She was a kid with Buddy Holly tortoiseshells and a streak in her hair the color of Easter grass. ❋ Neil Serven (2011)
The Big Butterfly Count's discovery of three times as many small tortoiseshells as any other species in Scotland this year is boost for conservationists after a disastrous decline in small tortoiseshell numbers in England over the past decade. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Some even had grand names such as red admiral and painted lady, while others included the peacock and small tortoiseshells. ❋ Unknown (2010)
This time last year we counted at least 15 mixed aristocrats on just one small buddleia bush, with more peacocks than the small tortoiseshells and red admirals. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Every time Harriet gamboled past the buddleia, a host of tortoiseshells and painted ladies rose into the air, as if the very petals themselves had come to life and taken flight. ❋ Tara Heavey (2010)
The still existing fragments of writing of this period are found almost exclusively on tortoiseshells or on other bony surfaces, and they represent oracles. ❋ Wolfram Eberhard (1949)
Peacock butterflies, "eyed" like Emperors 'robes, open and shut their wings upon the petals; large tortoiseshells are flitting from flower to flower; mouse-coloured humming-bird moths are poising before the red lips of the geraniums; and a stream of common white butterflies is crossing the lawn to the flowers at the rate of twenty a minute. ❋ Unknown (1882)
We used to catch white 'uns, and yaller ones, and sometimes what we used to call tortoiseshells. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)
A blue butterfly we found in the dust of the road, without the spirit to fly, and lifted him into a field to let him have a chance of life; a few tortoiseshells, and so on -- even the white butterflies are quite uncommon, the whites that used to drift along like snowflakes. ❋ Richard Jefferies (1867)
The buddleia bush was covered in red admirals, peacocks, tortoiseshells. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The small tortoiseshells also experienced something of a north/south divide with three times as many of the butterflies recorded per count in Scotland than in England. ❋ Unknown (2011)
It was not all bad news for butterflies though, with perennial garden favourite the Red Admiral numbers almost doubling up 98 per cent, while small tortoiseshells saw their numbers stabilise after recent severe declines. ❋ Unknown (2011)
Marcello Mastroeni in Divorce, Italian Style (also favored by Steve McQueen and now Jay-Z), the 6201's that serve as Jack's beefy tortoiseshells, Persols rarely miss a beat. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Butterflies overwintering in garden sheds, such as small tortoiseshells and peacocks, have yet to emerge, as temperatures are still too low for them to fly and feed. ❋ Stephen Moss (2010)
Eventually other native species such as swallowtails, speckled woods and small tortoiseshells will emerge. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Their snow-white brilliance, often coupled with blue, green, golden, or "odd" eyes makes them stand out among multi-colored cats, such as tabbies, calicoes, and tortoiseshells. ❋ Unknown (2010)
Once-common species giving cause for concern include small heaths, which slumped 15 per cent last year compared with 2007, small coppers, which fell 29 per cent, and small tortoiseshells, which fell 45 per cent. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Last year was the worst ever year for small tortoiseshells, its population slumping by 45 percent compared with 2007, despite thousands of migrant small tortoiseshells arriving from Europe in September. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Last year was the worst ever year for small tortoiseshells, its population slumping by 45\% compared with 2007, despite thousands of migrant small tortoiseshells arriving from Europe in September. ❋ Unknown (2009)
