Over the last few  years I (Paul) have been experimenting with the video settings on the Minolta Digital camera and have captured several butterflies 'in action' as short movie clips.

It is our intention to gradually put the best clips here for everyone to enjoy watching Butterflies in action so we hope you enjoy viewing them. They are all mpg format but using the DIVX codec which is free so you may need to download the codec/player from the following site:Divx . You can also right click on each movie link and save to your hard drive to view at your leisure. There are 2 sizes: Small  (320x 234) and Large (656x480) so bear in mind that they can be quite large downloads! They are available to use for personal use only.

If we video a better clip than the ones here then naturally the newer version will be uploaded when time allows.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly - small

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly - large

Painted Lady Butterfly - small

Painted Lady Butterfly - large

Male Meadow Brown Butterfly - small

Male Meadow Brown Butterfly - large

Male Large Skipper Butterfly - small

Male Large Skipper Butterfly - large

Red Admiral Butterfly - small

(note the Small Tortoiseshell at the start!)

Red Admiral Butterfly - large

(note the Small Tortoiseshell at the start!)

Male Large White Butterfly - small

Male Large White Butterfly - large

Peacock Butterfly - small

Peacock Butterfly - large

Male Comma Butterfly - small

Male Comma Butterfly - large

Male Green Veined White Butterfly - small

Male Green Veined White Butterfly - large