Holly Blue in October!

[Daniel Glaeske]

> Graham Leatherbarrow wrote:
> >
> > We have a colony of Holly Blues (Celastrina algious) that seem to breed
> > in the garden (there's plenty of Ivy/Holly), one seen feeding on Ivy
> > flowers on October 5th!!  Am I right in thinking this is *very* late
> > indeed?
> > --
> > Graham
> >
> It's been a weird year all over I guess.  Here in the steppes of North
> Dakota, I've seen not only a rare second brood of Polites peckius
> (Peck's or Yellowpatch Skipper), I've seen it as late as September 28!
> In fact, we had a hard frost just a couple of days before, and the first
> sunny day after the hard frost, I saw more different species of
> butterflies than the preceding 2 or 3 weeks.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Daniel.