argus

First Nations said ... argus is a nice top viewer but i prefer a roliflex for natural light. stupid squirrel.

Squirrel Photographers MJ 2006

I prefer to be good because it is good to be good, rather than because I can't be bad because some argus-eyed old frump won't let me have a chance to be bad.

Chapter 13 2010

So on this sunny August day, he devised a knowledge-seeking mission we could embark on together: we set out to see if we could find a tiny dun-coloured creature called the brown argus, a butterfly that had been known to fly along this section of the coast but had not been recorded here for some years.

Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

And then the brown argus, the butterfly that started it all for me, popped up out of nowhere as the rain fell all around us.

How I became a lepidopterist Patrick Barkham 2010

Obviously, I jumped at the chance to hunt for the rare brown argus that lunchtime on our holidays.

Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

As usual, there is copious amounts of hypocrisy on both sides of this issue. argus Says:

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When I was eight, I encountered a beautiful little brown argus and fell in love with butterflies.

How I became a lepidopterist Patrick Barkham 2010

• Wood white: up 600% since 2009, following major decline• Marsh fritillary: up 134%, after major decline• Common blue: up 146%• Brown argus: up 85%• Silver-spotted skipper: up 78%• Lulworth skipper: down 40%, worst ever year since records began• Meadow brown: down 20%, worst ever year• Essex skipper: down 33%, second worst year in scheme• Small skipper: down 17%• Wall brown: down 20%It was an ordinary school playing field until the diggers moved in.

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There was something magical about that day out, hunting for the brown argus.

Patrick Barkham: Hunting butterflies, finding Dad Patrick Barkham 2010

The Scotch argus butterflies were flitting over the bog myrtle, ling and devil's-bit scabious.

Country diary: Loch Ruthven 2010