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Butterfly ID
Topic Started: Sep 16 2008, 02:56 PM (19,465 Views)
Davebutterflyman
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Place your butterfly ID here.
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Daisyjan
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Help! This looks like a comma as it has jagged bottom wings but when it folded them up they were'nt brown with the white comma mark. They were orange. Can anyone ID it from this picture? This is the nearest I could get to it.

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celticsparrow-Jan
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Jan it might be one of the Fritillarys ,Dave will know when he comes on.
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Forget Me Not
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Its a lovely butterfly Daisyjan David will know what it is :thanx: for posting :butterfly4:
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poppy
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It's a nice looking one Djan, don't know what it is though.
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Davebutterflyman
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Certainly looks like a Comma.The variation in colour could point to it being of the race f.hutchinsoni which is generally lighter and more colourful in underwing patternation.This race makes up 2/5ths of the overall Comma population in the UK.
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Daisyjan
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:thanx: Dave!! :butterfly4:
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This was in my bedroom on the window at first i saw this and thought it was a moth
the as you will see in the other pic its a butterfly but dont know what it is.

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Edited by Forget Me Not, May 28 2009, 08:28 PM.
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Dovetail-Marg
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I could be wrong, but I think it's a Painted Lady.

I've seen quite a few of these lately.
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Celtic Fairy Mel
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its a pretty butterfly whatever type it is
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Night Owl
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I think your right with the Id Marg it looks like a painted lady to me too :butterfly1:
great pics Jean :clap2:
Edited by Night Owl, May 28 2009, 11:58 PM.
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Davebutterflyman
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Lovely photos Jean and it is indeed a Painted Lady,well captured :clap3:
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Forget Me Not
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While on the garden this afternoon i saw this butterfly it was hard to photograph as it seemed to cling below the leaf .After an age it obliged me and sat briefly on a leaf.I have never seen this one
so can anyone ID it please
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Daisyjan
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I think its a moth FMN! Amazing creature, where's Dave????
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Davebutterflyman
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Well captured photo Jean and it is as Daisyjan suggests,a White plume moth (Pterophorus pentadactyla).Great photos :clap3:
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Forget Me Not
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Thanks for the ID Daisyjan and David its a beautiful Moth i havent seen one before hence why i thought it was a Butterfly :giggle:
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Beth-Boe
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Lovely photos, Jean. Well captured and :thanks: for the ID, Daisyjan and Dave. I've seen a Brown Plume Moth but not a white one.
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Forget Me Not
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This was on the fence today i have no idea what it is sorry about the clarity
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Davebutterflyman
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Good capture Jean and that is a Silver-y-moth :cool2:
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poppy
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:wow: Jean, Dave will be getting you to join him in :butterflyman: :butterflyman: around the garden at this rate :girlygiggle: your doing a brilliant job photographing these butterflieas and moths, some lovely photo's there and I've never seen a moth like that one before, it's lovely.
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