Photo of the Month
Each month between April and November, Atropos awards a £20 prize for the best photograph posted on the Flight Arrivals news page. This prize can be used against purchases over £34 from Atropos Books (but cannot be used in conjunction with other offers).
To be eligible for the prize all you need to do is post your image of a migrant butterfly, moth or dragonfly with your news on Flight Arrivals. To qualify images must not have been previously published.
Winners
June 2023 - Paul Harris
Cloaked Pug Eupithecia abietaria trapped on 10th June in Weymouth, Dorset
November 2022 Winner - Tony Rouse
Red-headed Chestnut Conistra erythrocephala trapped on 3rd November at Densole, Kent.
October 2022 Winner - Mark Forster
Spoladia recurvalis trapped on 28th October at Winterborne Stickland, Blandford Forum
September 2022 Winners - Paul Howe and Samantha Batty
We have selected two images for September - Paul Howe's The Passenger Dysgonia algira trapped in Seabrook, Kent on 7th September, and Samantha Batty's Vestal from Austerfield, Doncaster trapped on 3rd September.
August 2022 Winner - Ian Barton
Hummingbird Hawkmoth larva photographed in Streatham, Cambridgeshire on 30th August.
July 2022 Winner - Hazel Beaney
Swallowtail Papilio machaon seen at Rovendon, Kent on 21st July.
June 2022 Winner - Neil Sherman
Alchymist Catephia alchymista trapped at Purdis Farm, Ipswich on 3rd June.
May 2022 Winner - Nigel Jarman
Dusky Hooktip Drepana curvatula trapped at Kingsdown, Kent on 15 May 2022
October 2021 Winner - Graham Jones
Palpita vitrealis, trapped at Little Neston on 10 October 2021.
September 2021 Winner - Phil Barden
Striped Hawk Moth Hyles livornica
Bere Alston, Devon. 10 September 2021
August 2021 Winner - Paul Harris
Cydia amplana, Weymouth, Dorset. 19 August 2021
July 2021 Winner - Bill Welch
Evergestis limbata, Crowborough, East Sussex. 18 July 2021
June 2021 Winner - Bill Welch
Dark Sword Grass Agrotis ipsilon Crowborough, East Sussex. 20 June 2021
May 2021 Winner - Mike Spicer
Gem Nycterosea obstipata trapped at St Erth on 8th May.
