Sunday, 16 September 2012

White Admiral?

This one looks to me like a White Admiral, though I could be wrong.  Apparently a White Admiral has a span of some 6cm but this was much smaller, around 3cm I would guess.  Caught it supping on some Asters this morning.  There were three there, all told.


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5 comments:

  1. the fly in the web16 September 2012 at 04:37

    Super photographs...but I haven't a clue about the butterfly.

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  2. Mark In Mayenne16 September 2012 at 05:03

    Thanks Fly!

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  3. The bike shed16 September 2012 at 11:25

    It is a Map Butterfly - so called because of the underwing patterns - an interesting species because the spring brood is almost unrecognisable from the second, late summer brood.

    Check out on Google images

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  4. Mark In Mayenne16 September 2012 at 12:53

    Thanks, much appreciated

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  5. James Higham19 September 2012 at 10:11

    For a moment I thought you were flogging rum.

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