Observed on: 19th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 19th July 2011
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
Observed on: 16th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 16th July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
Description: Didn't see with wings closed. Female Common Blue or Brown Argus?
Observed on: 15th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 15th July 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 14th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 14th July 2011
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Observed on: 4th July 2011
Added to iSpot: 5th July 2011
Identifications: 3
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Description: The two spots at the base of the forewing are either absent making this a Brown Argus or are obscured by the hindwing which would make this a Common Blue. When I first saw it in flight, my initial reaction was that it was a Brown Argus but the blueish tinge to the body makes me think it is a female Common Blue
Observed on: 30th April 2011
Added to iSpot: 14th June 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 25th May 2011
Added to iSpot: 3rd June 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 1
Description: If im right in thinking that the female common blue has two extra spots at the bottom of the forewing, then this is a brown argus.
Location: B4086, KinetonLat/Lng: 52.15, -1.49
OS grid ref: SP3550
Corner of set-aside field, by copse with dogwood
Close Observed on: 1st June 2011
Added to iSpot: 1st June 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Description: Seen flying with another brownish butterfly - quite possibly a female.
Species with which Brown Argus (Aricia agestis) interacts
