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Butterflies Page 8
Image Taken on 10 Jul 2010
at 15:57 Image of day on 22 Aug 2010
Small Tortoiseshell butterflies used to be abundant here, but we
now see 'a few'. The underwing is a completely different dark
brown.
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Ref: 20100822_da1_20100710_1557_163+1636_204_ft1 small tortoiseshell butterfly in flight with thistle flower heads (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Jul 2006
at 12:39 Image of day on 28 Jul 2006
You normally see the Small tortoiseshell butterfly with the orange
yellow and black patterned upper wing. This is the underwing - good camouflage.
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Ref: 20060728_d10_20060714_1239_857 small tortoiseshell butterfly on blackberry (underwing)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 12 Jul 2006
at 17:09 Image of day on 15 Jul 2006
A Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly on Blackberry flower. After a dearth
of this insect for the last few years it is nice to see them again.
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Ref: 20060715_d60_20060712_1709_749 small tortoiseshell butterfly on blackberry flower(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 01 May 2009
at 14:38 Image of day on 23 May 2009
In the last couple of years speckled wood butterflies have moved
from occasional sightings to the most common butterfly here.
Unfortunately the previous holder of that title - the Small
Tortoiseshell - is becoming a once in a while siting. Anyway,
this slightly tatty individual make a nice pic with lilac.
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Ref: 20090523_dc1_20090501_1438_078+1543_214 ft1 speckled wood butterfly in flight showing top of wing with lilac blossom (montage)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 22 Aug 2010
at 12:24 Image of day on 08 Oct 2010
This is a speckled wood - the dominant butterfly LAST year and
quite common this year.
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Ref: 20101008_da1_20100822_1224_091+1301_104_ft1 speckled wood butterfly in flight with blackberry flower (montage)(r+mb id@768).jpg
Image Taken on 30 Jun 2009
at 17:46 Image of day on 02 Aug 2009
Speckled wood butterflies have been on the wing now for a couple
of months. This nice example landed in the only pool of sunlight near us.
Before that a more tatty example in flight from several weeks ago.
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Ref: 20090802_db1_20090630_1746_019 speckled wood butterfly in pool of sunshine on leaf(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 14 Sep 2008
at 09:48 Image of day on 30 Sep 2008
We have had huge numbers of Speckled wood butterflies this year
for what seems to have been the whole summer. First seen this
year 4 June 2008 - about 14 weeks so far.
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Ref: 20080930_dc1_20080914_0948_023 speckled wood butterfly on buttercup leaf(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 02 Sep 2007
at 10:07 Image of day on 29 Sep 2007
Welcome annual return of what has become one of our regulars now
the wood is more established - a speckled wood, here sunbathing
on a willow leaf.
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Ref: 20070929_p34_20070902_1007_876 speckled wood butterfly on willow leaves(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 18 Sep 2008
at 11:03 Image of day on 05 Oct 2008
Speckled wood butterflies are the dominant butterfly species here
this year - here on hawthorn.
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Ref: 20081005_p34_20080918_1103_744 speckled wood butterfly with hawthorn berries (web crop)(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image of day on 07 Aug 2005
A slight tatty Speckled Wood butterfly on Blackberry.
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Ref: 20050807_p20_1020815 speckled wood on blackberry 2005jul28_17-52-08(r+mb id@576).jpg
Image Taken on 26 Aug 2007
at 11:20 Image of day on 19 Sep 2007
While 'yesterdays' dragonfly was hawking this butterfly came down
to drink. We half expect the dragonfly to attack it (yes - they
can catch & eat butterflies on the wing) but it didn't.
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Ref: 20070919_d01_20070826_1120_194 tortoiseshell butterfly drinking from pond(r+mb id@576).jpg
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