This video is called Main road from Olivetta San Michele to Bussare (Italy).
After 13 September 2013 in Italy came 14 September.
In the morning, to Olivetta village.
Butterflies, including meadow brown and gatekeeper.
And a colourful one [UPDATE: a Jersey tiger moth; see here].
Great tit sound. Buzzard sound.
In the afternoon, we went down the Bevera river valley.
Trout swim in that river. A trout is also in the local coat of arms.
Near a bridge over the river, butterfly-bush grows. It attracts many butterflies, most of them orange coloured. Including Argynnis paphia (silver-washed fritillaries).
Near the river bank close to the bridge, an old car tyre. Inside it, a young snake (grass snake?). On top of the tyre, two young wall lizards.
We continue to Bussare village. A village, practically abandoned by people. The Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic church still stands, but there are no services any more. It is for for sale.
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Hi! The top ‘butterfly’ is a Tiger Moth… I only know that because I saw one for the first time ever the other day and posted about it here http://rollingharbourlife.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/jersey-tiger-moth-dorset/ Yours may not be the Jersey one though, I think there are similar ones further south. Keep the Italy posts coming! RH
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Hi, thanks very much for helping me to find out!
I think it is indeed a Jersey tiger moth.
The Wikipedia article about it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euplagia_quadripunctaria
says it lives indeed also in the Mediterranean.
There will indeed more blog posts on Italy 🙂
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I loved the video too. Great view and very exciting. Those roads are quite narrow Wow! The butterflies are beautiful too.
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Hi Serenity, the road in the video is narrow at first because it is on a private estate. Then, it gets wider, as it becomes a public road. However, its surface gets worse and worse, as it goes to an (almost) abandoned village.
Thanks for your kind words! There will be more Italian butterfly photos.
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