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Butterfly ID
Topic Started: Sep 16 2008, 02:56 PM (19,502 Views)
lullieowl
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Thankyou Dave that has helped a huge amout.. :thanx: i now have a much better idea in id'ing Skippers..
Sorry to question you as i never knew some male Large Skippers lack the pale spots on there wings and the hooked tips is a great id aid.. It is great as i have wondered why i have only seen a few Large Skippers this year and in the world of Butterflys "in some species anyway" males tend to outnumber females by quite a bit...
As for the Essex/Small Skippers i need a bit more investigation before i can be sure, i hope i have enough time... Hopefully i can revisit the area a few times before they disappear for another year...
Edited by lullieowl, Aug 4 2010, 09:38 PM.
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:hey: Dave, sorry but I am losing the plot with Whites... mostly because I never knew there were more than just Large White and Small White

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Underside of wings of the same butterfly... not ever so clear as it was waving around in the breeze quite a lot but wasn't going to let me get very close!
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:wave: anybody??? :giggle:
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Think thats a Small White Gill
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:thanks1: Judy :cool2:
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Ooops :lol: did see this yesterday but forgot to post :doh:

Judy is spot on and Small white it is :cool2:
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:rofl: Thanks Dave... no problem! I thought maybe you were a bit tied up with other things at the moment.
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There were several of these small butterflies in the garden today,mainly on the mint and chives,could they be Small Heath?

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It may be a moth.

http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=1362
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:wow2: great photos Jan :clap3:

Thats pretty close Keith and it is the next moth along Pyrausta aurata
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:thankyou: keith and Dave
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Yep I have that one on my marjorum. Very pretty it is too.

Jan it may be worth putting on the micro moth challenge?
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I saw this lovely little butterfly when I was out yesterday.....quite funny really as I'd just been chatting to this lad when I noticed it, and we both ended up darting about all over the meadow to get a photo of it. Had a to smile, a complete stranger, but with the same interest. :girlygiggle:

I think! it's a Small Copper, but not 100% sure.
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Thats a great photo Marg :clap3:

You are spot on as well and it is indeed a Small Copper.

Quite late in the year for this species but the recent warmer weather will have been a factor in some species still being on the wing.
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:wow: Great photos Jan and Marg :clap3:
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Thanks Dave. :cool:

It was even more remarkable, as there had been a very sharp frost and fog just before I saw it.
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Pleasure Marg :cool2:

That is,as you say,even more remarkable and it shows that the sun levels and temperature must have been significantly higher than the October avergage to tempt the Small copper out.The other thing as well Marg is the butterfly looks in extremely good condition and usually by the start of the third week in October they are right at the end of their flight period and would suggest that there has been a very late brood.
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:wow2: Beautiful photo Marg :clap3:
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Dave I thought this was a female Orange Tip, but it hasn't got that black spot, so I'm not too sure now.......there were a lot of both male and female Orange Tips about at the time.

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:hello1: Marg

Thats a great photo :clap3:

It is a male Green-veined White.
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