#2: Re: Unrecognised butterly
Posted on 2006-07-24 00:52:41 by Neil Jones
John Burke wrote:
> By the time I fetched my camera it'd gone.
>
> It stayed on the ground for a few minutes and displayed speckled orange
> wings.
>
> Can anyone identify it?
Likeliest thing is a Speckled Wood butterfly. It is usually a woodland
butterfly but it does occur in gardens.
The caterpillars eat grasses.
Here is a picture.
<a href="http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/species/bdata/speckled_wood.html" target="_blank"> http://www.butterfly-conservation.org/species/bdata/speckled _wood.html</a>
Neil Jones
<a href="mailto:Neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk" target="_blank">Neil@nwjones.demon.co.uk</a> <a href="http://www.butterflyguy.com/" target="_blank">http://www.butterflyguy.com/</a>
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